"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •290 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 977.00 | -3.10 | -0.32% |
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WTI Crude •2 days | 64.68 | +2.21 | +3.54% |
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Gasoline •2 days | 2.099 | +0.055 | +2.71% |
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Ethanol •290 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •290 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 290 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 290 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 2 days | 67.96 | +2.11 | +3.20% | |
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Natural Gas • 2 days | 3.245 | -0.002 | -0.06% | |
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Heating Oil • 2 days | 2.152 | +0.037 | +1.74% |
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Vindication for the FED?
Manifestly, there is general overwhelming optimism about the U.S. economy. Positive arguments abound: Thirteen rate cuts and the lowest interest rates in decades; runaway money and credit creation; rampant fiscal…
Stalling Monetary Growth
In the financial markets, the bulls and bears can seldom manage to agree on anything. Take any number at all, it seems, and both the bulls and bears can easily…
In Denial. One thing Europe and America have in common.
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China
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Confidence Down, Earnings Up
UNEDITED This week the Conference Board reported that consumer confidence dropped 9.5 points to 87.3 in February; this was the lowest level since October of 2003. The survey was also…
Gold Stocks at the "Rim" of the Bowl
After a scary $12 decline in the gold price on Wednesday, Feb. 25, many traders and investors are wondering if the recent fall in gold will translate into an equally…
Poor Man's Gold
Paul Erdman writes financial thrillers. Some of his books are so good they have been uncannily predictive. One of them "The Silver Bears" was a story about several speculators who…
Stocks -- In the Trenches!
Foreword On 2/17, I published the original article from which this piece is excerpted. The following excerpted material was published on 2/20, with revisions through 2/19. While it may be…
Inflation versus Deflation
Deflation Has to Be Deliberated In theoretical investigation there is only one meaning that can rationally be attached to the expression inflation: an…
"Pax Hegemon"
Selective rather than common interest would better describe the present global economic resource allocation system. The quest for selective interest can historically be traced back to the times of the…
