Clif Droke

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• The Great Missed Opportunity of 2009

  Published 02 August 2009 | viewed 6,397 times

  When the books have been written on 2009, the prevailing story will undoubtedly be one of lost opportunity. Countless numbers of investors caught up in…

• The Dangers of Drinking from the Horse Trough

  Published 26 July 2009 | viewed 5,367 times

  One of the most talked about themes of the past few weeks was the supposedly bearish "head and shoulders" pattern in the daily chart of…

• It Doesn't Pay to Fall Asleep in a Recovery

  Published 20 July 2009 | viewed 4,018 times

  The vast majority of retail investors have "fallen asleep" on the broad market recovery since March. The sleepy character of market psychology has become even…

• Inflation, Sentiment and the Kress Cycles

  Published 07 July 2009 | viewed 3,777 times

  Despite a 40% market recovery and an abatement of the credit crisis, a climate of high fear abounds among market participants. Investor sentiment polls continue…

• Bernanke on the Great Depression

  Published 28 June 2009 | viewed 4,415 times

  A major result of last year's credit storm is a lingering sense of dread and foreboding among investors. Many are waiting for the proverbial "other…

• Retroflation Revisited

  Published 01 June 2009 | viewed 3,749 times

  Back in 2001-2002 I used the term "retroflation" in a series of newsletters and articles to describe what I saw as a battle between the…

• The "Silent Rally" in Gold

  Published 17 May 2009 | viewed 4,820 times

  It was a typical options expiration week with markets showing a lassitude that normally accompanies this event. Trading volume was relatively low and action was…

• Why 2009 is Turning Out to Be a Repeat of 1975

  Published 06 May 2009 | viewed 6,948 times

  The impressive recovery in the S&P 500 index to date has been brought to us courtesy of a massive shift in the market's internal rate…

• Leading Economic Indicators Point to Improvement

  Published 14 April 2009 | viewed 4,495 times

  Since the start of the new millennium and new century, many of the old truisms that applied to economic forecasting are no longer relevant. So…

• Why Retail Investors are Starving Themselves to Death

  Published 03 April 2009 | viewed 5,028 times

  Since the market bottomed and the new cyclical recovery bull market began, retail investors have gone on a collective buyer's strike. Call it a "hunger…

• Market Bottom and the Bookstore Indicator

  Published 18 March 2009 | viewed 6,289 times

  It's hard to be positive about the stock market when all around us gloom prevails. Visiting a local Barnes & Noble recently made me conscious…

• One Last "Bubble" Remains to be Popped

  Published 08 March 2009 | viewed 9,510 times

  The problem plaguing the market heretofore has been two-fold: a lack of buyers on the retail side and deleveraging on the institutional side of the…

• Base Building Considerations for Stocks and Commodities

  Published 17 February 2009 | viewed 4,614 times

  The most salient feature of the markets at this juncture is the number of interim bases that have been building in several major sectors, including…

• A Confidence Crisis, Not a Money Crisis

  Published 07 February 2009 | viewed 5,195 times

  "Though the life of a man be short of a hundred years, he gives himself enough anxiety as if he were to live a thousand."…

• An Interview With a Cycle Master: Part 2

  Published 26 January 2009 | viewed 5,124 times

  I have long been an admirer of the stock market cycle analysis of one Samuel J. "Bud" Kress, proprietor of SJK Capital and publisher of…

• A Bouncing Baby Bull

  Published 04 January 2009 | viewed 4,922 times

  The old man of 2008 has yielded his place to the baby New Year and with it a changing of the guard. Not only has…

• Recession: A Reason to Rejoice

  Published 28 December 2008 | viewed 5,505 times

  What would normally be a time of happiness and cheer this holiday season has become instead an occasion of gloom and foreboding for many. At…

• Blood in the Streets All Over the Place

  Published 16 December 2008 | viewed 5,158 times

  As the bear market ends and a new cyclical bull market begins with the bottoming of the 6-year cycle, we continue see the lagging effects…

• Volatility and the Year Ahead

  Published 09 December 2008 | viewed 4,565 times

  If you had to choose one word to describe this year, it would probably be "volatile." That 2008 was characterized by volatility is an understatement.…

• Depression in 2009?

  Published 29 November 2008 | viewed 9,057 times

  After suffering through the biggest stock market correction since the 1930s, many are wondering if the market - that great discounting mechanism - foresees depression…