Clif Droke

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• K-wave Winter and the Financial Markets

  Published 01 July 2004 | viewed 4,698 times

  Recently I made mention of the fact that we are in the deflationary phase of the 60-year (average) economic long-wave known as the K-wave. Some…

• Has Inflation Peaked?

  Published 29 June 2004 | viewed 3,466 times

  This is the question of the hour. Inflation seems to be the word on everyone's lips, and discussions of it positively dominate the financial headlines…

• Book Review: Beating the Business Cycle

  Published 25 June 2004 | viewed 3,762 times

  The "economy stupid" has always been of concern to most Americans. But now as never before has it become nearly all-encompassing as it is heavily…

• Is the Dollar Crisis Over?

  Published 22 June 2004 | viewed 3,709 times

  Everyone you turn in the financial press, it seems, you're confronted with discussions about the "horrible dollar crisis." This of course refers to the bear…

• Questions for the Bears

  Published 18 June 2004 | viewed 3,203 times

  Let's step back for now and take a longer-term view of the stock market. I'm talking about the next 3-5 years. Is the overall market…

• Questions and Answers

  Published 15 June 2004 | viewed 2,957 times

  From week to week I receive many comments and questions from readers of my articles here. While I appreciate all the feedback I receive (particularly…

• Prospering in the Coming Good Years

  Published 12 June 2004 | viewed 3,468 times

  Trading legend Larry Williams has written an answer to bear market guru Bob Prechter's best-seller, "Conquer the Crash." It's entitled "The Right Stock at the…

• XAU vs. XOI

  Published 09 June 2004 | viewed 3,432 times

  Black gold versus yellow gold. Which one is in a better position, technically? The two major indices which reflect gold stocks versus oil stocks, the…

• Why Investors are Paralyzed With Fear

  Published 08 June 2004 | viewed 3,518 times

  The market is becoming more bullish by the week since last month's dominant short-term cycle bottom. Yet investors seem to be getting more paralyzed with…

• Is Real Estate as Bad as Everyone Says?

  Published 07 June 2004 | viewed 4,476 times

  For the past two weeks I've watched as countless articles have appeared on financial Internet sites, in newsletters, and even in mainstream newspapers about a…

• Where Are We Along the Inflation/Deflation Curve?

  Published 03 June 2004 | viewed 4,255 times

  Where are we now along the long-term inflation/deflation curve? Are we heading, as many commentators now assert, into a period of hyper-inflation similar to that…

• The Message of the 10-year MA

  Published 28 May 2004 | viewed 3,564 times

  Moving averages are extremely helpful tools which allow stock traders and investors to smooth out trends, capture momentum, and isolate time cycles. Technical analysts use…

• Dèjá vu All Over Again? (Part 2)

  Published 25 May 2004 | viewed 3,023 times

  I received a lot of very interesting feedback for my last commentary entitled "Dèjávu all over again," so much so that I decided to share…

• Déjà Vu All Over Again?

  Published 18 May 2004 | viewed 3,205 times

  There's an old and commonly repeating saying that "history repeats." This saying is so heavily quoted that it has almost completely lost its impact for…

• The Bears Last Stand

  Published 06 May 2004 | viewed 3,594 times

  The Bears' Last Stand The Wall Street bears are on the ropes and bleeding and are on the verge of being stopped altogether by the…

• The Dollar's "Shadow of Doubt"

  Published 04 May 2004 | viewed 3,352 times

  Fear and greed. The two great driving forces of the financial markets. Fear is palpable at market bottoms, while greed is evident at tops. In…

• China's Great Wall of Worry

  Published 30 April 2004 | viewed 4,043 times

  This is the question of the hour everyone seems to be asking. Has China topped? Is the great Chinese economic "miracle" over? Is its stock…

• Market Manipulation and its Effects

  Published 29 April 2004 | viewed 4,344 times

  "Now that leasing scams and hedging have run their course, a new scam has to pick up the ball -- EXCHANGE RATE MANIPULATION. Your charts…

• A Century of Prices and the U.S. Economy

  Published 27 April 2004 | viewed 3,336 times

  I'm a big fan of classic stock market literature. I think it's fascinating to read how the old-timers operated in the market and what they…

• Has a New Dollar Bull Market Begun?

  Published 24 April 2004 | viewed 3,525 times

  The rally underway in the U.S. dollar index has begun to bear on commodity prices. Gold and silver in particular have been hard hit by…