Adam Hamilton

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• PM Summer Doldrums 2

  Published 18 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Over the past month or so, precious-metals stocks' performance has been frustrating. Even though gold looks great, lazily meandering over $1200 without a care in…

• Oil Stocks Deeply Oversold

  Published 11 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Oil stocks have been hammered especially hard in the recent stock-market correction. With both the general stock markets and price of crude oil falling sharply,…

• Commodities-Stock Buying Op

  Published 04 June 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Commodities stocks have two primary drivers, commodities prices and the general stock markets. When both are doing well, commodities stocks thrive. But when both are…

• Euro Panic Buying Op

  Published 23 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  The condition of Europe has become the psychological linchpin governing the world's financial markets. Even the notoriously insular American investors are fretting about Europe's woes…

• Euro Gold E1000

  Published 14 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  With the European sovereign-debt troubles dominating financial news, the euro has taken quite a beating lately. The majority consensus opinion even believes that the euro's…

• Gold Stock Valuations 6

  Published 07 May 2010 | viewed 0 times

  As gold stocks continue to power higher in their usual spring rally, they are starting to attract investors' attention again. This includes some value investors,…

• Silver ETF Divergence

  Published 25 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Launched 4 years ago this week, the SLV silver ETF has proven very successful. With $5.1b in net assets, it already ranks among the top…

• Silver/Gold Ratio Reversion 3

  Published 16 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Silver's recent rallying action is starting to catch traders' attention. Since the end of its latest correction in early February, this white metal has surged…

• SPX Levitation Act 2

  Published 09 April 2010 | viewed 1,224 times

  In less than 8 weeks, the flagship S&P 500 stock index (SPX) has relentlessly powered 12.6% higher. This big run has been very unbalanced too,…

• GDXJ Junior Gold ETF

  Published 26 March 2010 | viewed 1,747 times

  Among all commodities stocks, no group is as alluring and dangerous as junior gold stocks. The vast majority of these small companies are explorers, having…

• Gold Stock Recovery 2

  Published 19 March 2010 | viewed 1,350 times

  Gold stocks continue to face a stiff psychological headwind. As measured by their flagship HUI index, they were ripped to shreds in late 2008's brutal…

• US Mint Bullion Coin Sales 2

  Published 12 March 2010 | viewed 2,574 times

  The US Mint's popular American Eagle gold and silver coins remain in high demand by US investors. Working to overcome production bottlenecks, the Mint radically…

• Euro Gold Records 2

  Published 05 March 2010 | viewed 2,324 times

  After spending our entire lives in a dollar-dominated world, we Americans naturally view gold through a dollar-centric lens. We assume the gold charts we're seeing…

• Trading HUI Volume Spikes

  Published 19 February 2010 | viewed 2,928 times

  After surging 11.9% higher in just 7 trading days, the flagship HUI gold-stock index is starting to recapture traders' attention. Right as this rally launched…

• US Dollar Bear Rallies

  Published 12 February 2010 | viewed 3,423 times

  In recent months, the US dollar has been surging higher. This impressive strength is a radical change from last year's relentless grind lower. Across the…

• Bullish HUI Technicals 4

  Published 05 February 2010 | viewed 2,704 times

  Over the last couple weeks, gold and silver stocks have been clobbered. The flagship index that tracks this sector, the HUI, hemorrhaged nearly a sixth…

• Silver Bull Seasonals

  Published 22 January 2010 | viewed 3,468 times

  Seasonality, the tendency for prices to consistently move in the same direction at particular times in the calendar year, is always fascinating. While it is…

• SPX Levitation Act

  Published 15 January 2010 | viewed 3,626 times

  Over the last few months, the behavior of the US stock markets has been rather vexing. Usually when they grow overbought, when greed and complacency…

• Copper Correction

  Published 08 January 2010 | viewed 3,440 times

  Copper has enjoyed a spectacular run higher. In calendar 2009 as it emerged out of the stock-panic-induced commodities-price crash, it rocketed 153.2% higher! Such performance…

• Portfolio Rebalancing 101

  Published 26 December 2009 | viewed 4,865 times

  Year-end is always a time of reflection, a rare opportunity where the usual psychological boundaries of time crumble. For a couple weeks, the tyranny of…