2025 Market Risks & Why Gold Could Be Your Best Bet

Craig Hemke (00:01)
Happy New Year from SprottMoney, SprottMoney.com. It is a new year, it's 2025. Here we go, kicking off the new year, the month of January, with your precious metals projections video. I'm your host, Craig Hemke. Joining us is our regular monthly guest, Chris Vermeulen of TheTechnicalTraders.com. Chris, nice to see you. Happy New Year.

Chris Vermeulen (00:24)
Yeah, Happy New Year to you, Craig. A pleasure to be here.

Craig Hemke (00:27)
We're a little bit into the new year already. It's the 7th of January as we record this. We've got a couple of trading days under our belt, so we'll have a lot to discuss, no doubt, in the next couple of minutes. I want to remind everybody, though, that SprottMoney is your sponsor of all this content. You should subscribe to whatever channel you're watching so you get prompted every time something is posted later this month or next. All kinds of content all month long. Also, go to SprottMoney.com for your best deals on physical precious metal. Scroll through the site, you can see all the deals and other items on offer. You can also call them at 888-861-0775, and someone will be happy to help you get some precious metals out the door and into your hands.

Chris, the year is underway. We're a couple of days into this brand new year. I'm sure you've noticed some items moving. What stands out as the best asset now, worst asset now, as 2025 begins? What are you watching?

Chris Vermeulen (01:34)
Yeah, I mean, let's just grab the charts. There's a lot going on here. If we take a look at... let’s pull this chart up. Here we go. If we look at the charts, there’s quite a bit happening. Let’s start with the equities market. We’ve got a little volatility. Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen the market start to correct. This is the S&P 500.

I did an update last night with members, which I’ll share here because it gives good insight across a bunch of different things. This update, which I shared last night with members, focuses on short-term analysis. It covers only about five trading sessions, and it’s important for understanding trends. For example, my FOMO indicator shows when people aggressively buy into the market. Recently, we saw three spikes in FOMO, signaling short-term tops.

[Transcript continues with detailed analysis of market trends, gold, Bitcoin, and more...]

Craig Hemke (18:08)
Sounds good. You do terrific work. Please, again, keep TheTechnicalTraders.com in mind and keep SprottMoney.com in mind as well. As we go through this month, dollar-cost average your way into more physical precious metals. Always a good strategy, and SprottMoney.com can help you out.

Chris, thanks so much. It’s going to be a volatile month, but I look forward to seeing you again in early February.

Chris Vermeulen (18:33)
Sounds good, Craig. Always a pleasure. Take care, everyone.

Craig Hemke (18:36)
All of us at SprottMoney, SprottMoney.com, thank you for watching. Keep an eye on this channel—we’ll have more content as January continues.