[Ed. Note: Following is Part 3 of a multi-part installment series on Robert T. Patterson's classic work, "The Great Boom and Panic," which examines the stock market crash of 1929, and its application to today's trading environment.]
The gold market is sending off a warning signal ahead of the coming Fall 2000 (Sept.-Oct. timeframe) stock market collapse. Specifically, there are numerous technical signs that gold and select gold stocks are being accumulated ahead of...
[Note: The following is part 1 of a multi-part installment covering what is probably the most insightful book ever written about the stock market panic of 1929, "The Great Boom and Panic," by Robert T. Patterson.]
The Dow Industrials staged a rebound last week on a surge of upside trading volume that reversed the downward trend that had been in place for over two months, and provided at least a temporary buy signal. Despite the massive one-day drop...
[Note: The following is of a multi-part installment examining the debt phenomenon, based on the book,"A World in Debt," by Freeman Tilden.]
O Judge, the father of mischief, have mercy upon us miserable debtors.
O Secretary, recorder of...
We turn our attention now to an examination of the long-term outlook for gold prices. This is a subject of great importance since it concerns not only many of our favored investments, but more importantly, the state of health of the world...
The gold market has just completed the trough phase of its latest cycle and is due for a rise in the coming days, based on our cycle analysis. Since recovering from its post-Y2K depression, during which time many investors dumped their...
The extraordinary two-tiered market we have witnessed for the past three months continues to astound market neophytes and long-time observers alike. We ourselves must confess we've never seen anything quite like this. On the NYSE, market...
Studies addressing the occurrence and causes of cycles in the financial markets in recent years have tended to place a strong emphasis on the supposed causative effect of mass psychology. Several noted cycle theorists have made aggregate...