"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •15 mins | 2,417.40 | +31.90 | +1.34% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,090.00 | +18.70 | +1.75% |
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WTI Crude •11 hours | 80.06 | +0.83 | +1.05% |
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Gasoline •11 hours | 2.574 | +0.036 | +1.43% |
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Ethanol •9 hours | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •15 mins | 31.26 | +1.38 | +4.63% |
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Silver • 15 mins | 31.26 | +1.38 | +4.63% | |
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Copper • 15 mins | 5.050 | +0.173 | +3.55% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 hours | 83.98 | +0.71 | +0.85% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 hours | 2.626 | +0.131 | +5.25% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 hours | 2.486 | +0.043 | +1.74% |
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Blame a Wet Easter Bunny
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BondWorks
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Keep Your Stash in Cash
Risk is becoming a nasty four letter word. Stocks are down for the year, junk bond holders are lightening up as credit spreads widen, and it's likely that GM and…
Reader Question on Gold and Silver
Tonight I received the following email: I really enjoyed reading your article: Deflation is in the Cards. I have one question: Based on a recent article by Steve…
Won't Get My Gold for $200
This is a response to Gold to $200, Silver $3.50 by Steve Moyer. While I think Mr. Moyer almost hits on some important points, he has confused a lot of…
The Legacy Costs of Doing Business
On the back of both Ford [NYSE: F] and General Motors [NYSE: GM] having their credit ratings reduced to junk status this past week - I thought it…
What's Bugging Gold-Bugs?
What's wrong with this picture? A train pulls into the station. There are a bunch of gold bugs riding it, waiting for it to take them to "them thar mountains"…
Gold and Deflation, Part 2
Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 8th May 2005: In our 13th April commentary we explained that under the current monetary system…
