Clif Droke

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• A Triple-dip Micro-mini Recession?

  Published 28 January 2005 | viewed 5,870 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 5,199 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 4,377 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 4,019 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 3,602 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 2,970 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 5,048 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 4,044 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 3,644 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 3,615 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 3,045 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 3,468 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 3,957 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 3,488 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 3,467 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 3,375 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 3,309 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 3,204 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 3,357 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 3,891 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…