Adam Hamilton

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• R.I.P. Great Bear?

  Published 25 April 2003 | viewed 5,652 times

  After watching the stock-market trading action this week, I have to admit my admiration for the bulls' success. Not only did they extend the impressive…

• Trading The Relative VIX

  Published 18 April 2003 | viewed 6,488 times

  The always fascinating US stock markets continued to puzzle and perplex this week, rendering pretty much every investor and speculator uncomfortable. It doesn't matter whether…

• The US Dollar Bear

  Published 11 April 2003 | viewed 6,002 times

  Since the mighty US dollar is the de facto global reserve currency, its trading behavior is exceedingly important for investors and speculators around the world…

• Real Rates and Gold 4

  Published 04 April 2003 | viewed 5,188 times

  What a phenomenally fascinating time to be a contrarian investor and speculator! With the major financial markets totally fixated on the war, emotions reign supreme…

• War Rally Euphoria

  Published 28 March 2003 | viewed 4,917 times

  My trusty Webster's dictionary tome defines the word "euphoria" as "a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania." In…

• Golden Bull Buy Signals 2

  Published 21 March 2003 | viewed 5,132 times

  The past six weeks or so have been quite challenging for gold and gold-stock investors as the anticipated normal bull-market pullback has been underway in…

• S&P 500 Waterfall Imminent

  Published 14 March 2003 | viewed 5,546 times

  The massive 4" thick Webster's dictionary holding down my desk defines the word waterfall as, "a steep fall or flow of water in a watercourse…

• QQQ Ambush Lurking

  Published 07 March 2003 | viewed 4,387 times

  The first nine weeks of 2003 have proved to be a frustrating time for the majority of speculators actively trading the endless undulations of the…

• Wisdom of Jesse Livermore 2

  Published 28 February 2003 | viewed 4,755 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…

• Trading the Dow 30 Bust

  Published 21 February 2003 | viewed 5,012 times

  The venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average is probably the most important and most well-known stock index in world history. It is not only relentlessly watched…

• Trading the VXN Wedge

  Published 14 February 2003 | viewed 5,446 times

  Speculation never ceases to be an intriguing art. Speculators drink in a vast amount of information, try to sort the wheat from the chaff, make…

• Golden Bull Buy Signals

  Published 07 February 2003 | viewed 4,459 times

  What a fantastic year for gold thus far! The Ancient Metal of Kings continues to gallop higher after utterly obliterating the $325 Maginot Line fortifications…

• Wisdom of Jesse Livermore

  Published 31 January 2003 | viewed 5,321 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…

• The Bust and the VIX

  Published 24 January 2003 | viewed 5,667 times

  Actively speculating in this once-in-three-generation ongoing Great Bear bust is endlessly fascinating. Every week brings interesting new surprises and outstanding opportunities to learn and grow…

• Bear-Market Rally Autopsy 2

  Published 17 January 2003 | viewed 5,706 times

  Life for stock and options speculators in the belly of this supercycle Great Bear market is definitely an interesting and exciting experience. Bear-market trading is…

• Dividend Valuation Waves

  Published 10 January 2003 | viewed 5,635 times

  Woohoo! Our imperial President has dragged himself away from the dangerous game of waging endless foreign wars long enough to throw hardworking Americans a token…

• Trading the NASDAQ Bust 2

  Published 03 January 2003 | viewed 5,516 times

  Well, 2003 is here and it is time to get to work! Just as last year, vast riches lie ahead in the murky mists of…

• The Bust in Review

  Published 27 December 2002 | viewed 5,028 times

  Seemingly sneaking up on us like a thief in the night, all of a sudden the final days of Anno Domini 2002 are rapidly waning.…

• Behold the Gold Bull!

  Published 20 December 2002 | viewed 5,758 times

  The naysayers claimed it would never happen. The Keynesian socialists claimed there was no place for gold in their brave new age of fiat paper.…

• Bear-Market Rally Autopsy

  Published 13 December 2002 | viewed 5,189 times

  Before it gasped its final breath in May 2002, the only television series I really enjoyed was Chris Carter's outstanding "The X-Files". The excellent series…