Clif Droke

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• The Dollar and the Dome

  Published 28 October 2005 | viewed 4,828 times

  In an earlier commentary we examined the near-term trend of the U.S. dollar index and saw that it's strength from the September low until the…

• Inflation and Inhibition

  Published 24 October 2005 | viewed 5,881 times

  Ivan Pavlov, the well-known Russian physiologist, was once invited to be the house guest of Vladimir Lenin, the father of the Bolshevik Revolution. Pavlov was…

• Gold and the Dollar at the Crossroads

  Published 15 October 2005 | viewed 4,717 times

  The charts often tell a story that no amount of fundamental analysis can provide. This is because the balance of all the relevant supply and…

• Crude Oil and the Stealth Tax

  Published 07 October 2005 | viewed 4,765 times

  After a lengthy pause after sending the "channel buster" exhaustion a month ago, crude oil has finally dipped down closer to its 30-week moving average…

• Momentum Waves in October

  Published 02 October 2005 | viewed 5,959 times

  The resilience of the broad market in the face of the drop in the face of the Fed's interest rate policy - and in spite…

• The XAU in October

  Published 30 September 2005 | viewed 4,974 times

  So another month has come and gone and we've witnessed yet another month of positive gains for the gold stock sector. In reviewing the monthly…

• Gold and the 6-year Cycle

  Published 26 September 2005 | viewed 5,937 times

  The price of gold has performed impressively since August in line with the positive seasonal bias of the year. But one factor that may be…

• The XAU in September - Part 2

  Published 18 September 2005 | viewed 4,525 times

  As we entered September we looked at the historical and seasonal tendencies of the XAU gold/silver index for the month of September and concluded that…

• Crude Oil after the Channel Buster

  Published 16 September 2005 | viewed 5,599 times

  After the "channel buster" anticipated in our previous look at crude oil a couple of weeks ago, the oil price has backed off to the…

• Hurricane Katrina and the Economy

  Published 14 September 2005 | viewed 7,349 times

  Has there ever been a more storm-tossed and natural disaster-prone time as there is now? The question may seem debatable on its surface, but statistics…

• Surviving the Endgame of Retroflation

  Published 11 September 2005 | viewed 6,773 times

  A few years ago, an Internet friend and I came up with a term to describe what has been happening in the U.S. and global…

• Gold, Silver and the Housing Bubble

  Published 08 September 2005 | viewed 5,151 times

  The gold price has been buoyant in recent months while silver has mostly lagged, prompting many to question the gold trend. My analysis of the…

• The XAU in September

  Published 02 September 2005 | viewed 5,153 times

  As we discussed early last month, August was the start of the seasonally bullish trend for the gold and silver stock sectors. We looked at…

• A Tale of Two Channel Busters

  Published 26 August 2005 | viewed 4,651 times

  In the past few weeks we've witnessed the disparity between the runaway price of crude oil and the sagging U.S. dollar index. Both are now…

• Oil: When is Enough "Enough"?

  Published 17 August 2005 | viewed 7,340 times

  The topic that everyone has been talking about for some time now but especially in recent days, namely, oil. The headlines are ominous: "Oil supply…

• Durban Deep Withstands the Turmoil...What's Next?

  Published 12 August 2005 | viewed 4,865 times

  Remember the days when news announcement with even the slightest negative implication could have a profound affect on Durban Deep/DRDGOLD's stock price? And remember when…

• Oil and the XAU in August

  Published 08 August 2005 | viewed 4,579 times

  The seasonalities for the metals stock and oil sector turn up in August and already the market is showing signs of improvement. Last month we…

• Is the Stock Market Predicting Happy Times?

  Published 07 August 2005 | viewed 6,054 times

  To listen to the talking heads on financial television, happy times have returned to the U.S. economy. In stark contrast to last year's consistently gloomy…

• The Silver Stock Sector in August

  Published 05 August 2005 | viewed 4,915 times

  In last week's article, "Will August show kindness to the XAU?" we looked at historical and seasonal data that suggests that August will turn out…

• Crude Oil and the Dollar Test the Channels

  Published 03 August 2005 | viewed 4,757 times

  The price of oil has once again captured the headlines, making a new high this week at $62.50/barrel as the latest wave of reflation hits…