"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 •10 mins | 1,001.70 | -3.90 | -0.39% |
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WTI Crude •23 hours | 74.38 | +0.67 | +0.91% |
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Gasoline •23 hours | 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 • 22 hours | 78.05 | +0.43 | +0.55% | |
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Natural Gas • 23 hours | 2.854 | -0.116 | -3.91% | |
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Heating Oil • 23 hours | 2.313 | +0.018 | +0.78% |
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Global Debt Problems vs. Economic Progress ...
Last Friday we reported on the sovereign debt problem well before the market panicked over it. Yesterday's panic reaction was NOT about the state of our economy. The indications of…
Bullish HUI Technicals 4
Over the last couple weeks, gold and silver stocks have been clobbered. The flagship index that tracks this sector, the HUI, hemorrhaged nearly a sixth of its value in just…
More Government Equals Fewer Jobs
With today's unexpected decline in December payrolls, the cry for more job-related stimulus will grow even louder. But the sad truth is that any new stimulus or jobs bills will…
Inflation Not the Cause of Every Price Increase
Costs continue to go up for the goods and services that Americans consume on a daily basis. While today we can all buy stocks, real estate and fill up our…
Ben Bernanke: The Very Model of a Modern Pliant Bureaucrat
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke was a safe bet to win the Senate's vote for a second term. "Safe" is what the senators want and Bernanke passed the test.…
Bloomberg on Unemployment and the Potential for a Big (not so) Surprise
Bloomberg has an excellent interactive analysis on the potential for a near one million count revision upwards of the unemployment numbers. This combined with the work my team and…
Note to CNBC Commentators
One of the regular reporters on CNBC was comparing Greece to the subprime "crisis" of 2007, in that "investors" (I am sure that term is being used very loosely) are…
America - Innovate or Die!
US innovation is plummeting faster than our Financial Markets did during the 2008 financial crisis! The future of…
Market Manipulation in the Balance
Our recent commentary on the subject of market manipulation elicited a wide range of feedback, pro and con. Some respondents agreed with my assertion that, assuming the existence of market…
Containing Inflation Via Unlimited Money Creation: The Feds Strategy
Overview The Federal Reserve was well aware of the severe inflationary dangers when it directly created almost a trillion dollars as part of its separate bailout of Wall Street. If…
