Rodney C. Cook

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• Unknowable

  Published 09 July 2006 | viewed 5,496 times

  The unknowable has arrived. This is evidenced by the certainty with which the pundits integrate the volatility of the financial markets into their worldview. But…

• Snap, Crackle, Pop

  Published 09 April 2006 | viewed 5,913 times

  Precious metals and their shares continue to surprise to the upside. Most forecasting models and mavens are bullish but negatively biased, forecasting too many bearish…

• Fear, the Mother of Violence

  Published 21 February 2006 | viewed 7,993 times

  The mother of violence walks amongst us. The first hint of fear in the financial markets could be seen last May. So I wrote our…

• Death Metal

  Published 16 May 2004 | viewed 3,540 times

  The pundits seem most dismayed by the market action recently. Who is going to buy the 39 billion in upcoming IPO's? After all, the Venture…

• Cellophane

  Published 11 April 2004 | viewed 3,409 times

  Some things are transparent; you can see right through them. In the world of finance the word transparent has been construed as good: the inner…

• My Precious

  Published 19 February 2004 | viewed 2,997 times

  The stream pushed against my calves as I made my way across. The sun shone brightly on that hot summer day, drawing crowds seeking to…

• The Dollar's Fortunes

  Published 06 January 2004 | viewed 2,895 times

  Recent events in the world of geopolitics and global finance have kept me mesmerized for several weeks. Even when events transpire as expected, it can…

• The Right Stuff

  Published 18 November 2003 | viewed 2,744 times

  Amazing how prescient our Fed Chairman and his cohorts were regarding a jump in employment statistics. You would almost think they had advance information regarding…

• Rabbit Hole

  Published 07 November 2003 | viewed 3,421 times

  The general public should find it difficult to invest with confidence when our most esteemed financial oracle cant find anything in which to park his…

• The Golden Nose Ring

  Published 28 October 2003 | viewed 3,882 times

  Financial outcomes continue to unfold according to the long term lines of probability. Events of the past two weeks and the past few days in…

• Bears, Bulls, and Bugs

  Published 12 October 2003 | viewed 3,254 times

  It seems clear that someone does not want gold to go up, at least too fast. But their success has been amazingly weak, at least…

• Rats

  Published 01 October 2003 | viewed 3,352 times

  I missed the all excitement. Gold hit new highs, for a short while at least. I left two Fridays ago for remote Idaho to work…

• The T-Shirt Kid

  Published 16 September 2003 | viewed 3,537 times

  I had a very enjoyable day at the fair with my family this weekend. It is a wondrous tradition for so many, and a great…

• Golden Guillotine

  Published 08 September 2003 | viewed 3,534 times

  The growing readership of Obscene Prophets indicates that I am in good company. That an increasing number of people are turning to an alternative world-view,…

• Imperial Jawbones

  Published 25 August 2003 | viewed 3,266 times

  Reflation efforts look to be largely successful. Just dont look too close. Greenspan's retraction regarding the need for unconventional methods some weeks ago was an…

• Populist Rumblings

  Published 18 August 2003 | viewed 3,406 times

  Steady as she goes. Despite a rather exciting news week, the lines of probability continue to guide the financial markets. Debt based financial asset trends…

• Sick Sigma

  Published 03 August 2003 | viewed 3,640 times

  Anyone with a modicum of financial savvy is watching the bond market. Those with an Austrian perspective, or just plain common sense, are aghast and…

• Bondage

  Published 19 July 2003 | viewed 4,654 times

  Everyone is watching the bond market. Rates appear to have turned upwards for the longer term. Pundits and investors speculate that the bond bubble has…

• Revolting

  Published 14 July 2003 | viewed 3,281 times

  Watching the mainstream financial press sure feels good. Economic recovery is at hand. The stock market is doing fine, thank you. All aspects of the…

• Perverse Outcomes

  Published 01 July 2003 | viewed 3,223 times

  I read the pundits and none are consistently right. Particularly those who are emphatic about their specific insights. And the more passionate, it seems, the…