"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •77 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 992.70 | +17.90 | +1.84% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 72.28 | +1.37 | +1.93% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 2.060 | +0.049 | +2.43% |
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Ethanol •77 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •77 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 77 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 77 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 75.03 | +1.38 | +1.87% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.293 | +0.009 | +0.39% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.183 | +0.035 | +1.64% |
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Oil, Gold and Interest Rates
Will he, or won't he? Will Fed head Ben Bernanke raise Fed Funds another ¼ point or will he stand pat? Maybe he'll stand aside. Maybe he'll change his wording…
Goldilocks and Just One Bear
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Financial Structure
For the week, the Dow gained 2.6% and the S&P500 rose 2.8%. Economically sensitive issues surged, with the Transports jumping 5.9% and the Morgan Stanley Cyclical…
The Australia Market Report
The Australia SPASX 200 fell 3.4 points Friday, August 18th, 2006 in as flat a trading day as you'll find if the market is open. Volume was 103 percent of…
The Bond Market Has it Wrong
Perhaps Abraham Lincoln would never have devised his famous adage about fooling all the people all the time if he had a chance to observe the current bond market's complete…
Tactical Silver Trends 5
This year has been the most exciting witnessed in silver for decades. The fabled white metal entered 2006 below $9, blasted up to challenge $15 by early May, and has…
Novagold or Novacopper?
Amidst the recent debate about the Barrick takeover bid for Novagold, one fact emerged that for me changed my perception of this company. The question was whether Novagold should be…
The New Pension Legislation and a Challenging Market
Dear Subscribers and Old-Time Readers, First, I want to "welcome" all our old-time subscribers who were a subscriber to MarketThoughts.com when it used to be a free commentary. As I…
Climbing the Wall of Worry or Descending the Wall of Hope?
By Doug Wakefield with Ben Hill If you invested $100,000 and participated in rallies of 32%, 27%, 14%, 13%, 23%, 28%, 35%, 21%, and 24% within a 3-year period, what…
The Long-Term Consequences of The Long-Term Bailout
As the horse of 'innovation' leaps miles ahead of the mule that is regulation, the path for the average investor grows treacherous. After the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM)…
