Mike Hammer
Mike Hammer has had a wide-ranging career, with trading and investing as a continuing theme. Mike graduated from UC Berkeley with a business degree, then worked with Macy's in their operations arm. He left Macy's and spent a summer trading his own account, which taught him a lot about trading in general and markets in particular. Trading through the Black Monday and the Crash of 1987 showed him how most people are unprepared for upheavals in their trading. He then joined Waddell & Reed as a financial advisor, helping regular people understand their finances and meet their life goals.
Then came the usual story - Mike met and married the lady of his dreams. They moved to upstate New York, where Mike worked first for a small manufacturing consulting company, then Cornell University. While loving the work and the higher-education atmosphere, Mike missed the world of finance. Eventually, he signed up for stock trading coaching with the Adam Mesh Trading Group, to learn from people who understood modern markets. Within a year, Adam asked Mike to become a stock trading coach.
Since then, Mike has trained over 200 individuals, spoke at several national conventions, and is a frequent contributor to conference calls across the Adam Mesh community. Mike writes The Gold Enthusiast daily newsletter, runs the Golden Hammer trading service, and participates in the Mesh Private Portfolio. He also keeps a position in international education which keep him in touch with "the student mindset". Mike closely follows the gold, energy, and financial sectors. His motto is "Plan your trade, then trade your plan!"
Mike Hammer's Latest Posts
How The CFTC’s New ‘Speed Bump’ Rule Could Effect Gold & Silver
Yesterday, the CFTC approved the first “trading speed bump” for US silver and gold futures markets. Normally this might only get a mention as a feature article by your friendly Gold Enthusiast, but as you will see there are some points that bear attention, and possibly even – perish the thought – deeper thinking. You see, there’s a big difference between doing […]
Through Its Purchase Of Gold, China Is Sending The U.S. A Major Warning
China announced yesterday that they increased their central gold reserves by 480,000 oz (approx 14.9 tonnes) in April, noting that this is the fifth straight month of increases. The announcement also noted this brings Chinese reserves to 61.1 million ounces with a value of $78.35 billion USD, as of the end of April. This is an old story to regular readers […]
4 Reasons Why Silver Has Been Dropping
Silver bulls have been confounded lately by the metal’s inability to get up off the floor and run. There are lots of reasons why silver should go higher. After all, we are at prices only slightly higher than they were after fallback from the Hunt brothers trying to corner the silver market back in 1980. You’d think […]
Gold Dropped Below 1280 & Appears To Be Staying There
International gold prices dropped below 1280 on April 16. We’ve been pointing at the 1285/1280 price area as important support for a long time, as history shows it is significant time and again. This is the 1-year chart of GLD, with the red line indicating the GLD equivalent of the 1280/1285 price. You can see […]
Gold Retakes 1300 Amid Rising Uncertainty
As you know, gold dropped down through 1300 two weeks ago. That gave gold bulls a mild heart attack because the story for gold rising includes a little bit about “rising.” Not “falling.” A touch of a difference there. And 1300 is a key pivot point for gold; it can’t go up without staying above 1300 (just to drive […]
The Reason Why Silver Is In ‘No Mans Land’
Today marks a moment in history for your friendly Gold Enthusiast. Due to increasing requests, we’re starting coverage of the world of silver as well as gold. Because we want to make this as easy for you as possible we’ll be covering gold Monday – Wednesday – Friday, and silver Tuesday – Thursday. So if you’re only […]
Has The Gold Bull Run Already Started?
Seems like every day brings an article by another analyst asking if the next gold bull run has already started. Or is about to… Your friendly Gold Enthusiast believes it has, but as with the start of all bull markets, one needs to be careful. As the old traders say, everything is timing. Put all your money in […]
