Silver, Oil, Gold - Market Screams Inflation is Coming

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Silver is having its best month in 22 years. It was up to 15.49 in overnight trading, getting close to important resistance around 16.00. Gold traded as high as 974 before the U.S. markets opened, inching closer and closer to that key 1000 level. Light sweet crude was trading at 66.18 at 8:00 AM New York time. It's next resistance is in the 67 area and then 70 after that. Resource stocks were up significantly in Asian trading last night. Expect gaps up in SLV, GLD, DXO, and ERX when the U.S. market opens. Keep in mind that at some point those gaps will have to be filled.

Markets tend to be bullish at the beginning of a month, so early next week is a favorable period. While it may not happen today, silver, oil and gold will become too extended from their 10-day moving averages and will have to come back down to that line. Traders with a shorter term horizon need to take this into account. If you have a longer term perspective, you can wait until key resistance is reached. Oil is heading toward the 75-78 price level. While it may not finally peak this summer until it gets to around 100, profits should be taken in the mid-70s and oil should be swing traded shorter term at that point. You don't have to worry about gold until 1200 and silver until it reaches 21. They haven't even begun their rallies yet.

Marc Faber, a very well-known market investing advisor and market commentator that appears in Barron's annual roundtable has come out with a report stating hyperinflation in the U.S. is inevitable. While, I would certainly agree that lots of inflation here is inevitable, I don't yet think the 50% a month inflation rate needed for hyperinflation is a done deal. It is certainly a possibility though. To get to that point will take incredibly inept government policy and oblivious monetary authorities. You would practically have to have a central banker throw money out of a helicopter! By the way, the Fed is still currently worried about deflation, while printing money Zimbabwe style.

The market for all commodities is bullish going forward, but that doesn't mean there aren't going to be tradeable pull backs. Which ones you pay attention to depends on how short term your trading perspective is. Other than too much extension above the 10-day moving average, you need to be aware of the 200-day moving average - HWD (Harry Winston) is caught there at the moment, but it has a textbook perfect bullish chart - and the 38% Fibonacci retracements. If you sell with a short term perspective, you must be willing to buy back with a short term perspective as well. If you can not do this, and most people can't, wait until major resistance is hit before pulling the trigger.

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