Rob Kirby

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• Currency Conundrums

  Published 24 November 2005 | viewed 5,877 times

  In light of much of what has been going on - from a macro economic perspective - I felt it might be appropriate to review…

• How You Discover a Pirate's Cover

  Published 12 November 2005 | viewed 4,499 times

  Once upon a time, I thought monstrous conspiracies were largely the product[s] of active or vivid imaginations because the world's a small place and after…

• What's Up Doc?

  Published 09 November 2005 | viewed 7,978 times

  We all know the Fed is in a rate tightening mode - right? In fact, this past week the Fed raised their benchmark rate [the…

• Anecdotal Asides: Rubber Hits the Road and PVC Hits the Pavement -- Face First

  Published 28 October 2005 | viewed 5,004 times

  Road Kill Over the past couple of weeks crude oil prices have plummeted on the NYMEX [exchange] in N.Y. After a long and pronounced run…

• Passing Gas, Royalty and Income Trusts and More

  Published 19 October 2005 | viewed 5,603 times

  This past week, more than a few investors took a pass on gas - so to speak - selling their oil and gas investments. This…

• Kilroy was Here

  Published 12 October 2005 | viewed 6,787 times

  This past weekend saw automotive parts giant Delphi [NYSE: DPH] file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its U.S. operations. For those who may be…

• Easy Come, Easy Go

  Published 05 October 2005 | viewed 6,008 times

  This past week saw already unsettling rhetoric between the U.S. and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez 'kick it up a couple notches,' so to speak, when…

• Losing It

  Published 28 September 2005 | viewed 5,792 times

  This title seemed appropriate given the state of affairs in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. Without a doubt, there are many who have lost much.…

• The Other Price of Gold

  Published 26 September 2005 | viewed 6,781 times

  Who out there knows the price of gold? Most of us would at least be likely to say that the price of gold is four…

• News with Views

  Published 21 September 2005 | viewed 4,202 times

  Picking through the rubble of last week's news headlines, there was one particular newsy piece that, while I've seen it before, it struck me in…

• An Overused Worn Out Cliche

  Published 08 September 2005 | viewed 3,764 times

  And now for another understatement; we truly are living in unprecedented times - aren't we? I mean, just when the world appeared to be growing…

• The Greenspan Legacy

  Published 31 August 2005 | viewed 5,790 times

  Soaring Like a Double Eagle Over Jackson Hole, Wyoming This past week saw his eminence - a surprisingly sober Sir Alan Greenspan accepting the accolades…

• The Anatomy of a Fictional Hedge Fund Collapse: The Next Chapter

  Published 27 August 2005 | viewed 4,608 times

  At the conclusion of our first installment, [when free media had been renamed the Ministry of Truth] the employees of our beloved hedgy STCM [Short…

• Slow Boat to China or Junk Tales to Debunk? - The Sequel

  Published 23 August 2005 | viewed 4,719 times

  Spurred on by Financial Sense's Jim Puplava interview of Matthew Simmons [Twilight in the Desert], I've written about the topic of shipping and crude oil…

• A Slow Boat to China or Hollywood Hubris?

  Published 17 August 2005 | viewed 6,776 times

  Having recently listened to Matthew Simmons being interviewed by Jim Puplava on the Financial Sense Newshour about his new book, Twilight In The Desert, I…

• Twilight at the Fed: Subliminal Parallels

  Published 10 August 2005 | viewed 6,380 times

  I couldn't help but get a sense of déjà vu all over again with Jim Puplava's interview of Matt Simmons this weekend, Aug. 6, 2005,…

• Texas Hold 'Em or Know When to Fold Them?

  Published 01 August 2005 | viewed 8,426 times

  After spending 15 years of my life involved in institutional capital markets - followed by 3 or 4 years in the retail trade as an…

• Mid Summer Report Card

  Published 20 July 2005 | viewed 4,442 times

  I wanted to take a moment and revisit a wonderful essay written April 3, 2005 by Professor Robert Bell titled The Invisible Hand (of the…

• From Pinches and Paradox to Bear Raids and Goldilocks

  Published 17 July 2005 | viewed 4,604 times

  In today's, July 14, 2005, 8:30 a.m. CPI report, inflation was reported to be non existent or benign at worst and the price of gold…

• The Running Of The Bulls

  Published 13 July 2005 | viewed 5,138 times

  This past week, the world was treated to one of the familiar 'rites of summer'. Every year at this time, one of the true spectacles…