"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •436 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,411.70 | +11.90 | +0.85% |
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WTI Crude •17 hours | 62.69 | +0.32 | +0.51% |
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Gasoline •17 hours | 1.985 | +0.006 | +0.31% |
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Ethanol •436 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •436 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 436 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 436 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 16 hours | 66.99 | +0.62 | +0.93% | |
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Natural Gas • 17 hours | 2.941 | +0.007 | +0.24% | |
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Heating Oil • 17 hours | 2.290 | +0.008 | +0.35% |
Article Archive | Page 4212
An Unstable Dollar Standard
We live in a period of world-wide economic expansion and prosperity. The world economy is said to grow this year at some five percent, which will be the third year…
Denial is Not Just a River in Egypt
This morning's release of disappointing GDP figures for the third quarter capped a week of bad economic news. Nevertheless, Wall Street bulls continued to march to the pleasant beat of…
Curious Change in Margin Requirements
Through the SEC, the Fed controls margin requirements and a recent announcement was described by the deputy director of the SEC as "a very significant change". Remember that this is…
US Dollar Bear 4
At any given moment in time there are broad strategic themes exerting tremendous influence on the financial markets behind the scenes. Students of the markets call these themes secular trends.…
Moneyization Part Thirty-one
Moneyization: The global financial phenomenon of individuals and businesses moving their funds to monies in which they have the highest confidence, or money in which they have a higher store…
Big Picture: Extremes
Using weekly and monthly charts we can get a clearer view of macro events happening in the big picture while tuning out some of the short-term noise. By now, the…
Bullies Without Spinach
The name of the initial commentary has to do with a comparison of Popeye to governments. With spinach (in our case gold), Popeye can knock his enemies on their heinies.…
Dollar Seen Unfazed by Slowing US GDP
Market attention returns to the US ahead of this morning's advanced (first estimate) Q3 GDP report expected to show 2.0% growth following 2.6% in Q2 and 5.6% in Q1. It…
Sweden's Riksbank Hikes Repo Rate Again, Signals Further Tightening In Months To Come
As widely expected, Sweden's Riksbank today hiked its repo rate for the fifth consecutive time this year, taking it up 25bp to 2.75%. The crown slipped after the announcement as…
Pirates of the Boomer Bust! (The Investor of the Future)
So, let's set up the situation. Most of the Boomers have already retired, and you are still working. Taxes are at a crushing level, as even partially keeping Social Security…
