Bob Hoye

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• Two Agents that Made a Great Bull Market Risk-free

  Published 02 April 2007 | viewed 8,686 times

  A great bull market involving stocks, commodities, and low grade bonds ran for a number of years and completed in 1873. During the latter part…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 17 March 2007 | viewed 6,492 times

  The following is an excerpt from Pivotal Events March 15, 2007. Signs Of The Times: "As Goes Goldman, So Go Markets" "Dubbed 'The Tell' Titan…

• A Classic Market Break?

  Published 08 March 2007 | viewed 6,939 times

  Excerpt from edition dated March 5, 2007. The yield curve (10s to 2s) was inverted at -15 bps on Wednesday, February 21, -12 bps on…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 23 February 2007 | viewed 4,538 times

  The following is an excerpt from Pivotal Events - February 22, 2007. Signs Of The Times: "After Subprime: Lax Lending Lurks Elsewhere"    WSJ, February 20…

• Gold Exploration

  Published 29 December 2006 | viewed 7,766 times

  This updates the study dated September 19, 2006, that concluded that gold's real price was close to bottoming and that the gold sector should be…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 10 November 2006 | viewed 6,193 times

  Excerpt from Thursday, November 9, 2006. Signs Of The Times: "Ghost Towns?" "In Arizona, 'For Sale' is a sign of the times. Last year people…

• Curious Change in Margin Requirements

  Published 27 October 2006 | viewed 6,482 times

  Through the SEC, the Fed controls margin requirements and a recent announcement was described by the deputy director of the SEC as "a very significant…

• Credit is Suspicion Asleep

  Published 06 October 2006 | viewed 7,146 times

  Originally published by Institutional Advisors on October 4, 2006. This old saying sums it up. One day there seems to be endless liquidity and the…

• ChartWorks: Gold Update

  Published 06 October 2006 | viewed 5,261 times

  Originally published by Institutional Advisors on October 4, 2006. Technical observations of RossClark@shaw.ca. Gold's rally to $607 last week satisfied the minimum interim upside targeted…

• Gold Exploration: The Next Leg of the Bull Market?

  Published 27 September 2006 | viewed 5,062 times

  The following was sent to subscribers of Institutional Advisors on September 19, 2006. Overview: Gold's real price has long been the key to profitability of…

• Pivotal Events -- Full Version

  Published 12 September 2006 | viewed 6,102 times

  If you read the Pivotal Events excerpt on September 9, click here to read the balance of Pivotal Events. Signs Of The Times: "The Fed,…

• Signs Of The Times

  Published 09 September 2006 | viewed 11,297 times

  Pivotal Events -- Excerpt of the Edition Published September 7, 2006 "The Fed, which last month left interest rates unchanged for the first time in…

• The Consequence of Real Estate Bubbles

  Published 01 September 2006 | viewed 8,693 times

  Bears, bulls, and the merely complacent are all commenting on the condition of the housing market. The following articles cover real estate booms and busts…

• Measuring The Intrinsic Performance Of Stocks

  Published 25 August 2006 | viewed 5,084 times

  • This is, of course, a long-term review. • As with the 5 previous financial bubbles back to 1720, gold's real price declined with the…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 25 August 2006 | viewed 5,927 times

  EXTRACT FROM PUBLICATION DATED THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2006 Signs Of The Times: "I've never seen a soft landing." CEO, Countrywide Financial, which is the biggest…

• Banks and Financials: "A Widows and Orphans Short"

  Published 08 August 2006 | viewed 7,235 times

  We are confident of the reliability of our research. A similar approach used in the summer of 1998 merited the same title and, while it…

• Speculative Peak

  Published 01 August 2006 | viewed 7,597 times

  (Update) Extracted from Pivotal Events Our proprietary Peak Momentum Indicator registered in early May. As outlined below, this is a rare event and one of…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 04 July 2006 | viewed 9,062 times

  Extract From The Edition Dated Thursday, June 29, 2006 Base Metal Prices were likely to top shortly after gold and silver and it was simultaneous.…

• Golds

  Published 26 June 2006 | viewed 6,465 times

  A move has started whereby gold shares can outperform the bullion price and, following such a pattern that completed recently, senior gold stocks have enjoyed…

• Actuarially-Driven Investors and Financial Fads

  Published 22 June 2006 | viewed 6,627 times

  Summary: No matter how wild they get, financial markets don't impose upon the calculation of mortality rates. Unfortunately, the ivory tower culture of actuarial work…