"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •672 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •19 mins | 2,083.40 | +20.80 | +1.01% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 89.83 | -12.44 | -12.16% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 3.324 | -0.297 | -8.20% |
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Ethanol •672 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •672 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 672 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 672 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 98.33 | -11.54 | -10.50% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.720 | -0.068 | -2.44% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 3.612 | -0.418 | -10.38% |
Markets / Other
Have Stocks Put In 'No-QE' Top?
Are We Calling A Top? Absolutely not, but we have seen enough to make some fairly significant changes to our client portfolios.
Reader Questions On Hyperinflation; Would Printing $50 Trillion Tomorrow Do Anything?
Those calling for hyperinflation are extremely misguided. It is not going to happen in any timeframe worth discussing.
Home Depot Inc: Stock Research Analysis
With Tropical Storm Isaac still wreaking havoc on the United States, we thought we would analyze the world's' largest home improvement specialty retailer, Home Depot, Inc (HD), through the lens…
The Fed's Radical QE Policy is on the Chopping Block
Politicians running for the US Presidency, and their surrogates, are fond of saying "that this election is the most important of our lifetime." They invoke this cliché so reflexively and…
Watch Bolivia For Developments On the Country Risk Front
Why read: Because country risk is increasingly important, and because the Bolivian Government has been very proactive, particularly of late, in its interactions with the Bolivian Mining Industry.
The Real Cause of High Oil Prices - An Interview with James Hamilton
Nowadays the energy picture is confusing at best as the more information we are shown the more blurred our vision seems to become. Mixed messages, poor reporting and a media…
When Is Fractional-Reserve Banking Inflationary?
The takeaway here is that fractional-reserve banking is not inflationary per se. Fractional-reserve banking is inflationary when combined with central banks with unconstrained fiat money powers. The real culprit in…
U.S. Vice-Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan at Tampa Republican Convention
You may have watched and listened to Paul Ryan speak last evening at the Republican Party Convention. My comments:
What Do Small Caps and Semiconductors Think They See?
The general Small Cap and the Semiconductor sectors are considered speculative leaders to the broad US stock market. In painting bullish chart potentials, what do they think they see?
SPX: Follow Up of the Short Term EWP
CPCE is hitting the upper Bollinger band; hence odds are large for a move up by eod. (I am not saying that the tight trading range will be broken)
