"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •236 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 971.60 | +1.00 | +0.10% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 70.70 | +0.00 | +0.00% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 2.023 | +0.012 | +0.61% |
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Ethanol •236 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •236 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 236 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 236 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 74.69 | -0.09 | -0.12% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.032 | +0.038 | +0.95% | |
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Heating Oil • 13 mins | 2.443 | +0.007 | +0.28% |
Article Archive | Page 3626
Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (Dec 8 - 14, 2008)
Despite a litany of bleak economic and corporate news confronting investors during the past week, global stock markets digested the bearish fodder with a sense of aplomb. The MSCI World…
Intermission
Major stock averages have retested their 2002 lows, oil hits the 40 dollar mark and the dollar weakens. Does this now mean that it's over? Has the bear market run…
Technical Market Report
The good news is: • New lows have continued to decline. Short Term On October 10 88% of the issues traded on the NYSE hit new lows, the highest percentage,…
Some Things That Just Should Not Be
There are things in today's markets that are simply astounding. They should not exist, yet they do. Why should US bills trade at negative interest? How can oil be trading…
We're All Steeler Fans Now
Treasury bills traded this week again at negative yields. By week's end, one-month Treasury bill rates were at .01% and three-month yields at .015%. Two-year government yields fell 13 bps…
The Dollar, Gold, Oil and Bonds
"To recognize an opportunity and use it is the difference between success and failure." ~ Author Unknown The dollar came within striking distance of our first…
Playing Dollar Weakness and Silver Strength
The seven-week sideways coil pattern in the daily chart of the Euro/$ resolved itself to the upside earlier this week. The ability of the Euro/$ to hold Thursday's gains amidst…
The Credit Crunch, Close Up and Personal
Within the last year, the true extent of the real estate debacle and ensuing credit crisis in the United States has become blatantly obvious. But now there is a new…
The End of the Credit Line (or, The Trouble with Gold, Part III)
"...To stay ahead of inflation, don't beg for a raise. Just borrow the money instead...!" The TROUBLE with GOLD...? If you choose to use it as money, then you can…
A Nightmare Before Christmas
Like many pragmatic economists I have always warned that rapid expansions of government debt would result in inflation and higher interest rates. The explanation was always simple: rising supply of…
