"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •239 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 940.80 | -16.90 | -1.76% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 69.52 | -0.83 | -1.18% |
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Gasoline •20 mins | 1.975 | -0.022 | -1.11% |
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Ethanol •239 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •239 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 239 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 239 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 73.11 | -0.93 | -1.26% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.881 | -0.053 | -1.35% | |
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Heating Oil • 21 mins | 2.363 | -0.033 | -1.37% |
Article Archive | Page 3665
SP Returns Since 1927 Are Important
Rolling cumulative rates of return are important and useful, but so too is a fixed view of returns for discreet periods of time. Calendar year views may relate more closely…
When Gold Will Bottom
In short, gold will bottom when stocks bottom and the dollar bounce falters - unless fund managers run out of gold to sell before either of the other two events…
Gold Market Update
Originally published October 26th, 2008. The action in gold on Thursday and especially on Friday was bullish, as well it might be after a near vertical drop of nearly…
Silver Market Update
Originally published October 26th, 2008. If we define a bearmarket as the price making a series of lower intermediate lows beneath falling long-term moving averages, then silver is in…
They are Still Getting it Wrong on the Recession
The recession is deepening and our economic commentariat still cannot get it right. Access Economics economist Chris Richardson is a classic. He figures governments and central banks "just don't have…
How the Fed Creates Bull Markets and Bear Markets
I received an e-mail recently that is typical of the pop economic philosophy being heavily touted today in various financial forums. The e-mail contained a petition for the elimination of…
What if History Repeats Itself: Chart Three of Three Important Charts
The last of my series of three important charts covers: The Dow Jones Industrials divided by the price of gold (Dow/Gold Ratio). We are starting to see this chart more…
More Good Timing For Peter Schiff
It's been fun over the past few years watching EuroPacfic Capital's Peter Schiff educate mainstream (i.e. clueless) economists and money managers on CNBC and elsewhere. My personal favorite is…
Agri-Food Thoughts
While a bear market is not fun, we should acknowledge the benefits. First, it will eliminate much of the "hedge" fund industry, those that helped create the mortgage debacle and…
Shocked
"This crisis, however, has turned out to be much broader than anything I could have imagined" "Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to…
