Bob Moriarty
Archives
Dec 24, 2018
On January 26th of this year I wrote that sentiment indicators derived from the DSI put out by Jake Bernstein indicated that an even dozen commodities/markets were about to turn. All twelve did. There was not a bit of magic or voodoo involved. I just used information that anyone could have read and come to the same conclusion. That’s why I wrote Nobody Knows Anything. There are no experts or gurus. If you learn to think for yourself and you have access to the right data, you can move the odds in your favor.
This time I am going to throw in some voodoo. As Tom McClellan has pointed out a number of times in the past, full moons tend to mark either turning points or where a commodity accelerates faster in the direction it has been moving. Let’s see if we have turns or acceleration higher and lower for these commodities. Saturday the 22nd of December showed a full moon and if it really does move markets we should see it now.
As measured by the DSI, T-Bond futures hit a high of 94 on the 19th of December. It’s been higher at other turns but with ten other commodities showing extremes of emotion that easily could have said a turn lower is at hand for T-Bonds. On the 21st of December both the S&P Index and the Nasdaq Index futures showed a value of 5. Again there have been turns in the past that went lower but both indexes are showing signs of fatigue and I suspect may be turning higher and want to join the party. The VIX hit 96 on Friday. You have to go back almost three years to find a higher reading so I believe the VIX is going to run lower from here.
The theory behind the DSI says nothing about the commodity involved, it’s not as if gold hits an extreme so silver has to. Commodities trade higher and lower and are rarely synchronized but the Canadian dollar futures hit a low of 9 and that may well mark a low. In the energy space Crude Light hit a low of 6 on the 18th of December while Heating Oil and Gasoline futures showed values of 7. Crude has been as low as 4 in the middle of November but for sure that wasn’t the low. Maybe the energy commodities are tired of crashing and are about to turn higher. Copper hit a low of 7 on the 18th as well and we will have to see if that marks a low or if it will accelerate lower.
In the soft commodities, cotton hit a value of 7 and if everything else with a low value wants to make a turn, I think cotton will as well. And since the CRB Index itself is a measure of commodities it showing a value of 8 on the 18th reflects a turn for a lot of commodities to move higher.
The DSI is not a magic bullet but it is one of the cheapest and most valuable tools an investor can use. I made my first trade in financial markets in early 1970 and in between then and now I have never seen anyone forecast a dozen commodities turning with accuracy. I managed it in January of this year with nothing but a chart of the DSI; let’s see how many of eleven I can get right this time.
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Bob Moriarty
President: 321gold
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321gold Ltd
Proven ProbableCategory: Junior Mining
TORONTO, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gowest Gold Ltd. (“Gowest” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: GWA) announced today that it has issued Units and FT Units for aggregate gross proceeds of $993,800.00 pursuant to the initial closing of its previously announced private placement (the “Private Placement”) (see news releases dated November 27, December 10, and December 20, 2018).
Pursuant to this initial closing of the Private Placement, the Company issued: (i) 7,857,142 units (“Units”), each Unit comprises one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant, a “Warrant”); and (ii) 11,676,000 “flow-through” units (“FT Units”), each FT Unit comprises one common share and one-half of one Warrant. Each Unit and FT Unit was issued at a purchase price of $0.05 and each Warrant is exercisable to acquire one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.07 for a period of 24 months following the closing date of the Private Placement.
It is anticipated that one or more additional closings of the Private Placement will be completed in early 2019.
Subscriptions by insiders of the Corporation accounted for approximately $625,000.00 of the gross proceeds of the Private Placement. Participation by insiders under the Private Placement is exempt from the valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – “Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions” (“MI 61-101”) by virtue of the exemptions contained in Sections 5.5(b) and 5.7(1)(b) of MI 61-101.
All of the securities issuable in connection with the Private Placement are subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day after date of issuance.
The securities offered have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities in the United States.
Early Warning Disclosure
In connection with the Private Placement, C. Fraser Elliott, a director of the Company, subscribed for and acquired a combination of 12,000,000 Units and FT Units. Following completion of the initial tranche of the Private Placement, Mr. Elliott now has control and direction over an aggregate of 38,790,478 common shares, incentive stock options exercisable to acquire 900,000 common shares and warrants exercisable to acquire 13,986,032 common shares. The common shares controlled by Mr. Elliott represent approximately 9.99% of the outstanding common shares of the Company. Assuming the exercise of only the stock options and warrants controlled by Mr. Elliott, when combined with his existing common share ownership, he would hold control and direction over an aggregate of 53,676,510 common shares representing approximately 13.32% of the then outstanding common shares of the Company.
All securities of the Company controlled by Mr. Elliott are held for investment purposes. In the future, Mr. Elliott (directly or indirectly), may acquire and/or dispose of securities of the Company through the market, privately or otherwise, as circumstances or market conditions may warrant.
A copy of the early warning report filed by Mr. Elliott in connection with completion of the Private Placement is available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
About Gowest
Gowest is a Canadian gold exploration and development company focused on the delineation and development of its 100% owned Bradshaw Gold Deposit (Bradshaw), on the Frankfield Property, part of the Company’s North Timmins Gold Project (NTGP). Gowest is exploring additional gold targets on its +100‐square‐kilometre NTGP land package and continues to evaluate the area, which is part of the prolific Timmins, Ontario gold camp. Currently, Bradshaw contains a National Instrument 43‐101 Indicated Resource estimated at 2.1 million tonnes (“t”) grading 6.19 grams per tonne gold (g/t Au) containing 422 thousand ounces (oz) Au and an Inferred Resource of 3.6 million t grading 6.47 g/t Au containing 755 thousand oz Au. Further, based on the Pre‐Feasibility Study produced by Stantec Mining and announced on June 9, 2015, Bradshaw contains Mineral Reserves (Mineral Resources are inclusive of Mineral Reserves) in the probable category, using a 3 g/t Au cut‐off and utilizing a gold price of US$1,200 / oz, totaling 1.8 million t grading 4.82 g/t Au for 277 thousand oz Au.
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