"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •249 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 966.70 | +0.20 | +0.02% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 66.64 | -0.40 | -0.60% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 2.098 | -0.011 | -0.50% |
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Ethanol •249 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •249 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 249 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 249 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 69.99 | -0.37 | -0.53% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 4.623 | +0.224 | +5.09% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.201 | -0.015 | -0.69% |
Article Archive | Page 3731
Silver Gets Spiked!
An article I wrote was featured in Futures magazine's May 2008 edition and was titled "Metals Fever." I had completed that article and upon review, the editor asked if I…
Gold Investments Market Update
Gold Both gold and silver gave back the previous day's gains yesterday on the COMEX. Gold finished trading in New York on Friday at $808.30, down $17.20 and silver was…
The Dollar: Short-Term Rebalancing Of Expectations, Long Term Risk
Merk Market Outlook provides the weekly perspective on the markets and the economy. Don't miss an…
Gold and the Out of Whack Economy
"In case you were wondering, China actually kicked our American butt a long time ago, as China 'surpassed the United States as the world's second largest gold producer in 2007…
2008 US Election and Quadrupling The Inflation Tax
Overview US presidential candidate Barack Obama has proposed increasing the capital gains tax from 15% to 25%. Unfortunately, the biggest component of investment taxes during inflationary times is not taxation…
British Gold Sovereigns - The Preserve of Collectors, Savers and Smart Investors
Gold as Essential Diversification and Financial Insurance Gold bullion remains an essential diversification and essential financial insurance to have in all properly diversified portfolios. Besides the ever more important factors…
Global Goldilocks?
The new narrative forming among the Goldilocks crowd is that US economic supremacy reigns once again, as manifest in a reawakened "King Dollar". The US dollar will continue to strengthen,…
Retire Social Security: Social Security Is Morally Bankrupt
August 14 marks Social Security's 73rd birthday--placing it eight years past standard retirement age. But, despite the program's $10-trillion-plus dollar shortfall, no politician dares to suggest that this disastrous program…
The Dollar Breaks Out, So Buy Gold
See figure 1 a monthly chart of the Dollar Index. Figure 1. Dollar Index / Monthly Last week when I was reviewing the monthly charts, I…
Set to Soar or Swoon?
Despite a series of worrying news items last week, U.S. stock markets managed to deliver strong gains. Time and again, U.S. investors seem to turn lemons into lemonade by assuming…
