Adam Hamilton

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• Strong-Dollar Fallacy

  Published 08 June 2012 | viewed 0 times

  After a shocking upset in Greece's parliamentary elections, the US dollar surged dramatically. Soaring 5.4% in May alone, the world's reserve currency won legions of…

• Euro to Surge

  Published 25 May 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The fortunes of Europe's beleaguered euro currency have been heavily influencing US markets. Both stocks and commodities have been battered down recently by overwhelming euro…

• Gold-Stock Capitulation

  Published 18 May 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Gold stocks have been pummeled mercilessly this month, their price action looking almost apocalyptic. The psychological stress spawned by such extreme weakness is intense, breaking…

• Gold Bull Climaxes

  Published 11 May 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Gold has had a rough time lately, grinding relentlessly lower. Such technical weakness has naturally spawned increasingly bearish psychology. This has led to a fringe…

• Fear and SPX Toppings

  Published 04 May 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With the US stock markets surging nearly a third higher in just 6 months, the odds are rising for a major topping. As the best…

• China Commodities Drag

  Published 20 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Commodities have been sinking like stones since late February, an unusual divergence from the rallying stock markets. This relentless weakness has wreaked havoc on commodities…

• Bullish Gold Technicals

  Published 13 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Gold has been weathering some considerable selling pressure lately, which has naturally turned sentiment quite pessimistic. Bearish commentary abounds, with all kinds of predictions for…

• Gold QE3 Scares

  Published 06 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Sellers hammered gold again this week on news from the Fed. The minutes from its latest FOMC meeting convinced traders the odds for a third…

• Gold-Stock Panic Levels

  Published 23 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The beleaguered gold stocks have spiraled lower this month, heaping misery on poor fools like me naive enough to invest in them. Dwindling interest and…

• Europe Stock Recovery

  Published 16 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The world's stock markets are increasingly interrelated. The psychology of traders, which drives most short-term price action, is continuously shaped by the nonstop torrents of…

• Oil Stocks Room to Run

  Published 09 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With Iran waxing belligerent again, oil has been making headlines lately. Stock speculators and investors are anxiously watching its price, gaming how oil stocks are…

• Gold-Mining Margins 2

  Published 02 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The history of gold mining has been well-documented for thousands of years. And with the demand for this most precious of metals going nearly as…

• SPX and 2012 Elections

  Published 24 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  With the 2012 elections looming, politics are increasingly dominating newsflow. And it is only going to get worse, news will be all politics all the…

• Euro's SPX Influence

  Published 17 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Over the past few years, the fortunes of Europe's euro currency have appeared to significantly influence the US stock markets. This rather-curious relationship has proved…

• SPX Upleg Room to Run

  Published 10 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The US stock markets have been on fire lately, still marching higher even after the S&P 500 powered to its best January in 15 years.…

• Gold ETF Mass Exodus

  Published 27 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Gold is enjoying an awesome January, rallying strongly out of its oversold late-December lows. But last month's hyper-pessimistic sentiment deserves some reflection before it totally…

• Gold-Stock Upleg Cycles

  Published 20 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Despite gold's powerful secular bull over the past decade, gold stocks remain vexing to investors and speculators. Though this metal's miners have yielded truly colossal…

• Dollar to Launch Gold

  Published 13 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Since rocketing to new all-time highs last summer, gold has weathered a major correction. While that selloff was healthy and necessary given the excessive optimism…

• Cheap Gold Stocks 2

  Published 06 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Gold had a tough December, falling 10.5% to grind along near its worst levels since July. This sparked hyper-bearish sentiment and end-of-gold's-secular-bull talk. Naturally gold…

• Recession Crazes

  Published 23 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Recession is a four-letter word in the financial markets, striking terror into the hearts of everyone. And if reports since August are to be believed,…