I suggested on Friday that a wave III up in Newmont is unlikely anytime soon. The reason is that the MACD hit new lows on this decline, that is a lower low than seen during the entire 2001 - 2006 bull move. They sold the crap out of this stock in the last few weeks. Given that NEM is 15% of the
HUI weighting and that FCX and GFI don't look much better, we need to pay attention and understand what is going on here.
BTW, GFI (16.5% of the HUI weighting), FCX (12% of HUI) and HMY (6% of HUI) all look the same on this decline. They all were sold heavily enough to have the MACD undercut last year's lows. The question is why? And what happened to wave III here?
I like to trade what I see. I also like to invest in what I see. And right now there are some questions here regarding NEM and other gold seniors. It suggests that we are in for a lengthy correction and that once NEM bottoms here in the near term, the bounce into the 50s somewhere may best be traded.
Am I surprised? Yeah, totally. Could I be wrong about this? Yeah. But I wouldn't bet on it just yet.
cheers,
john
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