"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •96 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 978.20 | -8.90 | -0.90% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 75.95 | -1.19 | -1.54% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.118 | -0.035 | -1.64% |
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Ethanol •96 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •96 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 96 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 96 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 79.76 | -1.17 | -1.45% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 2.733 | -0.013 | -0.47% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.359 | -0.037 | -1.56% |
Article Archive | Page 3317
Zombie Capitalism: Bernanke "Marching Ignorantly Forward"
Australian economist has another blockbuster post on the dynamics of debt deflation and the Great Financial Collapse. Please consider Debtwatch No 41, December 2009: 4 Years of Calling the…
Inflation Pressures Moderating
The composite indicator that measures the trends in gold, crude oil, and yields on the 10 year Treasury has moderated significantly. See figure 1 a weekly chart of the S&P500…
Have Violin Must Fiddle
Interest rates are up again here in Australia as the RBA hikes our prime rate by 0.25% to 3.75%. One bank has already come out with a 0.45% hit on…
Inflating Away the Debt? Not Really
Below is an excerpt from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 26th November 2009. According to popular opinion, a benefit of inflation is that it reduces the…
On Allocation
On Allocation...A while back in on our subscriber site, we penned a discussion trying to put the whole "mountain of money" thesis into perspective. The bottom line is that there…
Reckless Myopia
Long time Outside of the Box readers are familiar with John Hussman of the eponymous Hussman Funds. And once again he is my selection…
Agri-Food Thoughts
Over the Thanksgiving holiday driving I-95 in Florida provided some insight into the state of at least some segments of the U.S. economy. I-95 is the major North-South highway on…
Dollar Set To Surprise
The following is an excerpt from commentary that originally appeared at Treasure Chests for the benefit of subscribers on Tuesday, Nov 17th, 2009. The dollar ($) is set…
Healthcare Freedom or Healthcare Bureaucracy?
The U.S. Preventive Task Force caused quite a stir recently when they revised their recommendations on the frequency and age for women to get mammograms. Many have speculated on the…
Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Highlight Kazakhstan's Uranium Potential
One bonus of the global recession is that it wiped a lot of incompetent hedge fund managers and energy speculators from the canyons of Wall Street. As the Gordon Gecko…
