Rob Kirby Bio & Archive

Financial Sense Market Commentator

BIO

Rob Kirby received his post secondary education at York University [Economics] in Toronto. Upon completion he worked on an institutional trading desk for most of the 1980s and right up until 1996. Mr. Kirby began writing in 1997 and was involved in a number of entrepreneurial pursuits. In 2002, he went to work for Investor's Group, the largest Mutual Fund Company in Canada until September '04 when he resigned to write about the markets.

WRAPUP ARCHIVES

12/29/2008  "When", not "If"
12/15/2008  Have We Peaked Already?
12/01/2008  Shock and Awe at COMEX
11/17/2008  Clarity: Shrouded in Double-Speak
11/03/2008  Fudging, Fundamentals and the Electoral Cycle
10/20/2008  Derivatives Disclosure
10/06/2008  If Pigs Could Fly
09/22/2008  And the Band Played On
09/08/2008  The Stars are Aligning - But For What?
08/25/2008  Wake-Up Call
07/28/2008  The Engine Room of American Monetary Policy
07/14/2008  50 Ways to Leave Your GSE
06/30/2008  Benedict Benjamin Bernanke
06/16/2008  Setting the Record Straight
06/09/2008  The Science of Scape-Goating
06/02/2008  Fish or Cut Bait
05/19/2008  The Next Show to Drop
05/05/2008  In Whose Best Interest?
04/21/2008  Getting Real
04/07/2008  Inflation Revelations
03/24/2008  Dubious Deliberations
03/10/2008  The World's Worst Kept Secret
02/25/2008  Negotiating Curves
02/11/2008  An Inverted Pyramid Scheme
01/28/2008  Stuff That Doesn't Add Up
01/14/2008  Reading Tea Leaves
12/31/2007  Invested or Induced?
12/24/2007  A Crude Conundrum
12/17/2007  Where the Bones Are Buried
12/03/2007  The Best Case Yet for Gold
11/19/2007  Capitalism: Derailed, Dumbed-Down or Deceased?
11/12/2007  Prescient Pronouncements
11/05/2007  Musical Chairs at Citibank
10/22/2007  Hank's House of Horrors
10/08/2007  Inconvenient Truths
09/24/2007  A Reversion to the Mean
09/10/2007  Show Me the Money
08/27/2007  Asset Backed Paper Remains Illiquid
08/13/2007  Analysis of the Unfolding OTC Derivatives Melt Down
07/30/2007  Rinsing the "Spin" Out of the News Cycle
07/16/2007  Bernanke Babbel Analysis
07/02/2007  Where We Are, How We Got Here and Where to Next?
06/18/2007  Widely Under Reported Last Week
06/04/2007  Anecdotal Asides and Questions Begging Answers
05/21/2007  The I.M.F. In the News
05/07/2007  Derivatives: Glowing Revelations
04/23/2007  Blind, Blinder or Blind-Sided?
04/09/2007  Prospecting In Your Own Back Yard
03/26/2007  Driven To Fudge Numbers
03/12/2007  Lost in the Weeds
02/26/2007  More Refineries or New Refineries, When and How?
02/12/2007  Crude Revelations
01/29/2007  Contrary Views on the News
01/08/2007  Base Metal Bogie Man
12/29/2006  2006 - Thanks for the Memories
12/18/2006  Santa Clause Is Coming to Town
12/11/2006  Fundamental Vs. Technical Analysis and More
12/04/2006  Highway Robbery or Tricks at a Trough?
11/27/2006  It's All About the Dollar
11/20/2006  Don't Believe Everything You Hear
11/13/2006  Actions, Reactions and Distractions
11/06/2006  Choosing the Right Sport
10/30/2006  Inflation for the Nation?
10/23/2006  A Blast From the Past and More
10/16/2006  Understanding Conflicting Signals
10/09/2006  Hedging Bets
10/02/2006  October Surprise
09/25/2006  Running On Empty
09/18/2006  A Delicate Balance: Will They Or Won't They?
09/11/2006  To Hedge In a Hand Basket
08/28/2006  Prisoners In Our Own Homes Or Hostage to Growth?
08/21/2006  Nickel Plated Dominos
08/14/2006  The Week in Review
08/07/2006  Sage Advice Amid Mid-Summer Snow Jobs
07/31/2006  Noting the Notables
07/24/2006  Losing Our Cents
07/17/2006  Geo Politics Takes Center Stage
07/10/2006  A Slow Day for News?
07/03/2006  GM Revved Up on Merger Talk
06/26/2006  Monday Musings
06/19/2006  Celebrating June 19th
06/12/2006  Under the Radar or Behind Black Curtains?
06/05/2006  Tall Tales of Two Traders
05/22/2006  Mirror, Mirror...On the Wall
05/15/2006  A Tough Act to Follow: A Fiat Farce
05/08/2006  Questions Begging Answers?
05/01/2006  Over-Reach or Overdrawn?
04/24/2006  A Review of Last Week's Silver Streak
04/17/2006  An Ode To the 200-Day Moving Average
04/10/2006  Chaos Known As Volatility
04/03/2006  Taking Heed at Tax Time
03/27/2006  Getting Carried Away
03/20/2006  What Makes a Reserve Currency?
03/13/2006  Goldman Zeros Japan
03/06/2006  A Fourteen-Year "Overnight" Success
02/27/2006  Potpourri
02/13/2006  Conflicts, Confusion, Clear Visions and Countdowns
02/06/2006  Debt Markets Demystified
01/30/2006  The End of an Era
01/23/2006  Forks in the Road
01/09/2006  The Road Ahead
12/19/2005  Dow 11,000 Before Year End?
12/12/2005  Weird Goings-On In the Gold Market
12/05/2005  Crude Oil vs. Nat. Gas -- A Contrarian's Hypothesis
11/28/2005  Gulf Oil and Gas Update -- The Fundamentals
11/21/2005  Currency Conundrums
11/14/2005  Show Me the Money
11/07/2005  What's Up Doc?
10/31/2005  An Interesting Take On Interest Rates
10/24/2005  Changing of the Guard
10/17/2005  Passing Gas, Royalty and Income Trusts and More
10/10/2005  Kilroy Was Here
10/03/2005  Easy Come, Easy Go
09/26/2005  Losing It
09/19/2005  News With Views
09/12/2005  The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same
08/29/2005  The Greenspan Legacy
08/22/2005  Slow Boat to China or Junk Tales to Debunk? – The Sequel
08/15/2005  A Slow Boat to China or Hollywood Hubris?
08/08/2005  Twilight at the Fed: Subliminal Parallels
08/01/2005  Free Trade: At What Cost?
07/25/2005  Tunnel Vision
07/18/2005  Mid Summer Report Card
07/11/2005  The Running of the Bulls
06/27/2005  Surprise!
06/20/2005  Dogs of the Dow
06/13/2005  Fighting the Fatigue Factor
06/06/2005  What's in Store for Us?
05/23/2005  Fundamental Thoughts Regarding Technical Analysis [T/A]
05/16/2005  Exit Stage Right
05/09/2005  The Legacy Costs of Doing Business
05/02/2005  Concerning Relationships
04/25/2005  Do Squeaky Wheels Always Get The Oil?
04/18/2005  Curiosity Concerning Conundrums
04/11/2005  Derivative Debate: A Practical Primer
04/04/2005  Faithfully Yours

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