"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •136 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 945.10 | +1.10 | +0.12% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 67.02 | -1.68 | -2.45% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 1.949 | -0.032 | -1.63% |
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Ethanol •136 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •136 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 136 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 136 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 71.04 | -1.52 | -2.09% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.823 | +0.038 | +1.36% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.171 | -0.041 | -1.87% |
Markets / Other
To Frexit or Not to Frexit
As we write this, the big news comes from the election in France. The leading candidate is a banker named Emmanuel Macron, with about 24% of the vote in a…
Candidate Trump: 'I Love Wikileaks.' President Trump: 'Arrest Assange!'
Julian Assange, along with the whistleblowers who reveal to us the evil that is being done in our name, are heroes. They deserve our respect and admiration, not a prison…
Target2 and Secret Bailouts: Will Germany be Forced Into a Fiscal Union with Rest of Eurozone?
If Italy were to default, its 17.9% would have to be redistributed proportionally to the other countries or the ECB would have to violate its treaty and print the euros.
Irrational Exuberance
Because as history has proven, like goldfish who have seven-second attention spans, these idiots will be back time after time until they have their toys (cash) taken away, because although…
Stock Trading Alert: New Rally Or More Medium-Term Fluctuations?
In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,410, and profit target at 2,200, SP500 index). Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish.…
Option's Timing Indicator
The Option's Timing Indicator showed trend lines that technically changed to up trending after seeing more divergence on its trend lines. The thick red line showed a small down tick…
EUR/USD - Rally After First Round Of The French Election
EUR/USD is pushing higher. Hourly support can be found at 1.0682 (21/04/2017 base) then 1.0576 (11.04.2017 low). Stronger support can be found at 1.0494 (22/02/2017 low). Resistance given at 1.0906…
Market Turning Points
SPX ended the week in a near-term neutral position as it probably awaits the result of the French election to decide on its next move. Whatever it turns out to…
Why Market Is At Inflection Point
Last week, the benchmark SP500 index and the blue-chip DOW Jones Industrial Average advanced .9% and .5% respectively. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index logged a 1.8% weekly gain.
Can the Electric Grid Handle Self-Driving Electric Trucks?
In response to some of my recent posts on self-driving and electric vehicles, several readers asked if the electric grid could handle the increase. Other readers flat out stated the…
