Rob Kirby

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• They All Rolled Over And One Fell Out

  Published 17 November 2006 | viewed 4,667 times

  For those of you watching the ticker on your T.V. screens and noticing the spot price of crude oil dropping like a stone - don't…

• Failure To Deliver or "Deliverance"?

  Published 30 October 2006 | viewed 7,912 times

  This past Friday [Oct. 27, 2006] I had the opportunity to sit at my desk and listen to this slide / narrative presentation titled, Darkside…

• Out of India

  Published 24 October 2006 | viewed 5,238 times

  How many of you have read or heard about Jewelry - particularly in India - being the be-all-and-end-all driver determining the price of gold? Buying…

• A Swap Story: Borrowed From The Bank of England

  Published 18 October 2006 | viewed 10,101 times

  Every now and then even the most unwitting prospector finds a nugget in his pan. Recently, with a little help from my friends - O.K.,…

• The Fudge Factory

  Published 12 October 2006 | viewed 6,430 times

  Today, October 12, 2006, China reported that crude oil imports jumped 24 percent over the same month a year earlier. China's Oil Imports Surge to…

• The Honey Pot

  Published 06 October 2006 | viewed 5,001 times

  In a couple of earlier articles, we've examined the relationship between first - plunging natural gas prices and the "astounding ramp-up" of notional in J.…

• The War On Liberty

  Published 19 September 2006 | viewed 4,714 times

  As reported in USA TODAY this past week, the U.S. Government took steps to reign in the activities of upstart NORFED and their fledgling alternative…

• Everyone Loves A Parade!

  Published 13 September 2006 | viewed 9,243 times

  5.5 Trillion's worth of business sure isn't what it used to be. I mean, where I come from people normally celebrate, hold news conferences or…

• The Ibbotson Report Revisited

  Published 10 August 2006 | viewed 7,064 times

  Ibbotson Associates of Chicago were contracted by Bullion Management Services Inc. of Toronto to prepare a comprehensive study regarding the effects of portfolio diversification with…

• Round Tripping

  Published 07 July 2006 | viewed 5,234 times

  I've been around, how about you? I've been pushed around, screwed around, led around the block on more than one occasion - which coincidentally, some…

• The Fool's Overture

  Published 20 June 2006 | viewed 8,805 times

  Casual Conversations Having spent the bulk of the 1980's and 1990's involved as a broker, in institutional capital markets; I was privy to some of…

• Addendum: The Oil That Greases The Squeaky Wheel of Peak Oil

  Published 16 June 2006 | viewed 4,780 times

  The Oil That Greases The Squeaky Wheel of Peak Oil Having received a couple of e-mails from folks claiming to know much more than myself…

• The Oil That Greases The Squeaky Wheel of Peak Oil

  Published 14 June 2006 | viewed 8,643 times

  Of the earth's 57.4 million square miles of land mass, roughly 20 million square miles [about one third] of this land mass is located in…

• Pound Pilfering Pirates

  Published 19 May 2006 | viewed 6,002 times

  With the most recent release of U.S. TIC data, we learn that the United Kingdom has indeed been busy "feathering their nest" - to the…

• The Root Of All Evil

  Published 10 May 2006 | viewed 8,657 times

  Over the past several years, a great deal has been written about misdoings of the Federal Reserve in particular and Central Banks [the BIS] in…

• Over-Reach or Overdrawn?

  Published 03 May 2006 | viewed 6,023 times

  Today's Wall Street Journal [May 1, 2006] carries a piece titled, Lumbering Along [pg. A-14], editorializing the significance of an agreement last week to settle…

• A Review of Last Week's Silver Streak

  Published 26 April 2006 | viewed 9,130 times

  So here we are at the beginning of a new week. Last week in this space, I shared my view that machinations in today's financial…

• An Ode To The 200 Day Moving Average

  Published 18 April 2006 | viewed 7,295 times

  There is something about technical analysis - and its application to accurately predict future price levels these days that is making me sick. It seems…

• Who Needs Al Capone?

  Published 24 March 2006 | viewed 9,631 times

  Where to begin when you've got a lot of ground to cover? Great question, whether you are setting out on a vacation, an overhaul of…

• The Boxer: A Man Hears What He Wants To Hear, And Disregards The Rest...

  Published 20 March 2006 | viewed 6,801 times

  Base metals are rising - of course - due to Chinese demand. By PATRICK BARTA March 16, 2006; WSJ, Page C1 With demand for copper…