"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •219 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,020.80 | -1.50 | -0.15% |
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WTI Crude •12 hours | 71.00 | +0.39 | +0.55% |
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Gasoline •12 hours | 2.105 | +0.030 | +1.46% |
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Ethanol •219 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •219 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 219 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 219 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 hours | 74.66 | +0.37 | +0.50% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 hours | 3.309 | -0.099 | -2.90% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 hours | 2.431 | +0.033 | +1.37% |
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Leading Economic Indicators Point to Improvement
Since the start of the new millennium and new century, many of the old truisms that applied to economic forecasting are no longer relevant. So many things have changed in…
Ben's Un-shrinkable Balance Sheet
As he stated again clearly today, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve has deluded himself into thinking that when the time comes, he will be able to shrink the size…
What's the Difference Between "a Market Bottom" and a "Bottoming Process"?
... and, Where are We Now? First, a "market bottom" call is typically a speculative conjecture based on anecdotal stories and some improving data suggesting that a market downturn…
Copper: What's Up?
Over the last 4 months, copper has bounced about 70% from its lows. Yet it is only recently that such a significant price move is beginning to attract attention as…
Gold Thoughts
Grand and glorious global housing bubble came to an end not because it had caused so much money to be borrowed. It came to an end because no more money…
All Eyes are on the Banking Industry Over the Next Two Weeks
Financial market trading should be a little crisper today as the bigger players return after long Easter holiday break. The focus this morning will be on the U.S. Retail Report.…
Real Estate/Credit Bubble Deflation 18: Tick-Tick-Tick....
"To restore the wealth lost in the current financial crisis, the Treasury would have to monetize some $30 trillion of toxic assets, almost ten times what the Geithner Treasury is…
Goldman Sach's Stress Test: Breaking Ranks with the Crowd Once Again!
Nearly one year ago I made clear to all, for absolutely free, that Goldman Sachs was akin to an overpriced hedge fund. The bulk of their profits come from proprietary…
Greenspan's Mistake
Below is an excerpt from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 9th April 2009. Former Fed Chief Alan Greenspan has stridently argued that his decision to lower…
Thoughts on the Market Rebound
This week we will look at two shorter essays for this edition of Outside the Box. The first is some thoughtful words by Tom Au on whether or not we…
