"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •85 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,022.20 | +20.90 | +2.09% |
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WTI Crude •45 mins | 67.67 | -2.02 | -2.90% |
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Gasoline •45 mins | 1.961 | -0.039 | -1.93% |
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Ethanol •85 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •85 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 85 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 85 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 15 mins | 71.44 | -2.02 | -2.75% | |
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Natural Gas • 3 hours | 2.585 | -0.052 | -1.97% | |
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Heating Oil • 46 mins | 2.136 | -0.024 | -1.12% |
Markets / Other
Gold Stocks' Strong New Upleg
Gold stocks are on fire this year, powering higher in market-dominating performance. This is a massive reversal from their dark fourth quarter, with 6/7ths of those losses already erased. But…
Impediments to Growth
In Hoisington's Fouth Quarter Review (not yet posted online), Lacy Hunt takes a look at the Trump economy, policy lags, and impediments to growth.
VIX Cycles Set to Explode in March/April 2017 - Part 1
My recent analysis of the markets has shown what I believe to be an explosion in market volatility set to starting happening between February 21, 2017 and March 30, 2017.…
Great Fiscal Rotation and Gold
Policymakers have called for a more expansionary fiscal policy for years. Now, it seems that the consensus has shifted in favor of fiscal stimulus. Actually, some governments have already eased…
USDCAD Elliott Wave Intraday View: More Downside Expected
Preferred Elliott wave view in USDCAD suggests that the pair is showing a 5 swing bearish sequence from 12/28 high, favoring more downside. Short term, decline to 1.2965 ended Minor…
GBP/USD - Direction-Less
GBP/USD is still trading below resistance given at 1.2771 (05/10/2016 high). The technical structure suggests that the pair should back bouncing lower towards support given at 1.2254 (19/01/2016 low).
In Search of a Fix (When None is Possible): What Happens?
As I pointed out long ago, there is no possible fix to the Dallas pension mess except massive haircuts to pension payouts. Given The pension board does not want to…
USD and Gold Cycle Update
Just a quick update on the USD and Gold. Today's move by the USD finally seemed to put a pause in the relentless uptrend by Gold and the Miners. I…
Elliott Wave Analysis: Where the RUBBER Meets the Road
See why rubber prices bounced from an 11-year low to a 4-year high ...
Pension Fund Perils: Why Conventional Pairing of LDI with De-risking Glide Paths Produces Inferior Outcomes
Combined use of traditional Liability Driven Investment (LDI) and funded status responsive de-risking strategies should be decoupled or rebuilt. Embedded inconsistencies in the treatment of risks in these two elements…
