"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •14 mins | 2,375.00 | +34.70 | +1.48% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 1,007.20 | +16.40 | +1.66% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 78.26 | -1.00 | -1.26% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 2.500 | -0.042 | -1.66% |
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Ethanol •1 day | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •14 mins | 28.51 | +0.14 | +0.50% |
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Silver • 14 mins | 28.51 | +0.14 | +0.50% | |
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Copper • 14 mins | 4.663 | +0.078 | +1.69% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 82.79 | -1.09 | -1.30% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.252 | -0.049 | -2.13% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.434 | -0.043 | -1.74% |
Article Archive | Page 4777
The Trials and Tribulations of Speculative Finance
Financial instability abounds. For the week, the wildly volatile stock market saw the Dow drop 3% and the S&P500 decline 2%. The Transports…
Gold's $325 Maginot Line
Following the horrific trench warfare of World War I, the first immensely destructive "modern war," France vowed to never again be subjected to invasion by rampaging German hordes. In order…
Evidence Of A Slowdown Mounts
Sorry for any inconvenience resulting from the delay in publishing this weeks Mid-Week analysis. Next week's will also be published on Thursday. Evidence pointing to a recovery is getting scarce.…
The Fed: On The Horns Of A Dilemma
The Federal Reserve System may have run out of room to maneuver. Facing a looming recession, it resolutely lowered its discount rate and frantically expanded its credits. Eager to stimulate…
Soul Searching
(My apologies, but a proofreader was not available this evening) It was a dismal week for global financial markets. Here at home, the Dow dropped…
Handicapping Market Crashes
As we plunge ever farther into this amazing supercycle bubble bust, one popular pastime amongst the bears is to speculate on the timing of crashes in the US equity markets.…
Dow Components
Thom Calandra wrote an article Thursday on the makeup of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Mr. Calandra pointed out that the Dow Jones Industrial Index is price weighted as opposed…
Bad Times, Good Money
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. - Mahatma Gandhi Today,…
In Gold We Trust: The New Money
There is widespread belief that gold's recent non-performance was attributable to a stronger dollar, stock market rally, and/or central bank manipulation. While it is true that gold's rise was tempered…
Preannouncements Take Center Stage
Last week kicked off the pre-announcement period. Honeywell was one the first to announce it would not meet analysts' earnings estimates. During the conference call, David Cote, CEO, said, "The…
