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Adam Hamilton

Adam Hamilton

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

Biography

Mr. Hamilton, a private investor and contrarian analyst, publishes Zeal Intelligence, an in-depth monthly strategic and tactical analysis of markets, geopolitics, economics, finance, and investing delivered from an explicitly pro-free market and laissez faire perspective.

  • Real Rates and Gold 6

    Published 30 January 2004 | viewed 4,390 times

    One of the most important fundamental drivers behind the current fabulous golden bull in US dollar terms is the surreal negative-real-interest-rate environment that now plagues…

  • Trading the Silver Bull

    Published 23 January 2004 | viewed 5,070 times

    Unfortunately silver never seems to garner as much press as gold or the general equity markets, so there are probably lots of contrarians out there…

  • No Fear in Stocks

    Published 16 January 2004 | viewed 4,924 times

    Happy days are here again friends! The stock markets are soaring, the US economy is said to be booming, an election year is upon us,…

  • The Relative Dollar and Gold

    Published 09 January 2004 | viewed 6,331 times

    The relentlessly plunging US dollar is the primary topic of some of the most widely played financial-news stories these days. This once mighty American currency…

  • Wisdom of Jesse Livermore 7

    Published 02 January 2004 | viewed 4,428 times

    Legendary speculator Jesse Livermore is surely one of the most fascinating characters in all of financial-market history. About a century ago Jesse Livermore blossomed into…

  • Gold in Euros and Yen 2

    Published 26 December 2003 | viewed 4,653 times

    It is kind of funny, but at least once a week I receive an e-mail from a European investor that goes something like this... "Adam,…

  • HUI Bollinger Bands

    Published 19 December 2003 | viewed 4,670 times

    Last week in "Standard-Deviation Technicals", I discussed the logical and philosophical foundations behind the idea of applying the statistical concepts of normal distributions and standard…

  • Standard-Deviation Technicals

    Published 12 December 2003 | viewed 5,205 times

    As speculators and investors these days are rightfully in a jovial Christmas mood, I thought it would be a good week to delve into something…

  • Trading the Gold-Stock Bull 3

    Published 05 December 2003 | viewed 5,355 times

    US$400 gold friends! Wow, can you believe it is really here? What a wonderful blessing! Praise God! Our powerful new gold bull is not even…

  • Valuation Wave Reversion 3

    Published 28 November 2003 | viewed 5,780 times

    The single most powerful force driving the stock markets over the long-term is valuation, the level at which the marketplace is pricing the current earnings…

  • Eerie Nikkei-SPX Parallels

    Published 21 November 2003 | viewed 4,727 times

    Since Japan is about a decade ahead of the United States in its own post-bubble journey, the countless parallels between the Japanese bust experience of…

  • The US Dollar Bear 2

    Published 14 November 2003 | viewed 5,683 times

    With the latest reported record-high US trade deficit, a whopping $41b+ in September alone, the US dollar is once again back in the limelight. At…

  • M3 Growth and Stocks

    Published 07 November 2003 | viewed 4,842 times

    In the esoteric world of money supplies, it is not very often that something truly unusual transpires. Endless fiat-currency expansion, inflation, is as predictable as…

  • Wisdom of Jesse Livermore 6

    Published 31 October 2003 | viewed 4,655 times

    Legendary speculator Jesse Livermore is surely one of the most fascinating characters in all of financial-market history. About a century ago Jesse Livermore blossomed into…

  • SPX Volatility Extinctions

    Published 24 October 2003 | viewed 4,285 times

    The longer that I study the financial markets, the more convinced I become that volatility is one of the most important factors for investors and…

  • Silver Technicals

    Published 17 October 2003 | viewed 4,966 times

    Silver is a perpetually fascinating commodity. It shares much in common with the golden king of precious metals, yet it is also quite different in…

  • Valuations and Interest Rates

    Published 10 October 2003 | viewed 7,379 times

    As this impressive new cyclical bull market in the American stock markets continues to relentlessly march higher, the crucial issue of general-stock valuations remains at…

  • An S&P 500 Cyclical Bull?

    Published 03 October 2003 | viewed 6,248 times

    Say it aint so! A new bull market in the mighty S&P 500?!? Have the rampaging bulls finally thrust the lethal sword deep into the…

  • Mysterious VIX Divergences

    Published 26 September 2003 | viewed 4,365 times

    I have always wanted to use the word "mysterious" in an essay title, and this week it finally roughly fits! A fascinating and mysterious daily…

  • Real Rates and Gold 5

    Published 19 September 2003 | viewed 3,938 times

    One of the most often ignored yet most important strategic drivers of the financial markets is the prevailing real-interest-rate environment. Real interest rates profoundly impact…