Clif Droke

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• How the Fed Creates Bull Markets and Bear Markets

  Published 26 October 2008 | viewed 4,603 times

  I received an e-mail recently that is typical of the pop economic philosophy being heavily touted today in various financial forums. The e-mail contained a…

• How Credit Crises Begin and End

  Published 13 October 2008 | viewed 7,738 times

  From the standpoint of investor sentiment the credit crisis has reached the point of maximum saturation. Every TV news program and political commentator, every newspaper…

• Will Commodities Recover From the Credit Crisis?

  Published 30 September 2008 | viewed 6,530 times

  "Money is the lifeblood of the economy." This famous saying is easy enough to remember, yet how much easier is it to forget it when…

• Stock Market Volume and the Unlucky Month of September

  Published 10 September 2008 | viewed 5,129 times

  For a good part of the summer, trading volume was exceptionally light on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This was largely influenced by the…

• Hurricanes and the Crude Oil Price

  Published 01 September 2008 | viewed 6,022 times

  Since January we've discussed the influence that the 6-year cycle would have over the year 2008. Already we've seen many tokens of its impact, primarily…

• Volatility and the 6-year Cycle

  Published 20 August 2008 | viewed 3,430 times

  Volatility tends to run very high during years in which the Kress 6-year cycle is bottoming. Volatility has indeed been a major factor this year…

• An Interview with a Cycle Master

  Published 10 August 2008 | viewed 5,365 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…

• The Birth Pains of a New Bull Market

  Published 05 August 2008 | viewed 5,851 times

  After what has seemed to many investors to be the "longest year", stocks have been going through a volatile period which some interpret to be…

• Crude Oil and the 6-Year Cycle

  Published 15 July 2008 | viewed 4,309 times

  In previous commentaries we took a close look at the attributes of the 6-year cycle, which is bottoming this summer. The 6-year cycle is a…

• Warren Buffet and the Crude Oil Crisis

  Published 03 June 2008 | viewed 6,468 times

  Now that the financial system has been bailed out, it remains for the beleaguered consumer to be rescued from the doldrums he currently faces. When…

• Revolution and Market Cycles

  Published 30 May 2008 | viewed 3,548 times

  In the aftermath of the credit crisis, real estate deflation and stock market correction, there has been a startling rise in the talk of revolution…

• Economic Collapse in September?

  Published 17 May 2008 | viewed 17,327 times

  A rumor is swirling around the Internet that an inglorious end to the U.S. economy is imminent. Unlike previous rumors to this effect, this one…

• Will the Fed Create More Inflation in Commodities?

  Published 29 April 2008 | viewed 3,424 times

  Inflation has been investors' main focus lately. A commonly held assumption is that the Fed's aggressive lowering of interest rates will only result in more…

• Alan Greenspan: The Age of Hubris (and the long road back)

  Published 26 April 2008 | viewed 3,489 times

  Hubris is an amazing thing. It causes those infected by it to justify actions that would normally be indefensible. Take Alan Greenspan, for instance. He…

• At Last, Good News Is On The Way!

  Published 24 April 2008 | viewed 4,213 times

  By now it should be abundantly clear to even the most recalcitrant pessimists that the stock market is well along its route to recovery. The…

• Forget the Headlines, Listen To the Bond Market!

  Published 16 April 2008 | viewed 5,862 times

  Let's turn our attention to something that isn't often discussed, namely bonds. I know what some of you are saying already: "But bonds are boring!"…

• Now We Know the Real Reasons For the Credit "Crisis"

  Published 06 April 2008 | viewed 11,109 times

  I've purposely kept my comments concerning the credit crisis at a minimum since it began dominating the daily news headline. My reasoning for this is…

• Supermarket Tabloids to the Rescue!

  Published 02 April 2008 | viewed 3,650 times

  A sure sign that a trend has exhausted itself is when news tabloids start printing stories about economic depression and forecasting stock market crashes. I…

• George Soros and the Worst Financial Market Crisis in 60 Years

  Published 12 March 2008 | viewed 8,173 times

  "Blood in the streets" is the central theme of the financial news lately. Barely a day goes by without a barrage of bad news hitting…

• Gold's Hypnotic Price Target and the Outlook for PM Shares

  Published 23 February 2008 | viewed 4,479 times

  There is a lot of fear circulating around the Internet concerning gold/silver and the gold/silver stocks. As contrarians, that's exactly what we like to see.…