"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •14 mins | 2,342.30 | +3.90 | +0.17% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 919.60 | +3.80 | +0.41% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 82.49 | -0.32 | -0.39% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.721 | -0.014 | -0.50% |
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Ethanol •18 hours | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •14 mins | 27.30 | -0.05 | -0.17% |
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Silver • 14 mins | 27.30 | -0.05 | -0.17% | |
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Copper • 14 mins | 4.537 | +0.051 | +1.13% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 87.83 | -0.19 | -0.22% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 1.646 | -0.007 | -0.42% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.528 | -0.022 | -0.85% |
Clif Droke
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Biography
Clif Droke is the editor of the two times weekly Momentum Strategies Report newsletter, published since 1997, which covers U.S. equity markets and various stock sectors, natural resources, money supply and bank credit trends, the dollar and the U.S. economy. The forecasts are made using a unique proprietary blend of analytical methods involving cycles, internal momentum and moving average systems, as well as investor sentiment. He is also the author of numerous books, including most recently "The Stock Market Cycles."
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Examining the Case For (And Against) Gold
Since being shunned by traders last year after a series of margin increases, gold has enjoyed a worthy comeback since turning around this summer. The…
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The Opposing Forces Behind Gold's Bull Market
What accounts for gold's strong performance since the initial rebound in July? That's the question that many analysts are (belatedly) trying to answer. The first…
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What the Analyst Consensus For Gold is Telling Us
The big news in the commodities world lately is $10/barrel drop in the oil price in the last several days. The decline was initially blamed…
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Why Bernanke Refuses To Let Oil Prices Fall
A prominent symptom of the final deflationary phase of the 60-year/120-year cycle scheduled to bottom in 2014 is, ironically, asset price inflation. While this may…
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Loose Money is Here Again (and Gold Stocks Love It!)
Stock and commodity prices across the board soared on the latest announcement from the Fed, which was viewed as wildly bullish by Wall Street. The…
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The Effects of the 4-Year Cycle Peak
Last week was pivotal for equities as well as a reminder that the 3½ year-old recovery is still alive. Many stocks broke out to new…
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Gold: The Ultimate Crisis Barometer
Gold's latest rally - and the dollar's recent decline - has the investing world buzzing with speculation as to the meaning behind it. Convention wisdom…
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Why Gold Doesn't Need the Fed
Gold was a star performer during the month of August, outshining other assets in an impressive rally which took many investors by surprise. Many analysts…
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Gold and the $600 Billion Question
After spending the better part of three months locked in a lateral range, gold finally broke out on Aug. 21 and went on to make…
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Gold and the Middle East Crisis
The year 2012 has been relatively peaceful compared with the past 10 years. The lack of military aggression on the part of the U.S. has…
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Gold's 'Fearless' Summer Turnaround
When does a precious metal known for feeding off investors' fears need the opposite of fear to move higher? Answer: Right now! Austin Kiddle, an…
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Fed Hits Kill Switch On Liquidity
Lately investors have been worried about liquidity, specifically the central bank's willingness (or unwillingness) to continue providing it, and with good reason. Without periodic injections…
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Two Keys For the Next Gold Breakout
Gold's historic run-up from $250 to nearly $2,000 an ounce in the last 10 years has underlined the long-term value and intrinsic worth of a…
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End is Near for Economic Rebound
Since the start of the global economic recovery in 2009, the status of the U.S. economy has been a perplexing one. We've been bombarded with…
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Can Gold's Luster Be Restored This Summer?
The summer has been a dizzying one for commodities. The last four weeks have witnessed the price of corn soaring toward an all-time high due…
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The 4-Year Cycle Versus the Euro Zone Crisis
Investors are worried that this summer will witness a repeat of the summer debacles of 2010 and 2011. The stock market has itself vulnerable to…
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Obama Versus The Hedge Fund Industry
Most investors are aware that the 4-year cycle peak comes into play this year. What few realize is how both Washington and Wall Street are…
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Major Improvement in Gold's Interim Outlook
As of the end of May 2012, gold suffered the indignity of its first "bearish" year after its long-term bull market began in 2001. Gold…
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Hedge Funds Re-evaluate Gold's Potential
Gold's biggest problem since February has been one of relative weakness. This weakness in turn has kept the market-moving hedge fund players away from gold.…
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A Tale of Two Stocks...and Two Economies
The government recently reported that the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.2 percent, below the expected 2.5 percent rate. The jobless rate…
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