"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •88 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,022.00 | -0.20 | -0.02% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 68.18 | +0.51 | +0.75% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 1.953 | -0.008 | -0.42% |
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Ethanol •88 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •88 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 88 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 88 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 71.98 | +0.38 | +0.53% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.902 | +0.149 | +5.41% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.133 | -0.003 | -0.16% |
Article Archive | Page 4052
Be Careful What You Wish For
Be careful for what you wish, because you may get it, and sometimes as H. L. Mencken wrote, you get it good and hard. The collective brain deficit trust, otherwise…
The Inflation Problem Revisited
Article originally submitted to subscribers on 13th June 2007... The prospect of higher interest rates looms large. New Zealand increased short-term interest rates to 8%. South Africa will follow…
For the Twenty-First Century
For the week, the Dow gained 1.6% (up 9.4% y-t-d) and the S&P500 1.7% (up 8.1%). The Transports gained 1.1% (up 13.5%), and the Utilities jumped 3.4% (up 9.4%). The…
May CPI: Still Scant Evidence of Food/Energy Price Surge Pass-Through
If this headline looks familiar, it is because yesterday's commentary had almost the same headline, save for "PPI" instead of "CPI." (Speaking of yesterday's commentary, I inadvertently omitted a chart,…
A Unique Era
The gold market has been under pressure lately and some investors are feeling a little nervous. But the major trend is clearly up. That being the case, let's stand back…
Features of the Week
We've got a lot of information to share in this Friday's edition of "Features of the week". And while I'm definitely a proponent of being selective when it comes to…
Good Money After Bad
At a commercial real estate conference earlier this week, Alan Greenspan downplayed concerns that the Chinese might sell their significant holdings of U.S. Treasuries. The former Fed chairman based his…
HUI Irrational Pessimism
In a December 1996 speech, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan uttered one of the most famous catch phrases in modern market history. Buried deep in a typically Greenspanian sentence…
Summer Outlook for Gold
To understand why gold is "lagging" we need to compare it to other sectors of the market. This chart shows that gold and gold stocks are…
Yields May Not Be A Threat Yet
With the rising yield of the 10-year Treasury note spooking the markets, it may be worth a historical look vs. the S&P 500. The chart (1962-2007) does show several periods…
