"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •589 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •20 mins | 2,029.00 | -116.70 | -5.44% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 62.68 | -1.95 | -3.02% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.912 | -0.067 | -3.37% |
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Ethanol •589 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •589 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 589 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 589 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 67.38 | -2.02 | -2.91% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.210 | +0.051 | +1.61% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.381 | -0.059 | -2.42% |
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The Bubble is Back, Part 1: 'A Sense of Complacency'
Speculative markets are looking like 2007 while the velocity of money is at record lows is truly fascinating, and raises the question of how those markets will behave if normal…
The Technological Evolution of Nonlethal Weaponry
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The Right Clearance for the Bumpy Road Ahead
There are many reasons to be scared of the financial system in Europe. The interweaving of sovereign risk and inter-sovereign risk with bank guarantees and the symbiosis in which countries…
Valmont Industries Inc: Fundamental Stock Research Analysis
Valmont Industries: This report presented essential "fundamentals at a glance" illustrating the past and present valuation based on earnings achievements as reported. Future forecasts for earnings growth are based on…
The Great Non-Rotation
Until recently, bonds were the safe haven du jour among investors who preferred to park cash in low-yielding debt instruments in the wake of the 2008-2009 credit crisis. Investors never…
No Free Lunch
This is not the first time I have touched on this theme, and it will not be the last. But it's been a while, so a revisit is timely. Of…
PM End of Week Market Commentary - 8/10/2013
Physical supply indicators suggest demand for physical gold is still outpacing available supply at current prices, even with India imposing import taxes, and Pakistan banning gold imports.
3 Reasons to Fear the Fall
Although there are no guarantees in this game of investing, I find it imperative to understand that the odds of a correction in the magnitude of around 20% for the…
Market Turning Points
The market may be on the brink of starting a significant correction. The DOW Industrials came the closest to confirming this on Friday, but some follow-through is needed, especially from…
Commodities, Precious Metals and Economic Contraction
The commodity complex is famous for a sort of 'Whack-a-Mole' quality to it. Do you remember back in the go-go days when it was NatGas (2005)? Uranium (2007)? Crude Oil…
