Adam Hamilton

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• US Debt Crisis

  Published 07 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With the rancorous fiscal-cliff negotiations dominating newsflow, the markets are rightfully on edge. Will a deal be reached as time relentlessly dwindles, or not? How…

• Real Rates and Gold 11

  Published 23 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Early in gold's secular bull, contrarian investors looked to real interest rates as one of this metal's primary drivers. Eleven years ago when gold still…

• Bullish PM Technicals

  Published 16 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With the US stock markets falling sharply since the elections, shell-shocked investors are scrambling for the exits. And this mass exodus is certainly rational in…

• Big Inflation Coming 3

  Published 09 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Well, Americans voted and the winner is inflation. Half our voting populace inexplicably decided to award a second term to Obama. Four more years of…

• SPX and 2012 Elections 3

  Published 26 October 2012 | viewed 0 times

  After a long contentious slog, the hyper-critical 2012 elections are almost here. Americans will finally have the opportunity to choose our great nation's future course.…

• Stock Bull Topping

  Published 19 October 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With the US stock markets near major multi-year highs, traders are naturally very optimistic. Predictions abound for a continuing advance to new all-time highs. But…

• Cheap Gold Stocks 4

  Published 12 October 2012 | viewed 0 times

  After surging sharply in August and early September, gold stocks have been consolidating sideways ever since. Naturally this loss of momentum has sapped the nascent…

• Fed QE and Gold, Silver

  Published 05 October 2012 | viewed 0 times

  After the Federal Reserve launched QE3 last month, investors and speculators are growing excited about its future impact on gold and silver. Though the Fed's…

• New Silver Upleg

  Published 21 September 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Silver has certainly enjoyed an impressive run of late, catapulting nearly a third higher since mid-summer. Because this surge looks nearly vertical on short-term charts,…

• Silver Bull Seasonals 2

  Published 14 September 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Silver is mined year-round at a fairly constant rate across the globe. Thus it is somewhat counterintuitive that this metal would exhibit marked seasonal tendencies…

• Gold-Stock Breakout

  Published 07 September 2012 | viewed 0 times

  After weathering a long consolidation followed by a major correction, gold stocks remain deeply out of favor today. But this bearish sentiment is slowly yielding…

• Contrary Gold Futures

  Published 24 August 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With gold awakening from its usual summer slumber, traders are getting more excited about its prospects. Presumably this shifting sentiment will even grow to encompass…

• Gold in Stock Bears

  Published 17 August 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With the odds for a new stock bear growing, prudent contrarian investors are looking for bear-resistant destinations for their hard-earned capital. Plain old cash tops…

• Stock Bear Looming?

  Published 10 August 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With the US stock markets challenging a major multi-year high, investors are feeling pretty complacent these days. But unseen below the placid surface, a serious…

• Gold Futures CoT 4

  Published 27 July 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Gold has been deeply out of favor lately, languishing in its usual summer doldrums. This sentiment wasteland is driving traders to flee wholesale, including the…

• Silver Undervalued

  Published 20 July 2012 | viewed 0 times

  After being sucked into the general commodities correction, silver has been relentlessly drifting lower since late February. But this weakness has forced the white metal…

• PM Summer Doldrums 4

  Published 13 July 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With gold, silver, and their miners' stocks drifting listlessly near correction lows, the sentiment in precious-metals land is even more pessimistic than usual. Bears abound…

• SPX and 2012 Elections 2

  Published 06 July 2012 | viewed 0 times

  After the US Supreme Court inexplicably redefined Obamacare to uphold its constitutionality, politics are very much back in the news. And with the all-important US…

• Gold-Stock Valuations 8

  Published 22 June 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Gold stocks languish in a sentiment wasteland these days, left for dead by everyone but a small contrarian remnant. So naturally bears abound, their arguments…

• Cheap Gold Stocks 3

  Published 15 June 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Gold stocks have recovered sharply following last month's panic-like capitulation plunge. But this embattled sector still remains incredibly cheap relative to prevailing gold levels, which…