"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •136 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 945.10 | +1.10 | +0.12% |
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WTI Crude •22 hours | 67.02 | -1.68 | -2.45% |
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Gasoline •22 hours | 1.949 | -0.032 | -1.63% |
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Ethanol •136 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •136 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 136 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 136 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 21 hours | 71.04 | -1.52 | -2.09% | |
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Natural Gas • 22 hours | 2.823 | +0.038 | +1.36% | |
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Heating Oil • 22 hours | 2.171 | -0.041 | -1.87% |
Article Archive | Page 2898
Gold: Currency Wars and China
Once again gold has made fresh highs as the Fed prepares its second or is it the third round of quantitative easing (a.k.a. money…
The Market Grows Thinner; I Do Not
As the year grows older, it gets more and more difficult to attribute market moves to particular motive forces. In thin conditions, a particularly motivated buyer or seller can mean…
Rebalancing Act for Your Portfolio
Has the latest pullback in precious metals and related stocks given you a sickening feeling in the pit of your stomach? If so, then consider rebalancing - because that sinking…
The Dollar Threads a Needle
Pre-holiday cheer is certainly evident in the financial markets. The overwhelming consensus is that the Congressional agreement to not raise taxes while extending hundreds of billions in new stimulus will…
Reveille For The American Nuclear Industry
A few days ago the French upstaged the US mighty nuclear reactor construction industry under our very…
Gold Thoughts
While this is not the last thought we will have this year, it is the last thoughts on Gold we will send to you in 2010. With a new year…
The Technical Take: TBT
I have been highlighting higher Treasury yields since October 15 (well before the heard), and I also mentioned on December 8 that the move higher in Treasury yields…
The Skinny on Fiscal Stimulus
Do fiscal stimulus programs work? Do they actually stimulate the economy, or does routing resources through a central government and reallocating it according to political criteria wind up hurting the…
Downgrading The USA: Moody's Has It Backwards
Overview The credit rating agency Moody's is repeatedly warning that the cost of the new tax cut deal between President Obama and the incoming Republican congressional leadership may be the…
Risk Assets Responding to Quantitative Easing
With even the 'new normal' crowd upgrading their economic forecasts for 2011, the Federal Reserve prepared to fully implement QE2, and Ben Bernanke leaving the door…
