"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •353 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,264.50 | -48.60 | -3.70% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 73.84 | +0.34 | +0.46% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 2.330 | +0.021 | +0.91% |
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Ethanol •353 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •353 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 353 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 353 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 77.01 | -1.84 | -2.33% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 3.847 | -0.142 | -3.56% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.542 | +0.008 | +0.33% |
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Market Round-Up and the NYSE Specialist Short Ratio
Dear Subscribers and Readers, I am glad to say that I'm finally back. Before we go on, I would first like to thank both David Korn and Richard Faw for…
North Korean Nuclear Testing or Renminbi Revaluation - Which Will Come First?
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Of New Indians and Golden Buffalo
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A Historical Perspective On A New Trend In Gold
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Some Comments on the "Birth/Death" Controversy Surrounding U.S. Employment Data
Last Wednesday (5/11) I received an e-mail from a client regarding a Morgan Stanley research article he had just read. The piece was entitled, "'Birth/Death' Confusion Redux." It was authored…
Buy Signal - Are You Listening?
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Technical Market Report
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The Problem With Indexes
This week we look at index funds, and specifically at the problems that the certain types of capitalization weighted index funds have. It is intuitively obvious that capitalization weighted indexes…
Commodities Stocks - Trouble or Opportunity?
In his 2003 book, Adventure Capitalist, famed investor Jim Rogers reiterated his prediction of a long and profitable run for commodity-based investments. That turned out to be a bold call,…
