Bob Hoye

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• The Last Hike (or your worst nightmare)

  Published 31 May 2006 | viewed 8,496 times

  Despite the long history of interest rates soaring so long as a boom is on and then plunging with the consequent contraction, the street used…

• So What's New?

  Published 30 May 2006 | viewed 4,431 times

  Bull markets generate new issues and great bull markets inspire new investment tools. As this one blossoms, it is generating new descriptions as well as…

• Perspective on Gold and Silver

  Published 26 May 2006 | viewed 7,513 times

  No matter how shocking, violent, bloody, embarrassing, or expensive a major reversal is, within two weeks there is no one who didn't make the call.…

• Energy Manias

  Published 18 May 2006 | viewed 6,528 times

  Concerns about the looming oil shortage are intense. It seems that most people from Wall Street to Main Street to those in government are worried…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 16 May 2006 | viewed 6,947 times

  The following in an excerpt from a www.institutionaladvisors.com May 11 report to subscribers. Signs Of The Times: "At 44% the percentage of "distressed" junk bonds…

• Silver Exchange Fund (SLV) on AMEX

  Published 02 May 2006 | viewed 6,719 times

  Trading Opportunity Long SLV : Short Silver Producers Technical observations of RossClark@shaw.ca. Now that the Silver ETF is trading, we can look forward to more…

• Why Bull Markets Go Up Forever

  Published 13 April 2006 | viewed 6,578 times

  The following piece documents the remarkably similar reasons why the bull markets of 1929 and 2000 were unique and should run forever. Despite this reasoning…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 11 March 2006 | viewed 9,426 times

  The following article is extracted from Pivotal Events, published for subscribers on March 9th. Signs Of The Times: "If long-only fund returns begin to diminish,…

• Real Men Trade the Long Bond

  Published 09 February 2006 | viewed 5,982 times

  Thursday's auction will mark the resumption of issuance of longer-dated treasuries. It is worth a general comment, particularly as the coupon is expected to be…

• Greenspan's Retirement (Updated)

  Published 03 February 2006 | viewed 7,337 times

  "If the bubbles collapse, we can always take it down." The accolades have become, well, rather inflated. Have they been deserved and, if not, what…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 21 January 2006 | viewed 7,986 times

  The following Pivotal Events was available to subscribers of Institutional Advisors on January 18, 2006. Signs Of The Times: "Selling Stampede Shuts Tokyo Stock Exchange"…

• Princely Finance and Taxation

  Published 20 December 2005 | viewed 4,798 times

  Annual Christmas Editorial (This includes a Christmas incident and is dedicated to all "false moneyers".) One would have hoped that financial rip-offs committed by medieval…

• Gold Exploration: The Contra-Cyclical Bull Market is Starting

  Published 14 November 2005 | viewed 6,114 times

  "Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, when gold and silver becks me to come on." - William Shakespeare The action over the…

• ChartWorks - Stock Market

  Published 20 October 2005 | viewed 6,524 times

  Below is a commentary extracted from ChartWorks on 17th October 2005. • Thursday's edition of Pivotal Events concluded that the stock market decline could take…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 18 October 2005 | viewed 6,986 times

  Signs Of The Times: "Europe Catches Deal Fever" "Value of M&A Activity in 2005 is Likely to Exceed $1 Trillion" "Racing to Levels Close to…

• Globalization?

  Published 13 October 2005 | viewed 5,188 times

  Following is a speech to the Committe for Monetary Research & Education at the CMRE Fall Dinner Meeting, Thursday, October 6, 2005 in New York…

• Euphoria! Sudden Loss of Liquidity?

  Published 27 August 2005 | viewed 7,327 times

  Great rushes of market euphoria have inevitably been followed by sudden loss of bids, overall liquidity, as well as the discovery that financial concerns have…

• Pivotal Events

  Published 05 August 2005 | viewed 7,192 times

  Stock Market Overview Some would think that the real driver for the stock market is the discovery that the economy is in the perfection of…

• Peak Credit?

  Published 14 July 2005 | viewed 11,155 times

  Credit forces always trump great speculative visions and the world is fast running out of speculative credit. "Measured by the increase in asset values over…

• Gold: The Contra-Cyclical Bull Market is Starting

  Published 16 June 2005 | viewed 8,373 times

  "Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, when gold and silver becks me to come on." - William Shakespeare The action over the…