Clif Droke

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• Inside the World of Oil Price Manipulation

  Published 11 March 2005 | viewed 6,914 times

  "This is as good as we have ever seen it, and it's going to get better." -- CEO of a major energy concern, speaking to…

• Short Selling as Vice and Virtue

  Published 09 March 2005 | viewed 6,128 times

  The broad market in recent weeks hasn't exactly been kind to the shorts. Depending on the stock sector in question, short squeezes have become quite…

• Another Chance for Gold to Shine

  Published 06 March 2005 | viewed 5,666 times

  After a ho-hum week of trading last week, the price of gold closed the first week of March at $433.60 While slightly below last week's…

• Dont Slip on the Oil!

  Published 05 March 2005 | viewed 5,244 times

  Now to the topic that everyone's obsessing over, namely, the price of crude oil. Really, it's all about oil right now. Talk about a momentum…

• Watch Out for Those Yields

  Published 28 February 2005 | viewed 6,043 times

  In doing my stock chart overview in the past few weeks I've noticed a growing number of companies that pay increased dividends, including those who…

• Gold Stocks versus Oil Stocks

  Published 24 February 2005 | viewed 5,923 times

  In the battle for investment funds between oil stocks and gold stocks, clearly the oils have won most of the investor attention for the past…

• The Short-Term Outlook for Crude Oil, Part Two

  Published 23 February 2005 | viewed 5,359 times

  Since last writing on the crude oil market in the short-term, the price of oil has risen to test the top of that uptrend channel…

• A Short-Term Look at Interest Rates, Part Two

  Published 22 February 2005 | viewed 5,140 times

  The predicted parabolic rally in the 10-year Treasury Yield Index (TNX) has transpired since my previous commentary on interest rates. The exhaustion of the previous…

• More SA Mining Stock Bears Come out of the Woods

  Published 18 February 2005 | viewed 4,912 times

  Lately we've been subjected to quite a lot of negative news and bad publicity surrounding the South African golds and DRDGold in particular. The objects…

• Is the Dollar on the Verge of Another Breakdown?

  Published 17 February 2005 | viewed 8,009 times

  This is the question being asked in the financial community. At odds are the dollar bears, who see an imminent resumption of the decline in…

• The "Rustylocks" Economy

  Published 16 February 2005 | viewed 5,282 times

  Throughout last year and heading into the pivotal autumn period we continuously examined the data and saw a healthy trend emerge for the U.S. corporate…

• Another "Time Wedge" in the SA Gold Stocks?

  Published 14 February 2005 | viewed 5,532 times

  The week of Feb. 7-11 was certainly rewarding to the patience of those who had the fortitude to ignore the bearish proclamations of the mainstream…

• The Short-Term Outlook for Crude Oil

  Published 13 February 2005 | viewed 6,148 times

  Since last writing on the crude oil market in the short-term, the price of oil has declined to within a couple of dollars of our…

• A Short-term Look at Interest Rates

  Published 11 February 2005 | viewed 6,397 times

  The CBOE 10-Year Treasury Yield Index (TNX) closed Wednesday at 39.77, a low for the year as well as a 3 1/2-month low. TNX is…

• Don't Count the SA Gold Mines Out Yet

  Published 10 February 2005 | viewed 4,618 times

  In my article of Jan. 28 entitled "A South African gold industry turnaround?" we examined the undervaluation and investor pessimism being directed against this sector,…

• Basics of Penny Mining Stock Speculation, Part 3

  Published 09 February 2005 | viewed 6,055 times

  In the previous two articles on penny mining share speculation we looked at the basic principles for successfully investing in junior mining companies. Our main…

• Is Gold Near a Short-Term Bottom?

  Published 08 February 2005 | viewed 6,521 times

  Since peaking at $450 last November, spot gold has continued to make lower highs and lower lows, most recently probing near the $410 level. Many…

• The Institutional Consensus for 2005

  Published 06 February 2005 | viewed 5,606 times

  It's always worthwhile to look at what the big-name analysts are saying about the year-ahead outlook in the stock market and economy. It has been…

• Basics of Penny Mining Stock Speculation, Part 2

  Published 05 February 2005 | viewed 6,042 times

  In an earlier article we discussed some basic principles for buying and selling low-priced junior mining shares. We looked at how knowing when to buy…

• Basics of Penny Mining Stock Speculation

  Published 30 January 2005 | viewed 7,002 times

  I'm often asked what's are some good resources to learn the fundamentals of junior mining stock investing and penny mining stock speculation. Unfortunately, there is…