We suggested in August that traders who went short gold in May were beginning to consider covering their short positions. The consolidation over the past few weeks has triggered short covering, but it has not encouraged new long positions. When the gold price rebounds, it tends to do so rapidly without any consolidation activity. The […]

A cyclist rides past an electronic stock board showing a figure of the Nikkei Stock Average outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018.  Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coincidence in the markets can mean nothing, or it can provide a very useful trading edge. Looking at the below […]

Saugus’ Ginnie Rooney goes through warm-up exercises as she trains at the Sun Taekwondo Academy in Danvers. DANVERS — Ginnie Rooney isn’t your average taekwondo student. Certainly, having earned a black belt sets Rooney in a different tier, with the belt signifying her mastery of the fundamentals of the martial art. But, the Saugus resident […]

The Lynn English Marine Corps JROTC present the colors in the Lynn Auditorium. A Boy Scout waves an American flag during the Lynnfield Veterans Day ceremony. State and local officials clap for the veterans present at the ceremony, including Lynn’s own Councilor-at-large, Nicole McClain. Staff Sergeant Joseph Tropeano described his service as a member of […]

LYNNFIELD —  You can’t say they didn’t make things interesting. Or, better put, positively nerve wracking. With less than five minutes to play and the game clock off, the No. 2 Pioneers’ boys soccer team was seemingly in the driver’s seat with a 2-0 lead in its Elite Eight game Saturday at home against No. […]

LYNNFIELD —  Let’s just say nobody – and I mean nobody – saw this one coming.  In a dominant performance, the No. 4 Lynnfield girls soccer team avenged its only Cape Ann League loss of the season and punched its ticket to the Division IV Final Four, scorching the visiting (and, until Saturday, undefeated) No. […]

An offshore oil platform. Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty Images The NYMEX oil chart has three technical features. They signal a continuation of the uptrend with a target near $87. However, movement toward this target is hindered by several resistance features which tend to slow the trend momentum. The first technical observation is the […]

Islanders Donna and Wayne King were just shy of a bushel of scallops after a day of scalloping. (Credit: Chartiy Robey) While the rest of us admire fall foliage, North Fork baymen look to nature for signs that predict the health of adult bay scallops.  They watch the docks and parking lots to see if […]

Lifelong Greenport resident, Christine (née Stulsky) Purcell, died unexpectedly on Nov. 1, 2023. She was 73. Born April 12, 1950 in Greenport, she was the daughter of John Sr. and Anita (née Aanestad) Stulsky. She was predeceased by her father; husband Richard Purcell; son Rick Purcell; brother John Stulsky Jr.; nephew Andrew Stulsky and niece […]

Robert L. Wilson Jr., 43, of Henderson, NV passed away on Sept.12, 2023. Robert was born on Jan. 29, 1980 to Susan C. Wilson and Robert L. Wilson Sr. in Huntington, N.Y. His family moved to Mattituck in 1991 to be closer to his beloved grandparents, Gladys and Frederick Fincken. In 1998, he graduated from […]