Clif Droke

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• Cosmology of the Cycles

  Published 13 August 2006 | viewed 7,576 times

  In the past few months we've been subjected to a constant barrage of bad news from the Middle East and around the world. We've witnessed…

• More Thoughts on the Coming 4-year/8-year Cycle Bottom

  Published 06 August 2006 | viewed 4,561 times

  In the June and July newsletters we examined whether the XAU index had reached a short-term bottom and reached a conclusion that, based on numerous…

• Market Divergences and the 4-Year Cycle

  Published 29 July 2006 | viewed 5,773 times

  The market's rally in the past few days has been brought to us courtesy of the super bearish sentiment that showed up in the AAII…

• An Internal Look at the Oil and Gas Stocks

  Published 23 July 2006 | viewed 4,122 times

  With speculative interest in the oil and gas stocks running high and with many oil and gas companies due to release second quarter earnings, many…

• Terrorism, Revolution, and the Financial Markets

  Published 13 July 2006 | viewed 5,057 times

  "The more things change, the more they stay the same." That oft-repeated bromide contains more truth than most would care to admit. This statement can…

• The Long-term South African Mining Outlook is Getting Brighter

  Published 08 July 2006 | viewed 3,871 times

  After an extremely difficult past couple of years which saw share prices plunge and more political, economic and currency-related turmoil (not to mention personal intrigue)…

• Short-term Considerations for the Precious Metal Stocks

  Published 03 July 2006 | viewed 5,661 times

  Short-term internal momentum for the silver stocks is still rising, a fact that contributed to the across-the-board rally in the silver stocks last week. Internal…

• Oil and the 8-year Cycle

  Published 17 June 2006 | viewed 4,849 times

  In view of the approaching 8-year cycle bottom we've been discussing in recent articles let's examine the crude oil market compared to previous cycles for…

• A Look at the Upcoming 8-year Cycle Bottom

  Published 14 June 2006 | viewed 8,196 times

  The past few weeks have seen stocks and commodities (notably gold and silver) take a beating. After peaking in May (April in the case of…

• Thoughts on the Gold/Silver Stock Correction

  Published 29 May 2006 | viewed 6,572 times

  The month of May proved to be an eventful month for the leading gold and silver stocks with lots of wide swinging movement, mostly to…

• Leading Indicators for the Gold/Silver Stock Sector

  Published 23 May 2006 | viewed 5,692 times

  What are the best combination of trend indicators for juncture recognition in the gold/silver stock sector? Are there any actively traded representatives of the precious…

• Oil (and Violence) Pulls Back, But for How Long?

  Published 11 May 2006 | viewed 5,205 times

  Oil and gas have always been highly politicized commodities, but never more so than today. With the leading players in the final stages of the…

• Will the 8-year Cycle Bring Down the House in 06?

  Published 07 May 2006 | viewed 6,341 times

  With the current 8-year cycle getting closer to its bottom later this summer, it's only natural to ask if the financial markets will experience a…

• How Close is a Real Estate Meltdown?

  Published 04 May 2006 | viewed 8,741 times

  Are we to a "housing bubble" meltdown? Are we going to see the real estate boom reverse and turn into a real estate bear market…

• Oil, Death and the Dollar

  Published 28 April 2006 | viewed 7,155 times

  In the previous commentary entitled "A new age of perpetually high oil/gas prices?" we examined some of the factors behind the fuel price spike and…

• A New Age of Perpetually High Oil/Gas Prices?

  Published 23 April 2006 | viewed 6,126 times

  The price of oil spiked to a high of $75 on Friday, April 21, amidst much speculation about just how long the upward trend in…

• Gold and the Global Bombing Index

  Published 18 April 2006 | viewed 8,438 times

  With the first three-and-a-half months of 2006 behind us, now would be a good time to look back and reflect on some of the head-spinning…

• How Much Closer are we to GEO?

  Published 13 April 2006 | viewed 9,815 times

  It has been some time since we last examined the progress of the developing Global Economic Order (GEO). In the months that have since elapsed,…

• Silver and Gold Stock Momentum Considerations

  Published 29 March 2006 | viewed 5,341 times

  The XAU gold/silver index made an overdue pullback on Tuesday, Mar. 28, closing for the day at 134.17, down 2.24%. The other major gold stock…

• Internal Momentum Indications for the Gold Stock Sector

  Published 19 March 2006 | viewed 5,124 times

  The XAU gold/silver index was basically unchanged after Friday's (Mar. 17) trading session, closing the day at 131.74. This gave the XAU a slight gain…