"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •673 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,047.40 | -15.20 | -0.74% |
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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 •673 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •673 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 673 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 673 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
Technical Market Report for August 25, 2012
4 consecutive down days with no build up in new lows suggests the rally is still alive. I expect the major averages to be higher on Friday August 31 than…
This Past Week in Gold
Summary: Long term - on major sell signal. Short term - on buy signals. Gold sector ETFs are tradable but not holding for the long term until we have a…
Do Whatever it Takes!
There might be some casualties and unfortunate collateral damage, but the increasing stakes associated with the war against recession and deflation justifies a dramatic escalation, we are to believe. This…
U.S. Economy: The Financial Tectonic Plates Are Shifting Once Again
Deflation is always accompanied by a preceding credit build-up. The Era of Good Feelings came to a screeching halt when America's first deflationary depression occurred from 1835 - 1842. Before…
Will Miners Underperform Precious Metals in the Weeks to Come?
Fish are jumping and the cotton is high. Yes, it's summertime and the living is (quantitatively) easy. At least that's how it looks from the Federal Open Market Committee minutes…
Render Unto Caesar, Part I
What the history of ancient gold coinssays about Europe's kingless, faceless money today... So when Vespasian was proclaimed Emperor by the legions in Egypt in AD 69, he hurried to…
Contrary Gold Futures
With gold awakening from its usual summer slumber, traders are getting more excited about its prospects. Presumably this shifting sentiment will even grow to encompass futures traders, who've been incredibly…
Energy Markets Being Driven by Fear
Crude oil demand in the United States is down to its lowest level since the onset of the global economic recession. A lackluster economic recovery, coupled with cautious consumer sentiment,…
Autumn Crisis
Earlier this week, the S&P 500 managed to better its April high, as suggested more than two months ago in our discussion about V-bottoms. Because stocks left behind a V-bottom…
The Federal Reserve and Quantitative Easing!
Why read: Because you need to keep updated on what the U.S. Federal Reserve may or may not introduce by way of further significant quantitative easing in the near and…
