"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •238 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 975.40 | -1.20 | -0.12% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 68.76 | +0.14 | +0.20% |
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Gasoline •1 hour | 1.949 | -0.018 | -0.94% |
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Ethanol •238 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •238 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 238 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 238 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 20 mins | 72.53 | -0.49 | -0.67% | |
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Natural Gas • 4 hours | 3.906 | -0.268 | -6.42% | |
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Heating Oil • 16 mins | 2.348 | +0.004 | +0.16% |
Article Archive | Page 3646
China Plays a Better Long Term Hand
As Peter Schiff and I have long warned, America's reliance on borrowing and consumption to fuel economic activity would result in the wholesale destruction of national wealth. Until recently, the…
Performance Update for the Week of Starting 11/17/2008
In the vein of comparing the blog's research to name brand hedge funds, see "Another Name Brand bites the BoomBust!", I have decided to update the performance charts and…
Consumer Price Index Falls At Record Pace
Consumer Price Index: October 2008 The October estimate of consumer price index declined -1.0% (-0.961%) m/m and was up 3.7% y/y. The core ex-food and energy estimate fell -0.1%(-0.071%) m/m…
The Road to Financial Ruin: We Have to Spend Money Now
When just about all economists agree, should we rejoice or be scared? During the Weimar Republic, economists at the Reichsbank argued that printing money to finance a war was…
Can Central Bankers Prevent the Great Depression?
Amid the worst financial crisis and market meltdowns since the 1930's, the world's top-20 central bankers and finance ministers are busy at work, inflating the world's money supply, slashing lending…
When Inflation Comes a-Knockin'
"Buy gold, silver and oil as fast as you can, you morons, or die a horrible death by inflation like the people of Zimbabwe!" Mike Shedlock of globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com writes that…
Never a 5th Grader When You Need One...
Let's put aside for a merry moment the fact that, in the US, not only are most 5th graders smarter than their parents but, in fact, there appears to be…
Is the Stock Market Close to Deciding Whether to Give Us Another Leg Down?
Today's chart looks at "the change of balance fight" between how many stocks are shifting between being Very Strong in Strength, or Very Weak in Strength. Today's Question: Can this…
Gold: Is There a Valid Bearish Argument?
Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 13th November, 2008. Anyone who thinks that changes in the fabrication-related (jewellery, etc.) demand for gold…
The Swinging Pendulum of the Gold Market: How to Trade the Middle
I recently observed the pendulum clock on my fireplace mantel and noticed the similarities between the recent price action in the gold market and the back and forth motion of…
