"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •667 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 2,011.90 | +17.30 | +0.87% |
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WTI Crude •17 hours | 101.94 | -3.13 | -2.98% |
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Gasoline •17 hours | 3.595 | -0.020 | -0.55% |
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Ethanol •667 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •667 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 667 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 667 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 16 hours | 108.17 | -2.23 | -2.02% | |
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Natural Gas • 17 hours | 2.780 | +0.013 | +0.47% | |
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Heating Oil • 17 hours | 3.946 | -0.135 | -3.30% |
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The Cloward Piven Strategy
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Validity of Head and Shoulder Pattern - as illustrated by Miners (HUI)
Why is head & shoulder (H&S) important in technical analysis? From a pure technical stand point, the forming of 3 peaks along with a proper neck-line simply points to the…
The Truth on Gold Stocks vs. Gold
The gold and silver stocks as a group have certainly been a disaster over the past two years. Both GDX and GDXJ are down with GDXJ leading the spiral. Yet,…
Messing with the Bull
With the announcement this week of its massive $5 billion lawsuit against ratings agency Standard and Poor's, the Federal Government took a bold step to squelch any remaining independence of…
Gold, Bonds and the Dollar - Short- and Long-Term Implications
In our previous essay we stepped back from the day-to-day price analysis in order to focus on the major event that happened recently on the silver market (the silver -…
GLD Cannibalizing the HUI?
With gold stocks languishing near lows in a desolate sentiment wasteland, investors are wondering why this sector has fallen so deeply out of favor. One theory is capital that would…
Nothing At All, Then All at Once
Everywhere we look, investors suddenly see nothing but blue skies, plain sailing ahead. Their change of heart makes us nervous. New York's S&P index is back where it stood in…
Automation: Tomorrow's Manufacturing?
There is more and more discussion of technological change, automation, and what is often resultant labour hour (and hence employee) reductions.
Oil Consumption Analysis: Jobs, Robots, Manufacturing, Gas Mileage Improvement; What's the Explanation for Declining Oil Consumption?
I have posted many charts by reader Tim Wallace that highlight declining oil consumption in the US. James Beck, Lead Analyst, Weekly Petroleum Supply Team for the Energy Information Administration…
Howard Buffett: I've Been Preparing All My Life
Bloomberg TV's Betty Liu traveled to Willcox, AZ (population 4,000), for a one-on-one with Howard Buffett--Warren's son--as he prepares to step in for his father as the non-executive chairman of…
