Gold •129 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •10 mins | 978.50 | -20.60 | -2.06% | |
WTI Crude •1 day | 70.38 | -1.98 | -2.74% | |
Gasoline •1 day | 2.013 | -0.041 | -2.00% | |
Ethanol •129 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •129 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 129 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 129 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 1 day | 73.87 | -1.76 | -2.33% | ||
Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.669 | -0.024 | -0.89% | ||
Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.239 | -0.048 | -2.08% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Steve Moyer is a columnist and assistant editor of the monthly newsletter, Ponder This.
"...and it is in such twilight that we must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the…
"To restore the wealth lost in the current financial crisis, the Treasury would have to monetize some $30 trillion of toxic assets, almost ten times…
"And what a bunch of numbskulls - Greenspan, Paulson and Bernanke! Every word they've said so far has been financial poison. "Greenspan relaxed about house…
"If the shoe fits, it's too expensive." ~ Adrienne Gusoff I was offered a very nice position with Fisher Investments of Woodside, California last year…
The further we get into this developing quagmire, the more people (or their lenders) will find themselves forced to sell whatever they have to try…
"And there should be no doubt about who is really responsible for the subprime woes. The investment banks employ some of the country's "best and…
"I always felt very secure and very safe with real estate. Real estate always appreciates." ~ Ivana Trump Before we begin our next hair-raiser, I…
"Dear Steve, I want to thank you for your takes on the economy and for telling me what was going to happen. It got me…
"The only unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable." ~ John F. Kennedy I have two sons in college and therefore work for…
When those of us at www.PonderThis.net started writing about "the coming asset deflation" in May of 2005, my, my, did our mailboxes fill up with,…
"We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the…
"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows to the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won't…
"Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter, find simplicity; from discord, find harmony; in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." ~ Albert Einstein I mentioned…
"I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as…
One of the nice things about our series of Safehaven articles on Asset Deflation is that we have been on such a tiny island compared…
"Sometimes you have to pay the piper, and we're going to have to pay the piper for a while. That's the way it is." ~…
Why is the deflation train coming into the station? Simple. It's because We're Mad As Hell and We're Not Going To Take It Any More!…
"I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years." ~ Molly Ivins I forget where I was with my 18 year…
I'm not going to mention any names here but you gold and silver bugs (and columnists) just crack me up. You are so "certain" that…
"If Americans ever allow banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks will deprive the people…