"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •569 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,741.30 | +164.40 | +6.38% |
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WTI Crude •2 hours | 61.07 | +1.71 | +2.88% |
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Gasoline •2 hours | 1.851 | +0.034 | +1.86% |
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Ethanol •569 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •569 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 569 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 569 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 40 mins | 65.88 | +1.82 | +2.84% | |
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Natural Gas • 2 hours | 5.275 | +0.230 | +4.56% | |
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Heating Oil • 2 hours | 2.429 | +0.062 | +2.61% |
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With news of UBS' $19 Billion dollar buyback of frozen auction-rate debt, we expect former clients of UBS (Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Wachovia and Bank of America, too) to…
Gold Bull Seasonals 3
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Premature Celebration: The Market and the Fed
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Gold Investments Market Update
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Small Cap Stocks
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End of an Era?
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A Rant
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Fractional-Reserve Banking at its Finest
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