"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •15 mins | 2,319.40 | +10.80 | +0.47% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 959.40 | -5.90 | -0.61% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 78.34 | +0.23 | +0.29% |
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Gasoline •15 mins | 2.550 | -0.005 | -0.19% |
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Ethanol •2 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •15 mins | 27.18 | +0.49 | +1.84% |
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Silver • 15 mins | 27.18 | +0.49 | +1.84% | |
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Copper • 15 mins | 4.593 | +0.036 | +0.78% | |
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Brent Crude • 13 mins | 83.14 | +0.18 | +0.22% | |
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Natural Gas • 13 mins | 2.147 | +0.005 | +0.23% | |
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Heating Oil • 19 mins | 2.440 | -0.004 | -0.16% |
Article Archive | Page 4516
As Greenspan Bids Adieu, Say Hello to Uncertainty
One phrase or word from the second most powerful man in America, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, can send the global financial markets into a…
Keeping Inflation Under Wraps for Wal-Mart
In a recent commentary we looked at how the true rate of inflation is actually a lot less severe than the pundits would have us believe. We also examined the…
The New Era
Human beings spend their entire lives working for money but less than 5% actually understand how money works. This has got to be the world's greatest irony. What is money…
The Counter-Cyclical Nature of Gold Stocks
Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 12th May 2005: Over the long-term gold stocks are counter-cyclical investments in that they trend…
Press Release: Merk Investments Launches Merk Hard Currency Fund
-- Mutual fund seeks to protect against a declining US dollar relative to other currencies-- PALO ALTO, Calif. - May 17, 2005 - Merk Investments today announced the launch of…
The Great Inflation Illusion: A Historic Perspective
After the 2000 to 2002 decline, I embarked on a journey to study as much as I could about history and systemic risk in the world of money. In the…
U.S. Warns Lenders To Elevate Standards
Federal banking regulators yesterday warned banks and other lenders to be more selective about who can get home equity loans and lines of credit because rising interest rates may make…
Real Men Trade the Long Bond
The U.S. Treasury intends to resume issuing long-dated treasuries. So far as managing the funded debt goes, this is a sound step. It will lock in some relatively low long…
Unwinding the Carry Trade: And the Jump in the U.S. Dollar
Is this dollar rally doomed? Chairman Greenspan has seen what he wanted some de-gearing in the global financial system over the past few days and weeks. But this "healthy" development…
Seeing the Wood from the Trees
Performance ( % Change) Current Level 5 Days 1 Year 5 Year Gold 419.70
