"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •139 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 979.70 | +5.20 | +0.53% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 69.20 | +0.04 | +0.06% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 2.030 | +0.011 | +0.56% |
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Ethanol •139 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •139 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 139 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 139 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 73.22 | -0.08 | -0.11% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.979 | +0.006 | +0.20% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.242 | -0.009 | -0.41% |
Article Archive | Page 4415
The Bouncing Ball
Follow the bouncing ball. Some no doubt recall going to the movies in your youth and watching commercials where a little white ball accompanied by music bounced along every word…
Silver: Good As Gold
"For all nations have drunk the wine of her impure passion, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have…
The Coming Disaster in the Derivatives Market
The derivatives genie is now well out of the bottle, and these instruments will almost certainly multiply in variety and number until some event makes their toxicity clear....[They] are…
(Pollyanna) Poole on the Current Account
The bulls remained in full control. For the week, the Dow gained 1.5% and the S&P500 rose 1.2%. The Transports surged 3.5% to an all-time high. The Morgan Stanley Cyclical…
Derivatives Disaster, Hedge Fund Monsters?
The only time the general public hears about derivatives or hedge fund problems is after the fact when the blow-up has occurred. Long Term Capital Management (LTCM), Nick Leeson, Orange…
Trading XOI Volume
With crude oil correcting and driving oil stocks sharply lower last month, investors and speculators are salivating over the awesome potential oil-stock buying opportunity brewing today. During fundamentally-driven secular bulls…
Trade Deficit and Gold
The US trade deficit hit an all time high today, and many people are blaming the Gulf Coast Hurricanes. On the opposite side of the world, China reached a record…
Dollar Shrugs Record Deficit
The US trade deficit soared by 11% in September to a record $66.1 billion from a revised $59.3 billion (initial $59.0 billion) in August. Imports grew 2.4% to $171.3 bln…
Buy Bonds for a Trade
Dow Jones Industrial Average 10,593 Value Line Arithmetic Index 1,959 30-Year Treasury Index 4.81% Gold 1/10 Ounce $46.58 The Big Picture for Stocks The 4-year cycle is negative for stocks…
Globalization and the Dollar
A discussion of globalization triggers passionate and at times violent responses. Rarely has an economic topic captured the spirit of the public so much. What we would like to contribute…
