"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •675 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,059.30 | -3.00 | -0.15% |
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WTI Crude •24 hours | 95.42 | +0.61 | +0.64% |
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Gasoline •24 hours | 3.527 | +0.071 | +2.05% |
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Ethanol •675 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •675 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 675 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 675 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 23 hours | 101.29 | +1.23 | +1.23% | |
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Natural Gas • 24 hours | 2.757 | -0.012 | -0.43% | |
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Heating Oil • 24 hours | 3.899 | +0.083 | +2.16% |
Markets / Other
Public Pension Funds: Tens of Billions at Significant Risk
The [HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index] hit a new low on December 14, producing a rash of articles about how hedge funds got tripped up in 2011. "Many hedge-fund managers…
The State of the Trend
Last week the daily trend turned down, while the weekly and monthly trends of the three main US indices (DJIA, NDX and SPX) remain up.
Does the Ubiquitous Red in the Silver Herald a Trend Reversal or Higher Future Profits?
Yellow and silver are our favorite colors, but red is what we are seeing on the boards this week after the U.S. central bank dashed hopes for more monetary stimulus…
Gold QE3 Scares
Sellers hammered gold again this week on news from the Fed. The minutes from its latest FOMC meeting convinced traders the odds for a third round of quantitative easing are…
The Triffin Dilemma Will Create a 3-G World
Trade imbalances - deficits and surpluses - between nations are one of the major reasons for financial crises. Countries become trapped in a vicious spiral - they accumulate debt because…
The Business Times Singapore Investment Round Table
Growth appears to be back on track in the US economy while China and the rest of emerging Asia still retain strong momentum even if Europe has become the "sick…
This Past Week in Gold
Summary: Long term - on major sell signal. Short term - on sell signals. We remain neutral and out of the gold sector until a cycle bottom and new buy…
GBP/USD Trapped Bears Getting Squeezed
GBP/USD accelerated higher after the failure to sustain the downside break of the 1.5645 support level, trapped bears fueling a powerful short squeeze.
Obama's Pretzel Logic
As this fall's presidential election takes shape as a contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the rhetoric out of both camps is becoming sharper and more ideological. Looking to…
If You Think All Utility Stocks Are The Same - Think Again
I have recently seen comments on articles oriented to the dividend growth investor where people were suggesting that in general, utilities have recently become overvalued. Further discussion indicated that this…
