"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •99 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 980.30 | +4.10 | +0.42% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 75.69 | -0.16 | -0.21% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 2.148 | -0.003 | -0.13% |
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Ethanol •99 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •99 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 99 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 99 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 30 mins | 79.40 | +2.82 | +3.68% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.691 | +0.016 | +0.60% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.345 | -0.006 | -0.25% |
Article Archive | Page 3379
U.S. Dollar Rallies as Forex Traders Pare Short Positions
The U.S. Dollar finished up for the day in a move which began on Friday. At that time investors began to pare positions ahead of this week's FOMC and G-20…
Mini Inflation Blow-Off
Below is an excerpt from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 17th September 2009. Coming into September the markets had the potential to experience either a deflation…
Inflation Pressures Rising Again
Several months ago I began to lay out an asset allocation road map. In a nutshell, the US Dollar remains the key asset to follow, and as long as…
Agri-Food Thoughts
Bump and grind economic numbers might suggest that the Western economies, including the U.S., have seen the worst of the economic slide. Despite that appearance of an economic bottom, that…
Trade Wars and Protectionism are Not Free Trade
Two weeks ago, both the administration and the Fed announced with straight faces that the recession was over and the signs of economic recovery were clear. Then last week, the…
Stock Market Status
Excerpted from the September 19th edition of Notes From the Rabbit Hole Here is an excerpt from NFTRH51, discussing the broad stock market from a risk/reward standpoint.…
The Giant Error of Pessimism
It's axiomatic that when it comes to economic forecasting, at a top the majority will extrapolate the good times indefinitely into the future, and at a bottom they will extrapolate…
The Ratchet Effect
The following is an excerpt from commentary that originally appeared at Treasure Chests for the benefit of subscribers on Thursday, September 10th, 2009. It appears our self-serving bureaucracy…
Can You Put Your Daddy On The Phone?
Once, when I was at a large German investment bank, I noticed the bond market's response to a bearish number was curiously bullish. I don't recall what the release was,…
Mixed Equity Markets And Weaker Energy Prices
Concerns that U.S. equity markets may be overbought are helping to drive down demand for stocks overnight. In addition, traders are lightening up positions ahead of this week's Federal Reserve…
