Like most tropical agricultural products, sugar has a reputation of being very volatile. Shortages caused by weather, unexpected demand or a combination of both can cause price to rise rapidly. Rising prices eventually spur more… Read More
The Bitcoin Effect: Gold Options Look Dirt Cheap
Is gold dead? It sure acts like it. The “barbarous relic,” once counted on as the “hedge of last resort,” has done nothing but move sideways during the first half of 2017, despite the political… Read More
Managed Futures: If Not Now, When?
We write this on Bastille Day, which commemorates the storming and seizing of the infamous French fortress by revolutionaries. They were determined to make the 1 percent pay for the injustices they believed were heaped… Read More
Managed Futures 101 (Part B)
In Part A of our “Managed Futures 101” blog post we tried to shed light on this little-known asset class by comparing it to more well-known investments like mutual funds and ETFs. In Part B… Read More
Use RMB Silver Option Strategy to Play Gold
A little over a month ago RMB Big Move Trade Alerts recommended a two-step option strategy to take advantage of a possible bottom in silver – a market we felt wasn’t getting much attention. We… Read More
Investing in the New Gold: Protein
The need for food is unrelenting and universal. It has been the force behind mass migrations and wars. English cleric and scholar Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) was fascinated by the relationship between population and food. He… Read More
“Godzilla” El Niño Getting Stronger
The El Niño weather event BMTA examined in our last Alert (click here to re-read) is getting even stronger. Some scientists have increased the probability of a strong El Niño this year to 90%. Other… Read More
Silver Charts Look Good
Is silver finally bottoming? We believe it may be. RMB has been on alert for a bottom in silver since the beginning of the year when we recommended limited risk bullish spread positions using July… Read More
Time to Short Japanese Yen Again
The short side of the Japanese yen was one of our favorite trades of 2014. The Japanese currency may be a lot lower now, but almost all the factors that fueled our bearishness… Read More
Interest Rate / Gold Divergence & Today’s Price Action Are Signals to Short Bonds Again
The chart below compares the price of 10-Year US Treasury Notes with the price of gold over the past decade. We consider the relationship of these two markets to be not only one of the… Read More