Editor`s Picks

What did we say last week? We thought perhaps we would have a quiet week ahead of us with a lack of economic events, but concluded with this: "But no. That is most probably asking too much. The Rand ...

I am no financial analyst, so treat the thoughts that follow as questions up for debate. Looking at Richemont, Steinhoff and Naspers financials through management eyes shows they all share something ...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Associates LLC Gold prices have been down for nearly two straight weeks. Any lower and you break an uptrend, which is worrisome. There are three factors bothering gold which ...

Catalysed by economic data both domestic and International last week (including new South African mining charter & hawkish Federal Reserve), the rand (ZAR) has started to weaken sharply against ...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Advisors, LLC Many may wonder where the next leg of the bull market could come from. We are in the final days of the second quarter, and most companies will report in July. ...

by Pinchas Cohen On May 23rd, we published Is Bitcoin’s Wild Ride Over For Now?. Our thesis was that Bitcoin investors got ahead of themselves. In the following three days Bitcoin was down 21 ...

A week which was looking so good... Steady, smooth, and almost calm strengthening of the market from Monday morning through Wednesday, only for Wednesday and Thursday to turned things on their ...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Advisors, LLC Yesterday’s Fed meeting was probably just another stop along this building bull market story. We’ve done enough talking about this so it’s ...

The energy market, more than other commodity markets, is often impacted by geopolitical events. But not every geopolitical event that affects an energy producing country impacts energy markets. When ...