"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •240 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 937.90 | -19.80 | -2.07% |
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WTI Crude •8 hours | 69.76 | -0.59 | -0.84% |
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Gasoline •10 hours | 1.970 | -0.026 | -1.32% |
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Ethanol •240 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •240 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 240 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 240 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 hours | 73.18 | -0.86 | -1.16% | |
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Natural Gas • 8 hours | 3.834 | -0.100 | -2.54% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 hours | 2.355 | -0.041 | -1.71% |
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The "Arb" Game is Over
For the week, the Dow rallied 4.7% (down 33.3% y-t-d) and the S&P500 rose 4.6% (down 35.9%). Economically-sensitive issues, however, were under more pressure. The Morgan Stanley Cyclicals fell 4.7%…
Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead in U.S. Financial Markets (October 20-24 2008)
Financial Markets Summary For The Week of October 20-24 2008 After the heaviest week of Fed talk and macro data releases in recent memory, the calendar will see a very…
Gold Investments Market Update
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Deflation Scare the Perfect Camouflage
It is said the market can sniff out prospective problems and price itself accordingly. If so, then someone needs to get this dog some nasal spray, lickedy-split! The deflation scare…
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Not Your Grandfather's Depression
The current stock market crash has spurred a vital national debate about the causes and catalysts of the Great Depression. The dominant school of thought believes that the stubborn refusal…
Stock Bear Extremes
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Marco Polo Goes West
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U.S. in Crisis Mode -- What's Next?
In the last few weeks, it has become clear that the current financial meltdown is not our usual, run-of-the-mill crisis. It's supersized, inexorably linked to the rest of the world,…
