Gold •175 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 964.80 | +13.30 | +1.40% | |
WTI Crude •1 day | 70.10 | +0.86 | +1.24% | |
Gasoline •1 day | 1.959 | +0.021 | +1.06% | |
Ethanol •175 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •175 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 175 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 175 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 1 day | 73.58 | +0.95 | +1.31% | ||
Natural Gas • 1 day | 3.946 | +0.290 | +7.93% | ||
Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.222 | -0.005 | -0.22% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
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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