"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •198 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 965.50 | +17.10 | +1.80% |
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WTI Crude •6 hours | 77.88 | -0.80 | -1.02% |
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Gasoline •6 hours | 2.112 | -0.011 | -0.52% |
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Ethanol •198 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •198 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 198 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 198 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 5 hours | 80.79 | -0.50 | -0.62% | |
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Natural Gas • 6 hours | 3.948 | -0.310 | -7.28% | |
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Heating Oil • 6 hours | 2.621 | +0.004 | +0.15% |
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Honest Money - Chapter 10: The Federal Reserve
Many believe the Federal Reserve banks are government institutions - they are not. They are private credit monopolies that prey upon the people for the benefit of their greedy handlers:…
Technical Update On IEF And TLT
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Cheap Oil is Gone, and That's Good News
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The Next Stage of the Credit Crisis
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Poland's Economy Is No Joke
Watching the world's leaders stumble their way through the economic crisis, it often feels as if political success and economic understanding are mutually exclusive. Even the Chinese, who over the…
Sharks in Offshore Waters, Part One
Last month I wrote an article for CFA Magazine on the pitfalls of offshore investing. It's a long piece, so it will appear here in three installments, starting with…
Whats the True State of State Finances?
US states are in rather poor shape, financially speaking, and California's latest debt downgrade has shined a light on this topic once again. This brings us to today's question:…
US Debt: Look At It This Way
Seven ways to put the United States' national debt into perspective... The SHEER SIZE of the US government's debt hasn't put off new bond buyers so far in 2010. You've…
Bernanke Makes Like a Squid, Sprays Clouds of Ink Hoping to Confuse
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is pouring it on with nonsense on top of nonsense. Please consider Bernanke makes case for Fed keeping banking powers. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben…
SPX Levitation Act
Over the last few months, the behavior of the US stock markets has been rather vexing. Usually when they grow overbought, when greed and complacency wax extreme after a powerful…
