"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •87 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,022.00 | -0.20 | -0.02% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 68.18 | +0.51 | +0.75% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 1.953 | -0.008 | -0.42% |
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Ethanol •87 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •87 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 87 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 87 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 71.98 | +0.38 | +0.53% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.902 | +0.149 | +5.41% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.133 | -0.003 | -0.16% |
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BondWorks
Well folks, we are into the second last week in August. The financial markets seem to have a slow, tired attitude reflecting the fact that a significant number of market…
Home Equity is Not Savings
Yesterday on CNBC's "Closing Bell" my bullish opponent in a "Bull vs. Bear" debate rebutted my argument that Americans saved too little by claiming that the methodology used to calculate…
Orinoco Flows
Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan Government are striking back. They have summoned the courage to take the offensive in reminding Chevron and nearly two dozen additional Energy Companies need…
Consumers Under Pressure
Existing home sales dropped by 170,000 to an annualized rate of 7.16 million. While sales declined from the previous month, July's sales were 4.7% higher than last year. The median…
Gold's Missing Monetary Premium
Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 14th August 2005. There are very few objective observers of the financial scene who are as…
Hey, It Worked For Auto Companies, Right?!?
August 24, 2005: Today's Events: The auto companies have done just so well with a simple formula: cut prices, cut prices, cut prices, and keep unit sales high. Really, how…
Looking Around
I've been in macro-economic thinking mode these last days just as I have also been thinking about considerations to my portfolio. When I say portfolio management I am not talking…
Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom? (part 2)
On August 11 2005 Reuters reported that Moody's affirms Fannie Mae 'AAA' senior debt rating. Moody's Investors Service on Thursday affirmed the 'AAA' senior debt ratings of Fannie…
Connecting the Dots
"Air coming out of these (real estate) balloons." 3 home furnishing retailers disappoint Falling computer prices plague PC industry Rising commodity prices skewer Toro The bulls can't be happy about…
Slow Boat to China or Junk Tales to Debunk? - The Sequel
Spurred on by Financial Sense's Jim Puplava interview of Matthew Simmons [Twilight in the Desert], I've written about the topic of shipping and crude oil - to varying…
