"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 •10 mins | 2,039.10 | -23.20 | -1.12% |
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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
There May Have Been Life Here Once
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Investing in Central Utility Stocks - Do Today's Valuations Make Sense? Part 3
This is the third in my series on investing in utility stocks based on the sector's current valuation levels. The series was initially inspired by concerns that utility stocks may…
TJX Companies Inc - Stock Research Analysis
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High Altitude Ballooning Aftermath
One need not be a proverbial 'rocket scientist' in order to calculate the sustainability of our bloated economies anymore. The information required is readily available on the Internet. You only…
No Feed For The Golden Bull!
Animals, real or imaginary, must be fed on a regular basis. That feed, as we have also learned in recent years, can be either real feed or imaginary feed. Virtual…
Promises, Promises
In the last week of July, ECB President Mario Draghi attracted investor interest worldwide by saying that he would do "whatever it takes" to solve the Eurozone crisis and, in…
Moving Toward War in Syria
Last week the House passed yet another bill placing sanctions on Iran and Syria, bringing us closer to another war in the Middle East. We are told that ever harsher…
Stocks May Get One More European Scare
European timelines leave the door open to ongoing stock market volatility within the context of a bullish trend. Stocks have reacted positively to significant European progress, but firm debt crisis…
Quick Take on USD
Global rally potential is all about arresting the deflation case for a counter trend expression of bullishness. Some of my inflationist friends will disagree, but I believe that the deflationary…
Subjective Value and Currencies
"The issuer's promise" is a phrase I have used recently to describe the backing for fiat currencies. The purpose of this article is to define it further, given that it…
