For resource investors, the last few weeks have been downright treacherous. Gold has been ravaged, plunging nearly $80 an ounce since its April highs. Platinum is almost 13% off its highs. Oil has fared even worse, slipping 17% in two months. And lest we forget, silver has fallen a record 15 days straight, with a current loss of 14%.
In looking at start the start of October, we entered a period which began under a great deal of negative sentiment thanks to the volatility of the last few months and the financial media which always seem ready to trot out annual comparisons to October 1987 or various analogs to the 1929 stock market crash. We see this as a very bullish backdrop from a contrarian point of view. In fact, we are already seeing increasingly bullish signs across North American financial markets. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials have thumbed their noses at the mainstream media as they have risen 5% in the last week alone, one of the best starts to October ever!
Today, we're going to take a technical look at mining stocks which are an important element in the commodities market since their direction and movement tend to lead the price of gold.
