"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •19 mins | 2,297.90 | -5.00 | -0.22% |
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Platinum •19 mins | 943.00 | -5.20 | -0.55% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 81.14 | -0.79 | -0.96% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.660 | -0.032 | -1.17% |
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Ethanol •9 hours | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •19 mins | 26.72 | +0.06 | +0.23% |
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Silver • 19 mins | 26.72 | +0.06 | +0.23% | |
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Copper • 19 mins | 4.549 | -0.016 | -0.34% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 85.58 | -0.75 | -0.87% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 1.936 | -0.055 | -2.76% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.514 | -0.014 | -0.55% |
Article Archive | Page 4761
Boneheads, Iraq and the Artificial Dollar
The past two weeks I have had so many people email me an article by one Geoffrey Heard of Melbourne, Australia that I am going to comment on his nonsense.…
Senate Tax Cut Proposal Not Enough To Repair US Economy
Introduction The market was anticipating a massive tax cut coming out of the Bush administration of around $750 billion. Now the Senate wants to cut the package down to $350…
Off Topic
It was another week of extraordinary developments and violent financial convulsions. For the week,…
War Rally Euphoria
My trusty Webster's dictionary tome defines the word "euphoria" as "a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania." In light of the absolutely awesome…
The Reward For Taking Risk
Equities are risky. This is why they give better long-term returns than bonds or cash. This truth was repeatedly and foolishly denied in the bubble years. People, some of whom…
Stock Market Takes a Back Seat
(UNEDITED) A lot has happened in a week. The bombing of Iraq started just as I was finishing up last week's article. During the rest of the week the markets…
War And The Perversity Of The Markets
War, information technology and disinformation have a long established relationship. It was Baron Rothschild who cleaned up at the Battle of Waterloo. Having exclusive use to the internet of the…
The Real Old Europe
This week, it is hard to sit down and think about anything other than Iraq, especially given the circumstances in which our troops and those of our allies and the…
Is The Gold Bull Market Over?
An extract from commentary posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 23rd March 2003. Is the gold bull market over? We think the above is a nonsensical question given the facts, but…
Market Comments
Quite a week! Following two 90% down-days, on March 17 we got a 90% upside day. Prior to that we saw an important non-confirmation with the Dow refusing to confirm…
