Friday, February 7, 2014

MUST READ: JP Morgan Holds Highest Amount of PHYSICAL SILVER in History

by Ted Butler, Gold Silver Worlds:
While everyone is focused on the massive outflows in COMEX registered gold inventories and the gold ETF, GLD, it seems that an important evolution in silver is passing unnoticed. In what follows, Ted Butler, precious metals analyst specialized in COT analysis, reveals a remarkable insight in the physical silver market.
Butler’s calculations show that JPMorgan has piled up the largest holding of physical silver in modern world. Since the silver price peak in May 2011, the bank has accumulated between 100 and 200 million ounces of physical silver (if not more). The equivalent in metric tonnes is between 3,110 and 6,220 tonnes.
To put that number in perspective, it surpasses the amounts held by the Hunt Brothers or Warren Buffett (in his investment company Berkshire Hathaway).
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Tyler Durden's picture Marc Faber "US Stocks Need To Drop 40% To Become Attractive"


"The market is way overdue for a 20 to 30% drop," Marc Faber warns, "but that is not what worries him." Sarcastically reflecting on the typical talking-head that appears on financial media, Faber adds you won't "hear this view from someone who is fully invested," as he "hopes the market drops 40% so stocks will become - from a value point of view - attractive." The outspoken Faber channels Jim Grant as he exclaims, "the experience with quantitative easing is a complete failure. It has lifted asset prices and created asset inflation, but it hasn't lifted the standard of living of most people in the U.S. nor worldwide."  (more)
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Taking Stock Of Silver Stocks – SLW, PAAS, CDE, AG, SSRI, HL

by Michael Noonan, Edge Trader Plus:
We are of the simple opinion that any substitute for the real thing is never as good a choice as the original, even when it comes to Precious Metals. There are so many other considerations that enter the picture when regarding mining stocks. One of the primary ones is management, what it can do to a stock’s performance separate and apart from its underlying purpose, silver production. There can be poor management, mismanagement, decision-making related to stock performance instead of getting the maximum performance out of its mining operations, overspending, misspending…you get the idea.
Here is a reading of some of the top silver mining companies from a chart perspective. Charts show the best bottom line results from all observations one can make in an assessment of any company.
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Chart of the Day - Transcontinental Realty Investors (TCI)

The Chart of the Day is Transcontinental Realty Investors (TCI). I found the stock by using Barchart to sort today's New High List for frequency in the last month, skipped any stocks not having positive gains in both the last week and month and then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 12/30 the stock gained 27.60%.

TCI invests in real estate through direct equity ownership and partnerships and financing real estate and real estate related activities through investments in mortgage loans, including first, wraparound and junior mortgage loans.


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3 Micro-Cap Stocks With Triple-Digit Upside: IDSY, DSCI, CPST

Over the past few weeks, I've been chatting with my colleague Bob Bogda about the potential for home run stocks. These are the kinds that can deliver gains in one year that many other stocks take a decade to achieve.

No area is as ripe for such upside as micro-cap stocks, which typically have market caps between $50 million and $200 million. Micro-caps tend to toil in anonymity -- right up until the time they deliver great news. Caught off guard, investors can push such stocks up by 50% or even 100%.

Of course, with such potential reward comes risk. Micro-caps can also shed value at a rapid pace, especially if the market loses steam. Case in point: I suggested back in September that Merge Healthcare (Nasdaq: MRGE) could double in value, but MRGE has fallen 27% since then. I still think Merge is an intriguing health care opportunity, but clearly my enthusiasm was premature.

That's why you need to take a basket approach to micro-caps. Placing too many funds in just one micro-cap stock is too risky. The other two stocks in that September article bear out that premise: Novavax (Nasdaq: NVAX) is up 77% since my profile, and Lionbridge Technologies (Nasdaq: LIOX) is up 86%. If you invested $3,000 in each of those three stocks at that time, you'd be sitting on a tidy 45% gain.  (more)

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NYSE: OAS)

Oasis Petroleum Inc., an independent exploration and production company, engages in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas resources in the Montana and North Dakota regions of the Williston Basin. Its primary projects are located in West Williston, East Nesson, and Sanish. As of December 31, 2012, the company had 335,383 net leasehold acres in the Williston Basin; and had approximately 143.3 million barrels of oil equivalent of estimated net proved reserves. Oasis Petroleum Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Please take a look at the 1-year chart of OAS (Oasis Petroleum) below with my added notations:
1-year chart of OAS (Oasis Petroleum)
OAS has had a rough slide over the last 3+ months. Along the way the stock has created a clear down trending resistance (red). In addition, the stock has a key level at $40 that has been support and resistance off and on throughout the entire year. At some point soon the stock will have to break one of those two levels.

The Tale of the Tape: OAS has a key level of support at $40 and a down trending resistance that currently sits near $44. A long trade could be made at $40, or on a break through $44, with a stop placed below the level of entry. However, if the stock were to break below $40 traders might want to look to get short on the stock.
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TOM DEMARK: The Next Two To Three Days Are ‘Extremely Critical’ For The Stock Market — It May Crash 40%

Noted market-timer Tom DeMark did not sound optimistic about the prospects for stocks in an interview with CNBC this morning.
DeMark compared today’s market to that preceding the Black Friday crash in 1929.
“When the market made its high on September 3, [1929], there were 23 subsequent trading days where the Dow Jones Industrial Average had a short-term bottom,” he said.
“23 days aligns with the low end on Monday. And subsequent to that, we had a four-day rally, and then the market unraveled — went down 48%. We are currently at that inflection point. Like I said, so far, everything is aligned. We think the next two to three days are extremely critical.”
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