"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •135 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 945.10 | +1.10 | +0.12% |
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WTI Crude •14 hours | 67.02 | -1.68 | -2.45% |
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Gasoline •14 hours | 1.949 | -0.032 | -1.63% |
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Ethanol •135 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •135 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 135 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 135 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 13 hours | 71.04 | -1.52 | -2.09% | |
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Natural Gas • 14 hours | 2.823 | +0.038 | +1.36% | |
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Heating Oil • 14 hours | 2.171 | -0.041 | -1.87% |
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Charts and Commentary
Are there signs that high fevered, "emotionally driven", buying behavior could be reaching Mania levels? The following true story happened at 3:36 PM, yesterday afternoon. The company involved is Brocade…
Intermediate-term Outlook for the US Stock Market
Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 30th March 2006. The US stock market appears, on the surface, to have been quite firm…
The (Rude) Awakening
Last week, a friend sent me a link to a Saturday Night Live (SNL) skit, wherein they present a "new consumer credit program." It's called, Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot…
ECB Less Hawkish But Rates Still Headed Upward
ECB President Trichet jolted markets this morning when he downplayed the probability of a May rate hike after the "no change" announcement from the ECB's Governing Council. The two key…
Retail Sales Wane
Consumer spending has been strong during the first two months of the year. It appears that consumer spending slowed in March. Most retailers will report March sales results on Thursday.…
Run Away From US Stocks?
After hitting a 5-year high yesterday the Nasdaq is up by 110% since its October 7, 2002 bottom. If this blistering pace keeps up the Nasdaq will be back above…
A Look at the DJIA in the Intermediate Term
The DJIA has been in an intermediate advance since the October 2004 low at 9757, this is shown with a weekly close only line chart in CHART W #1. Within…
The Business Cycle - Where are we currently?
We are currently in Stage 5 of the Business Cycle. Economists use numerous regularly released surveys, statistics and reports to try and predict the future direction of the economy. But…
Market Political Risks Rising: U.S. Immigration...
...Delphi labor contract, French employment law, China currency/trade, Iran In my 3/24 "Economic/Financial Monitor: Potential Tipping Points Could Make Spring Very Interesting" link, I noted a number of…
April Snow Showers, Chinese FX Whispers
4/5/2006 3:15 am: EUR/$..1.2265 $/JPY..116.78 GBP/$..1.7592 $/CHF..1.2862 AUD/$..0.7235 $/CAD..1.1621 4:00 am E-12 Mar Services PMI (exp 58.2, prev 58.2) 4:30 am UK Mar Manufacturing Production (exp 0.2%, prev 0.2%) 4:30…
