"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •91 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,020.30 | +3.50 | +0.34% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 70.96 | +0.86 | +1.23% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 2.023 | +0.037 | +1.88% |
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Ethanol •91 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •91 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 91 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 91 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 20 mins | 73.90 | +0.34 | +0.46% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.912 | +0.026 | +0.90% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.202 | +0.020 | +0.91% |
Article Archive | Page 3981
Not a Good Time to Be a Government Price Fixer
Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 23rd September 2007. The reason we expected the Fed to cut its targeted interest rate by…
On Oil and Natural Gas
In many previous articles, I have talked about the negative consequences of Federal Reserve policy and the seemingly imminent threat of inflation. In this article, I'd like to talk about…
TedBits
Foreword For greater insight into our publication, have a look at the Overview of Tedbits. It helps current and potential subscribers understand our mission in serving you. It also…
The Money Has to Come From Somewhere
After the current turmoil in the markets, I was hoping that new Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would see the big picture and act judiciously. Instead he signaled, with an…
Investment Flash: Hyper-Bearish
What we think of as 'money' has been tremendously expanded by the use of debt. Now that fear has entered the credit market, money has become scarce putting pressure on…
The Paper Game
The following is an excerpt from commentary that originally appeared at Treasure Chests for the benefit of subscribers on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007. Apparently we have arrived -…
Fed Projects a Four Year Long Recession
Aside from the dollar and long-term bonds all markets went up last week as the Fed demonstrated that it is more fearful of a slowing economy and banking woes than…
Stock Quotes Surge on Prime Interest Rate Cuts
The Fed reduced short-term interest rates by 50 basis points on Tuesday. That was 25 basis points more than the market expected and the response was rapid and predictable: …
How the Laffer Curve Really Works
Let us begin with the much neglected Kennedy tax cuts and then follow through with other tax measures. We shall then finish with a diagrammatic explanation of how cuts in…
