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Friday, April 15, 2011

Gold - 8 Hour chart update

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  1. BruceApril 15, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Hi Dan - any thoughts on the HUI's marked underperformance today. I wouldn't ask, as I know you've covered the subject many times, but today felt particularly strange to me with AU miners down almost universally and many juniors hit relatively hard. Just curious. Thanks and enjoy the weekend.

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  2. UnknownApril 15, 2011 at 4:26 PM

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  3. Dig77April 15, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    Hey Bruce, Turd Ferguson (Turd's blog)points out that today was options expiry for equities and there is usually some unusual activity as a result. Makes sense, if there were alot of options excercised there may have been more on the sell side taking profits. Look for Monday to be good especially if PM's continue with the up trend.

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  4. UnknownApril 15, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    I was going to ask a very similar question. Why have gold and silver bullion rallied over the last couple of days while the respective mining shares, predominantly (apparently), sold off? Is this a rotation out of some stocks in favour of others? It doesn't seem constricted to large or small cap stocks. It seems broad-based. Profit-taking? Anticipation of a move lower? Is there an option situation I may not be aware of? Other scenarios? I'm interested to know your thoughts on this.

    Thanks for your insights.

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  5. UnknownApril 15, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    There you go (perhaps?). As I was reposting my query, Dig77 has indicated options expiry as the issue. Any explanatory expansion on this comment would be appreciated.

    Thanks again.

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  6. Dig77April 15, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    David,Turd would be much better to expand on my previous comment. But I do think that investors were also showing some hesitancy, going into the weekend, after being "burned" last friday by a strong close and a crappy Monday (after Goldmansucks made their sell recommendation on oil etc.) I think it's entirely possible that there was some later selling to close out positions before going into the weekend. Couple that with options expiry and our miner's didn't fare as well as they probably should have. Also don't rule out the hedgie's and others adding to short positions to hedge against longs in the PM's. Probably a combo of all three, but Dan or Turd would know better than me :)

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  7. BruceApril 15, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    Thanks Dig. Appreciate your responses.

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  8. UnknownApril 16, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    Thanks Dig.

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