Commodity Prices

	Gold •10 mins	1,537.60	+29.10	+1.93%
	Platinum •10 mins	855.30	-6.60	-0.77%
	Bitcoin •1 min	10,136.22	+135.85	+1.36%
	WTI Crude •2 days	54.17	-1.18	-2.13%
	Gasoline •2 days	1.527	-0.019	-1.24%
	Silver •10 mins	17.41	+0.37	+2.19%

		Silver • 10 mins	17.41	+0.37	+2.19%
		Copper • 10 mins	2.538	-0.028	-1.09%
		Ethereum • 1 min	190.63	+2.17	+1.15%
		Brent Crude • 2 days	58.80	-0.70	-1.18%
		Natural Gas • 2 days	2.156	-0.007	-0.32%

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The Yuan May Be China's Biggest Weakness

Published 23 May 2019 | viewed 3,095 times

If China wants superpower status, it will have to issue its currency in size and let the global FX market discover its price. Quick history quiz: in all…
What Triggers Collapse?

Published 16 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

Massive disruption often happens quickly Though no one can foretell the future, it is self-evident that the status quo -- dependent as it is on…
The Great Market Tide Has Now Shifted To Risk-Off Assets

Published 10 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

Zacarias Pereira da Mata/Shutterstock A global sea-change in risk appetite & sentiment In the conventional investment perspective, risk-on assets (i.e. investments with higher risks and…
How Much Longer Can Our Unaffordable Housing Prices Last?

Published 11 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

klublu/Shutterstock Spoiler alert: not much Markets discover price via supply and demand: Big demand + limited supply = rising prices. Abundant supply + sagging demand…
The War On Cash: Officially Sanctioned Theft

Published 13 June 2015 | viewed 0 times

Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock How banks & the government are diminishing your savings You've probably read that there is a "war on cash" being waged on various fronts…