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Clif Droke

Clif Droke

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

Biography

Clif Droke is the editor of the two times weekly Momentum Strategies Report newsletter, published since 1997, which covers U.S. equity markets and various stock sectors, natural resources, money supply and bank credit trends, the dollar and the U.S. economy. The forecasts are made using a unique proprietary blend of analytical methods involving cycles, internal momentum and moving average systems, as well as investor sentiment. He is also the author of numerous books, including most recently "The Stock Market Cycles."

  • A Triple-dip Micro-mini Recession?

    Published 28 January 2005 | viewed 5,967 times

    The "micro-mini" recession I wrote about last summer ended ahead of the fall stock market rally and gave a much-needed lift to the U.S. economy…

  • A South African Gold Industry Turnaround?

    Published 26 January 2005 | viewed 5,352 times

    Hated, despised, overlooked, undervalued, unappreciated, ignored. These are terms that could easily describe the current South African gold mining industry, especially where U.S. investors are…

  • George Bush and the Global Economic Order

    Published 22 January 2005 | viewed 4,497 times

    I just received an e-mail from a colleague that I feel is worth sharing. It reads in part, "How 'bout that inaugural speech by Bush?…

  • Doomsayers Pronounce Death to the Dollar

    Published 21 January 2005 | viewed 4,150 times

    Every week now for the past six months the bearish headlines on the U.S. dollar continued to flow like a mighty rushing torrent. Each month…

  • Critical Test Ahead for Crude Oil

    Published 16 January 2005 | viewed 3,726 times

    Since last writing on the crude oil market in the short-term, the price of oil has risen to our previously forecast upside target $48 area.…

  • Globalism in the Balance

    Published 14 January 2005 | viewed 3,085 times

    Back in the mid-'90s I was working as a business page editor of a small A.P. daily in the D.C. metropolitan area. I was assigned…

  • Real Estate Outlook for 2005

    Published 12 January 2005 | viewed 5,197 times

    What might we expect in the way of the real estate trend for the year ahead? This is the financial question that seems to be…

  • The Dollar Outlook for Q1 2005

    Published 10 January 2005 | viewed 4,160 times

    The U.S. dollar has finally bottomed and is turning up for its first sustained oversold rally after suffering a major beat-down in 2004. The early…

  • Forecast for 2005

    Published 08 January 2005 | viewed 3,757 times

    As discussed in my previous broad market commentary in December, the broad market has topped in the short-term and is being pressured under the force…

  • Crude Oil in the Short-Term

    Published 29 December 2004 | viewed 3,736 times

    Since falling from its peak of around $55/barrel in October, crude oil has been in a free fall of sorts, having recent retraced a substantial…

  • Coal and Ashes for Wall Street this Christmas?

    Published 18 December 2004 | viewed 3,164 times

    As discussed in my previous commentary entitled, "Has Santa Clause already passed Wall Street by?", the broad market has likely topped, short-term, and a decline…

  • Oil, the Dollar, and the Global Economic End Game

    Published 13 December 2004 | viewed 3,586 times

    More than any other commodity, the crude oil market has been the focus of the investment world this year. More investors are oil-conscious today than…

  • Has Santa Clause Already Passed Wall Street By?

    Published 09 December 2004 | viewed 4,069 times

    The broad market has been very kind to us this fall in allowing us to catch an impressive rally near the August low and up…

  • Has the Bell Tolled for XAU?

    Published 03 December 2004 | viewed 3,625 times

    This is the question some gold and silver stock traders are now asking. Has the XAU index topped, short-term? Or is there some more life…

  • Parallels Between 1998 and 2004

    Published 02 December 2004 | viewed 3,607 times

    It has been a few weeks since the S&P 500 broke out to a new high for the year as per our expectations. And now…

  • A Gold Stock Underachiever

    Published 26 November 2004 | viewed 3,511 times

    Every bull market always leaves behind a few laggards -- "underachievers" which for whatever reason can't quite keep up with the dominant market trend. This…

  • A Walk Down Contrarian Street

    Published 19 November 2004 | viewed 3,452 times

    My experience in the investing game is that it pays to be a contrarian, which is to say, go the opposite direction of where the…

  • Fear and Skepticism in the Financial Press

    Published 14 November 2004 | viewed 3,306 times

    Halloween is over, but I must say it has one of the most fear-laded fall seasons of recent memory. You'd have to go back to…

  • Is the "Sweet Spot" in the XAU Still Sweet?

    Published 12 November 2004 | viewed 3,484 times

    The XAU gold/silver index continues its momentum uptrend as reflected in the dominant short-term moving averages. In my previous two commentaries on the XAU short-term…

  • Why 2005 Will Be Good for the Stock Market

    Published 03 November 2004 | viewed 4,048 times

    In recent days I've received forwarded e-mails of an article that evidently has been circulating the Internet. It pertains to an in-depth study of year…