"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •445 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,416.30 | -0.20 | -0.01% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 62.90 | +0.22 | +0.35% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.980 | +0.010 | +0.49% |
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Ethanol •445 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •445 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 445 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 445 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 66.92 | +0.24 | +0.36% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.927 | +0.039 | +1.35% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.310 | +0.011 | +0.49% |
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Deleveraging Pushes Up the Dollar
In view of the economic crisis facing the American and global markets, the recent strength of the U.S. dollar has confounded analysts. After all, the global economic problems essentially emanate…
Paulson's Favorite Song: "I wish it could be Christmas every day"
- well it can be thanks to the Fiat money system... Originally published November 25th, 2008. So the trough is about to be refilled, this time with even…
Inflation is No Cure for a Recession
There are some in our government who claim that we face a possible depression if we do not engage in a massive amount of deficit spending and money printing to…
Fed's Quantitative Easing Extends Seasonal Reversals
Today's latest liquidity drive from the Federal Reserve gives a fresh jolt to risk-seeking trades, extending my scenario of seasonal reversals in currency and commodity markets put forth last…
Gold Thoughts
The superiority of returns on Gold to investors over the miserable returns on paper equities would seem at some point to become an embarrassment to the purveyors of Stock Certificates…
It Appears That Mack Can't Take His Own Medicine
The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting, well researched piece on the run on Morgan Stanley that has been well covered in the blogoshere. From a journalistic perspective, it was…
Deepening Recession in Germany and Across the Euro-zone
The European Central Bank (ECB) will be cutting its refi rate again next week (December 4), the only question being whether the policymakers will opt for a third consecutive 50bp…
Political Pragmatism / Evaporating Wealth
Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 20th November, 2008. It's not insanity; it's political pragmatism Is it just us, or do others…
Policymaking on the Booze
Published by Institurional Advisors Tuesday, November 20, 2007. The launch of the party that eventually overwhelmed traditional banking can be said to have started somewhere between the incredible opening…
Commercial Real Estate - the Next Shoe to Drop
The residential real estate sector is in shambles and, some economists say, will not recover until the end of 2010, at the earliest. Now it looks like commercial real estate…
