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In his first Discovery Watch interview of 2019, John Kaiser of Kaiser Research Online suggests that Golden Triangle driller Sun Metals (Sunny; SUNM) achieved two important accomplishments last month. Leading up to December of last year, Mr. Kaiser believes the company demonstrated via recent exploration activities that its Stardust project likely has a new dimension of higher-grade mineralization than the already outlined Canyon Creek resource. 

After a dismal 2018, Canadian stocks as tracked by the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index are off to a happy start in the New Year with the index advancing 1.6% in the first three trading days of 2019. With the experience of last October fresh in our minds when Canadian stocks jumped at the start of the month, only to swoon in the following weeks, we are hesitant to make too much out of the move. However, there are some encouraging signs.

Colombia oil & gas producer Gran Tierra Energy is an early winner in 2019 (click for larger)

The anti-establishment movements such as what we have seen in France and Italy are growing and will continue into the New Year says Gerald Celente from the TrendsJournal.com. In a wide ranging interview with Jim Goddard on This Week in Money, Celente also suggests weakness in the housing market is a bad omen for the entire economy.

Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK Canadian Insider Index resumed its rapid downhill sleigh ride.  The Index opened lower last week and after being unable to break above 1050, continued to head down, influenced by world market weakness and tax loss selling (which ends December 27^th for Canadian stocks).  The Index tumbled 32.71 points for a 3.1% loss.

In his latest interview with Jim Goddard, economist Mish Shedlock notes that all the major US indices are in correction mode and warns about a bear market that could last for years. 

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In his latest Howestreet.com broadcast with Jim Goddard, INK CEO Ted Dixon worries that the Fed is looking backwards at positive US economic data instead of forwards at warning signs such as housing. If the Fed does not hold up on its rate hikes, they risk going too far. American insiders and stocks in the U.S. Financials sector are still not confirming a base in share prices and the Fed is probably one of the reasons why.

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Updated - Bear market forces are building according market historian Bob Hoye from ChartsandMarkets.com. In his latest interview with Jim Goddard, Hoye points out that the world stocks outside of the US hit their highs in January, the month after the bitcoin bubble blew out. Those peaks foreshadowed the setup for a potential bear market in stocks.

INK CEO Ted Dixon remains skeptical that a meaningful floor has been established for stocks this fall. On the other hand, a bullish set-up for gold stocks is continuing. Those were the key takeaways from his latest interview with Jim Goddard published Thursday night.

Market historian Bob Hoye from ChartsandMarkets.com is looking for a dismal low in crude somewhere around late December or early January. Meanwhile, he soon expects the onset of a post-bubble contraction which should prime gold stocks for good times. In a fascinating interview with Jim Goddard, he explains his outlook which is based on historical, seasonal and technical work.

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In his Tuesday Discovery Watch broadcast, John Kaiser sees trouble ahead for pot stocks while a seasonal buying opportunity is opening up for junior mining stocks.

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