Adam Hamilton

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• Real Rates and Gold 6

  Published 30 January 2004 | viewed 4,362 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 5,047 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 4,899 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 6,309 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 4,375 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 4,637 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 4,648 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 5,173 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 5,329 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 5,742 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 4,685 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 5,659 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 4,820 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 4,619 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 4,260 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 4,942 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 7,336 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 6,229 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 4,338 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 3,885 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…