GLL News and Press, ProShares UltraShort Gold From 09/02/21

Remarkably, in a speech on monetary policy given at the Jackson Hole conference last Friday, Jay Powell never mentioned money, money supply, M1 or M2. With the Biden administration unable to reduce its budget deficit, a rising interest rate environment, reflecting price inflation, is ...

A recent study by the World Gold Council (WGC) shows that a gold allocation of 10% helped improve risk-adjusted returns over the past 20 years. In July, consumer prices rose 5.4% compared to last year, the second straight month of inflation over 5%. Franco-Nevada, Wheaton Precious...

Leveraged ETFs may be unpredictable. A drift dashboard with 22 of them. A closer look at SPXL. For further details see: SPXL And Leveraged ETFs: September Dashboard

The winning streak for American shares rolled on in August. US stocks rose for a seventh straight month and posted the strongest gain for the major asset classes. US bonds also lost ground in August. The Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index slipped 0.2%, the first monthly decline for the be...

Following the economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented stimulus response, supply bottlenecks and a rebound in demand have been a feature of 2021. We observe that a diversified portfolio approach has had the highest correlation to upside inflation and the leas...

The measuring stick is critical when determining whether an asset is in a bull market. If a measuring stick is losing value at a fast enough pace, then almost everything will appear to be in a bull market relative to it. That’s where the gold/SPX ratio (the US$ gold price divid...

I believe higher risk asset valuations such as equities and commodities are being subsidized by low US bond yields. I also believe this is unsustainable. In scenario one, where risk assets continue to rise - bond yields will eventually be pulled up as well thereby reducing the low rat...

UUP is the Invesco USD Index Bullish Fund and holds long currency futures positions against the euro, yen, GBP, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Swedish krona. UUP offers low volatility and minimal downside while in my opinion, potential for 10%+ capital appreciation. It can be us...

Melek: Data suggests oil demand we expected in Q3 and early part of Q4 may not materialize indicating markets are a lot less tight than we thought. Melek: Oil inventories drawdowns likely to abate. Melek: We still like oil around US$66-68/barrel. For further details see: ...

The upcoming week is all about the Federal Reserve’s symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Government regulatory risk continues to dominate China equity markets, this time with President Xi pushing an agenda of wealth redistribution from rich to poor. Global macro weakness ha...