"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •94 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,001.70 | -3.90 | -0.39% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 74.38 | +0.67 | +0.91% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 2.096 | +0.003 | +0.15% |
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Ethanol •94 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •94 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 94 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 94 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 78.05 | +0.43 | +0.55% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.854 | -0.116 | -3.91% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.313 | +0.018 | +0.78% |
Article Archive | Page 2274
The Not-Laid Plans Of Mice And Men
The nice aspect about Europe being the only thing that matters these days is that I don't have to wait until the end of the U.S. trading day to begin…
Short-Term Politics Stifles Pentagon's Green Energy Ambitions
The US Defense Department consumes more energy than any other department or sector in the country, spending around $20 billion annually by some estimates; but ambitious plans to make it…
Playing Chicken With Deflation
The following is commentary that originally appeared at Treasure Chests for the benefit of subscribers on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012. Much discussion and consternation…
Color Commentary
Encounters with a young Alan Greenspan have floated around the Internet lately. Why do they matter? Most importantly, because what is being said is how Greenspan was known in the…
Coal and Shale Gas: American’s Energy Siblings Are Locked in Rivalry
Competition is supposed to make competitors stronger, but when it comes to the battle between coal and shale gas for supremacy as the United States' power-generating fuel of choice, the…
U.S. Dollar and Euro - Review and Outlook
The analysis below is based on our letter to shareholders in the annual report of the Merk Funds*. The 12-month period ended March 31, 2012…
Ten Ways the US Is Worse Than It Was In 1947
Gary North is an icon in the Austro-libertarian world, and writes more in a day than most will write in their lifetimes. The majority of what he says is excellent…
Europe: Policy Options Remain Limited
Before the markets opened on May 30, a Dow Jones article captured the serious nature of the escalating crisis in Spain: European stocks fell Wednesday as…
Testing The Zero Line
Last week we wrote we were expecting a rally in the area 1335 - 1345. Yesterday the SPX had a top @ 1334.93. Following a strong open, we decided to…
Daily Analysis
So far my preferred short-term scenario is panning out. Yesterday price has been able to interrupt the sideways move by breaking above last Tuesday hod at 1328.49 SPX. The anticipated…
