"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •86 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,022.00 | -0.20 | -0.02% |
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WTI Crude •20 hours | 68.18 | +0.51 | +0.75% |
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Gasoline •21 hours | 1.953 | -0.008 | -0.42% |
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Ethanol •87 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •86 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 86 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 86 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 19 hours | 71.98 | +0.38 | +0.53% | |
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Natural Gas • 20 hours | 2.902 | +0.149 | +5.41% | |
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Heating Oil • 20 hours | 2.133 | -0.003 | -0.16% |
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The Money Fallacies of Rothbard
Because the followers of the late scholar, Murray Rothbard, at the Mises Institute espouse a 100% gold money system, they naturally are in vehement opposition to the Real Bills Doctrine…
Where Mises Went Wrong
Ludwig von Mises erred when he dismissed what is known as the Fullarton Effect. In 1844 John Fullarton of the Banking School described how low interest rates were resisted by…
Hurricane Usedelia Strikes the Markets
Sometimes currency trading is exhilarating. Other times it is like watching paint dry. And in some circumstances it is like trying to track a storm. In the last "storm update"…
How Long Can Consumers Hold On?
Inflation pressures either moderated in August or reached an almost 15-year high, depending what is focused on. Since the Federal Reserve let everyone know that it is focusing on the…
BondWorks
The bad news is that 10 year US Treasury note traded off somewhat last week. The good news is that the stock market is up 3-4% since Hurricane Katrina hit…
Red Sky in the Morning.......Sailors Warning
We know how to interpret the signs in the sky, do we know how to interpret the signs in the markets? With as few words as possible here is what…
A Just in the Nick of Time Downgrade
I would like to thank the analysts at JP Morgan today for coming up with a very timely downgrade of Delta Airlines today. I fail to see how that downgrade…
Dollar Boosted by Trade, Fed
The US trade deficit shrank 3% in July to $57.94 billion from a revised $59.49 billion (initial $58.82 billion) in June. Imports fell 0.7% to $164.2 bln, while exports barely…
Hurricane Katrina and the Economy
Has there ever been a more storm-tossed and natural disaster-prone time as there is now? The question may seem debatable on its surface, but statistics actually show the question can…
Connecting the Dots
Is $60 oil as harmless as Wall Street thinks? The flip side of the real estate boom Campbell Soup profit rises on higher prices Flat yield curve hurts profits at…
