"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •587 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 2,110.00 | +9.50 | +0.45% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 64.92 | +0.96 | +1.50% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.980 | +0.021 | +1.08% |
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Ethanol •587 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •587 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 587 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 587 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 69.76 | +0.96 | +1.40% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.161 | +0.046 | +1.48% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.439 | +0.041 | +1.69% |
Markets / Other
Verizon and Velocity
What is the significance of the fact that Verizon on Wednesday managed to sell $49bln in bonds without any kind of hiccup?
Fed Tapering Announcement Should Not Surprise Markets
The Fed has been telegraphing "tapering " to the markets since late May, or for over four months. Unless you live under a rock, you are well versed on the…
War And The Markets
Wars tend to drive markets. If the war goes well (Gulf Wars 1 and 2, Kosovo), the markets tend to rally. If war is unexpected or appears to be going…
Stealth Taxes Consume Stock Gains and Retirement Plans, Part 1
Why is there a fundamental mismatch between stock market performance as reported in financial headlines - and the actual retirement behavior of the many millions of Americans who own those…
And It Begins
As I was afraid would happen, gold suffered an overnight hit that drove it back below the $1350 support zone. The drop occurred in the span of one minute so…
Oil Prices, Syria, and the Probability of a Price Shock
Oil prices have been in the spotlight as the Syrian chemical weapons crisis became front and center in the media. As the political process has unfolded, price volatility in oil…
Loading The Gun, Ready To Short
Our ST model has been in 'buy' mode since early June. With the Sigma Trend Index (STI) at 41 (clearly above the key 34 level), the first required condition for…
GOLD Elliott Wave Technical Analysis
Yesterday's analysis expected upwards movement. Price has moved sideways in a small range. This lack of upwards movement has made me take another look at the bigger picture, and I…
SILVER Elliott Wave Technical Analysis
Last week's analysis expected some downwards movement towards a short term target at 22.463 to 22.481 before a trend change and upwards movement.
India's Anti-Gold Policies: Symptom, Not Cure
Controls on gold inflows don't fix the causes of capital outflows. What's going on in India is nothing new. We've seen it over and over again throughout struggling economies.
