"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •81 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 959.20 | -22.70 | -2.31% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 71.23 | +0.23 | +0.32% |
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Gasoline •25 mins | 2.037 | +0.000 | +0.01% |
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Ethanol •81 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •81 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 81 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 81 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 74.67 | +0.18 | +0.24% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.469 | +0.035 | +1.44% | |
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Heating Oil • 14 mins | 2.174 | +0.013 | +0.59% |
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The Role of the Federal Reserve In Artificial Economics
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Are We There Yet??
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Technical Market Report
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The Wind Beneath the Economy's Wings
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Three Headline Stories this Week as Manifestations of the Dominance of Speculative Finance
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The Secondary Trend has been Reconfirmed
But, All is Not Well On January 6, 2006 the Secondary trend, according to Dow theory, was once again reconfirmed as bullish. Last week there were minor secondary non-confirmations…
A Response to Donald Kohn on Asset Bubbles
For the week, the Dow rose 1.8% and the S&P500 gained 2.0%. Economically sensitive issues shined, with the Transports up 2.4% and…
