"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •77 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 972.80 | -2.00 | -0.21% |
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WTI Crude •13 mins | 70.35 | -0.56 | -0.79% |
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Gasoline •24 mins | 1.999 | -0.012 | -0.61% |
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Ethanol •77 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •77 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 77 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 77 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 hour | 73.65 | -0.05 | -0.07% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 2.295 | +0.011 | +0.48% | |
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Heating Oil • 14 mins | 2.137 | -0.011 | -0.51% |
Article Archive | Page 1224
What's Behind the Plunge in Oil? Winners and Losers? Boon to Spending or Recessionary?
What's Behind the Plunge in Oil? In the wake of a widely unexpected, huge oil price decline, I have received many questions and comments. Some speculate US pressure on Saudi…
Australian Mining Company Hedges Production
Some of the readers who have read my musings over the last few years understand that I am a big fan of properly designed and implemented hedging programs for commercial…
Pigmen Win Again
"The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians, they're an irrelevancy. The politicians are put there…
An Epic Blowout
The FED's easy money has encouraged rampant energy speculation and over-investment, resulting in more than $500 billion in new loans and investments in just the…
Update: China Wants to Conduct the World's High-Speed Rail Market
The construction of the American transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, which cost upwards of $136 million and covered 1,800 miles over arduous terrain, could not have been as easily accomplished…
Finanical Repression Authority with Andrew Sheng
Andrew Sheng has spent his career in Asia as a central banker and regulator. He summarizes the current…
Black Gold Loses Glitter
The stunning 40% drop in the price of oil over the past few months has scrambled global economic forecasts, changed the geo-political landscape, and has severely pressured many energy sector…
The Passive Management Bubble
We have happened upon that time in the investment cycle when investors vastly eschew active management of their assets in favor of a more passive management style. In fact, I…
Gold Market Update
Originally published December 15th, 2014. If we lived in a normal word of fiscal propriety, the falling oil price would be viewed as something to celebrate, as it reduces…
Silver Market Update
Originally published December 15th, 2014. Silver broke out of its 5-month downtrend last week as expected, but, as with gold, the move was unfortunately not confirmed by action in…
