"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •15 mins | 2,308.60 | -1.00 | -0.04% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 965.30 | +2.70 | +0.28% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 78.11 | -0.84 | -1.06% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 2.555 | -0.041 | -1.59% |
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Ethanol •1 day | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •15 mins | 26.69 | -0.14 | -0.52% |
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Silver • 15 mins | 26.69 | -0.14 | -0.52% | |
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Copper • 15 mins | 4.557 | +0.073 | +1.62% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 82.96 | -0.71 | -0.85% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.142 | +0.107 | +5.26% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.443 | +0.000 | +0.01% |
Article Archive | Page 4807
The Kondratiev Cycle and Secular Market Trends
In my introduction to secular market trends I mentioned in passing that beginnings of secular bull markets (troughs in the stock cycle) were closely related in timing to the…
Un-Productivity Abounds
The latest consumer credit data suggest that the American consumer might be starting to retrench and curb the reckless spending spree of the…
Inflation Drives GDP
On the surface, real U.S. Gross Domestic Product grew by 0.5%, or at an annualized rate of 2% for the first quarter (2001). That was only the first surprise, but…
Overstored?
The flurry of corporate earning releases is winding down. Industrial companies concentrated their statements to three over-riding themes. Companies were generally “cautiously optimistic.” They saw some signs of recovery but…
P/E, P/R and Irrational Exuberance
Professor Robert Shiller of Yale University published his book Irrational Exuberance at the height of the NASDAQ mania last year. Shiller made the argument that stocks were overvalued and would…
Next Test 11,000?
The 11,000 area should present formidable resistance for the current silliness. Chart Courtesy of Stockcharts
The Quiet before the Storm
The US Treasury (Bond) market is ready to submit to the inflation argument, the gold price is about to reveal a physical shortage of gold as well as a crumbling…
