"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •97 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 965.60 | +3.60 | +0.37% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 73.91 | +0.34 | +0.46% |
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Gasoline •13 mins | 2.070 | +0.002 | +0.09% |
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Ethanol •97 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •97 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 97 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 97 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 15 mins | 77.18 | -3.75 | -4.63% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.717 | -0.016 | -0.59% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.309 | +0.012 | +0.51% |
Article Archive | Page 3843
The Next Word on Gary North's Claim that the Fed is Deflating
In our 31st March commentary we discussed the errors we saw in Gary North's opinion that the Fed is deflating. Strangely, Mr. North took this as a personal attack and…
Fed Defends The Indefensible
The Fed Defended Its Bear Stearns Rescue in testimony before the US Senate Banking Committee. Let's take a look. "We judged that a sudden, disorderly failure of Bear…
Ring-Fence the Bad Assets - Re-Arranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic?
Yesterday I expressed my opinion on the lack of economic substance of allowing financial institutions to value the assets on their books at historical cost or whatever they so desire…
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Tax Payer Bail-out Ideas Stabilize US Dollar, Trip Gold
It was "April Fools" day, and Wall Street was busy spinning bad financial news into bouts of irrational exuberance. News of a $19 billion write-down of toxic sub-prime mortgage debt…
The Ex Ante: Liquidity Trap Revisited - Will They Take the Bait?
March 29, 2008 The 10YR yield closed at 3.44% on Friday only 15bps off the lows of the year and 30bps off the lows set in 2002 when the market…
Where's the "Protection" in TIPS?
Every investment product on planet earth is designed to at least offer a chance at a positive, real after-tax return. Put another way, all investments are designed to bring you…
Gold and Silver - Retracements
Elliott Wave on Gold and Silver Short Term Forecast The price action for Gold and Silver appears to be in a wave (2) or wave (B) correction. We should see…
Recession? Close Enough for Fed Work
It was only last August that the Fed's principal concern was preventing higher inflation. But, after 300 basis points of reductions in its federal funds rate target, a 75 basis…
Systemic Risk Maybe Out, But Recession is In
The +38k jump to 407k in weekly jobless claims was the worst reading since Sept. 17, 2005 (week following Hurricane Katrina). The less volatile 4-week MA jumped 15.8K to 374.5K,…
