"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 3273
Wall Street Journal Questions Bernanke's Credibility and Political Will
Last week, Economist Steve Keen made "The Case Against Bernanke". Specifically, Keen says "Bernanke's ignorance of the factors that really caused the Great Depression is a major reason why…
Sharks in Offshore Waters, Part Three
Two things are certain about moving money overseas: First, it's necessary if you want to shield at least some of your savings from the capital controls, wealth taxes and confiscations…
Why I Hope Gold Falls to $1,000
As a self-professed gold bug, why would I possibly want my favorite investment to fall in value? Have the long hours finally caught up with me? Au contraire; my near-constant…
Next Support Area
After a few sharp sell off days, the markets have put in a rather weak upside day and faded into the close. It looks like an inside day and that's…
Legalize Competing Currencies
Much has been made recently about the supposed economic recovery. A few blips in a few statistics and many believe our troubles are all over. Of course, they have to…
We The People
The following is commentary that originally appeared at Treasure Chests for the benefit of subscribers on Tuesday, January 5th, 2009. That's quite the title, no? But without making…
If M Does Not Pick Up, Will V Save Us?
Before we get started, let's get the forecast update out of the way. With the release of November business inventories data, we have revised up significantly our real GDP annualized…
Debt Issues
A lot has been written in recent months about the exploding U.S. Treasury debt and how the U.S. dollar will surely suffer as a result of it. And, there is…
Gold: The Great American Debt Machine
Courtesy of Hartford Courant Everyone is taking shots at Wall Street. The President wants to impose a greed tax on…
How an American Recession Vindicated the Austrian School of Economics
One thing is absolutely clear. America's political class and the economic commentariat have learnt precisely nothing from previous recessions. After each recession we get the same old thing: an incessant…
