"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •139 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 979.00 | +0.40 | +0.04% |
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WTI Crude •2 hours | 69.39 | +0.22 | +0.32% |
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Gasoline •15 mins | 2.036 | -0.002 | -0.10% |
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Ethanol •139 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •139 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 139 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 139 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 73.24 | -0.07 | -0.10% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.998 | -0.188 | -5.90% | |
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Heating Oil • 15 mins | 2.231 | -0.009 | -0.41% |
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Core of the Core
There just can't be a more fascinating endeavor in finance (anywhere?) than analyzing Credit and speculative Bubbles. Such undertakings do not come without challenges. I've enjoyed Barry Eichengreen's "Hall of…
Establishment Survey +215K Jobs, Household Employment Survey +101K, Part-Time Employment -760K, Labor Force +69K
Initial Reaction Today's job report (for July) once again showed a divergence between the household survey and the establishment survey. The divergence was not as large as last month, but…
Stocks, Bonds, USD: What Rate Hike?
The US July jobs report was strong, or at least clearly better than the June report. 215K in NFP, 2.1% average hourly earnings y/y, unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3% and…
Gold's Artificial Lows
With gold languishing near deep secular lows, its technicals look hopelessly broken. Sentiment is off-the-charts bearish, with traders universally convinced gold is doomed to spiral lower indefinitely. But gold's weakness…
An Index Comparison
This morning we will take a look at the main indexes relative to each other at the close yesterday. At yesterday's close, the Institutional Index of "core holdings", the SPY,…
What Kind of 'Improvement' Does the Fed Want?
Over the past few years observing changes in Federal Reserve interest rate policy has been a little like watching paint dry or grass grow...only not as exciting. That's because the…
Bill Gross: Fed Will Raise Rates in September by 25 Basis Points
Bill Gross of Janus Capital spoke with Bloomberg's Tom Keene following today's jobs report. Gross said he sees the Fed raising interest rates in September by 25 basis points: "There…
Taper Tantrum Coming? It Won't Be Where Nearly Everyone Is Looking! The Next Tantrum
Investors have been expecting another "Taper Tantrum" when the Fed starts hiking. The term "Taper Tantrum" refers to the surge in US treasury yields (global government bond yields as well),…
Global Oil Supply More Fragile Than You Think
Many oil companies had trimmed their budgets heading into 2015 to deal with lower oil prices. But the rebound in April and May to $60 per barrel from the mid-$40s…
Gold: Rebound or Another Breakdown?
The precious metals complex has attempted to stabilize over the past few weeks. Some markets have had more success than others. Gold has been able to hold $1080/oz while GDXJ…
