Clif Droke

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• How Would Gold React to a Pandemic?

  Published 06 March 2006 | viewed 7,034 times

  A reader asks, "How would you expect gold to react in a bird flu pandemic? My mind boggles trying to conceive of all the variables."…

• Some Gold/Silver Stocks Showing Internal Improvement

  Published 27 February 2006 | viewed 4,755 times

  The XAU gold/silver index closed the latest week at 140.51, relatively unchanged for the week but above its low from last week. Also, the XAU…

• What's Good for Corporate America Isn't Good for Main Street America

  Published 20 February 2006 | viewed 5,504 times

  We've all heard the old saying, "What's good for General Motors is good for America." This is another way of saying that the fate of…

• A Look at the Gold Stock Internals

  Published 13 February 2006 | viewed 5,575 times

  February is a month known for consolidating or correcting previous upside runs in the gold stocks, an observation we discussed in our previous commentary last…

• The XAU in February

  Published 01 February 2006 | viewed 4,392 times

  The month of January is over and now we're faced with the prospects for the month of February in the gold stock sector. What seasonal…

• Gold Stock Momentum Considerations

  Published 29 January 2006 | viewed 5,505 times

  The run-up in the gold stocks since the bottom last May has been both exciting and rewarding, leaving the mining stocks among the better performing…

• The Divergence Between Gold and the Dollar

  Published 23 January 2006 | viewed 6,318 times

  It has been a glowing season for the gold price. The yellow metal has risen to vertiginous heights, most recently reaching near the $570 level,…

• How Much Momentum is Left in the Gold Stocks?

  Published 12 January 2006 | viewed 6,379 times

  The XAU gold/silver index continues to show strong momentum and relative strength in the early going of 2006. Despite January having a record for showing…

• The XAU in January

  Published 30 December 2005 | viewed 4,652 times

  December is now behind us and it turned out to be a positive one for the XAU gold/silver stock index as per the XAU's seasonal…

• The New Reality of Fear and the Year Ahead

  Published 26 December 2005 | viewed 8,616 times

  In the late 1990s I was living in the Washington, D.C. metro area. The roaring '90s bull market was in full swing with stock prices…

• Gold: Whatever Happened to "The Trend is your Friend"?

  Published 11 December 2005 | viewed 4,148 times

  The past month has been a profitable and rewarding one for gold and gold stock investors. As we've continually pointed out since June, the waves…

• A "Santa Claus Rally" for the Gold/Silver Stocks

  Published 08 December 2005 | viewed 6,020 times

  In my previous commentary I asked the rhetorical question as to why there are so many investors manifesting a bearish spirit on the gold stocks…

• Beware the Spirit of the Bear

  Published 02 December 2005 | viewed 5,658 times

  A reader writes, "Nice job on [your recent] article. You upset more than a few people with your positive outlook on XAU for December....The thing…

• The XAU in December

  Published 01 December 2005 | viewed 5,077 times

  November is now behind us and it turned out to be mostly positive for the XAU gold/silver index. This was expected based on the seasonal/historical…

• Why M3 No Longer Matters

  Published 29 November 2005 | viewed 4,929 times

  Over the past couple of years I've periodically received a solicitation in the mail to become a subscriber of a well-known investment advisory. Funny thing…

• Momentum Considerations for the XAU (Will Gann have the last laugh?)

  Published 27 November 2005 | viewed 5,299 times

  The famous market technician W.D. Gann placed an emphasis on so-called "anniversary dates." He said to watch for these in the stock market, both for…

• Sector Rotation versus Internal Rotation

  Published 17 November 2005 | viewed 5,096 times

  In recent years you may have noticed that at certain times of general stock market weakness, certain high-profile individual stocks will suddenly decline by as…

• Gold and Silver Stock Review (including S.A. shares)

  Published 13 November 2005 | viewed 5,241 times

  The bullion market has been the center of a lot of talk recently as the gold - and especially the silver - price continue to…

• The XAU in November

  Published 02 November 2005 | viewed 5,593 times

  October is in the books, and an extremely volatile one at that. There were upside and downside surprises across the board as individual stocks reacted…

• Oil Price to Come Down Further

  Published 31 October 2005 | viewed 7,314 times

  After over a year of squeezing the consumer, the oil oligopoly has decided to allow the price of crude oil to drop even further than…