"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •80 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 981.90 | -12.50 | -1.26% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 71.00 | -0.16 | -0.22% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 2.036 | -0.024 | -1.15% |
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Ethanol •80 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •80 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 80 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 80 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 74.49 | -0.39 | -0.52% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.434 | +0.086 | +3.66% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.162 | -0.011 | -0.48% |
Article Archive | Page 2971
Orwell Targets Bernanke: An Unteachable Hole in the Air
On Friday, October 15, 2010, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke delivered a dishonest speech: "Monetary Policy Tools and Objectives in a Low-Inflation Environment." What follows is not a…
Decoupling: Alive and Well
While the US economy continues to weaken (see my recent commentary: Don't Doubt the Double-Dip), many foreign economies continue to experience solid -- even spectacular -- economic growth. When…
Mortgage Makers' Billion-dollar Boo-Boo
It's seems the time may have finally come to say goodbye to a lot of the big banks, among them Bank of America and Wells Fargo. A recent Bloomberg article…
Severe, Life-changing, and Consciousness-Altering State Budget Cuts Coming
My friend "BC" pinged me with some interesting employment stats regarding the state of Oregon that apply in varying degrees to every state in the union, and arguably most countries…
What is Next for the Dollar, SP500 and Gold
The equities market reversed to the upside Wednesday posting a light volume broad based rally. Remember light volume tends to have a neutral to upward bias on stocks, But it…
Buyers Roar Back...
10/21/2010 9:01:45 AM The common refrain of every pull back by the major indexes being followed by another move higher repeated itself. Recommendation: Take no action. Daily…
Stiglitz' Dances With Sugar Plums
Joseph Stiglitz is a Columbia University Professor and a Nobel Prize-winning economist. He extolled the wisdom of Keynesianism on Bloomberg yesterday (video): "Just think about it. Right now the…
Many Indictments, No Conviction
One day after reversing recent trends, due to what appeared to be a sudden realization that something-could-still-go-wrong, markets were back in the reflation trade today. Stocks rallied back 1.1%. Volumes…
Want Leverage to Gold and Silver? Avoid the Large-Caps
Days ago I was watching Peter Schiff on Yahoo Tech Ticker. Normally, I find myself in agreement with Schiff. This time, however I disagreed with his comments on the gold…
Hot Markets and Commodities, Yet the Small Investor Continues to Miss the Run!
All investors can recall the horror during the five months from October 2008 through early March of 2009 as day after day the markets continued to make new lows. That…
