"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •856 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,536.90 | +14.50 | +0.95% |
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WTI Crude •15 hours | 90.83 | +0.31 | +0.34% |
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Gasoline •15 hours | 2.777 | +0.013 | +0.48% |
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Ethanol •856 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •856 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 856 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 856 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 18 hours | 98.32 | +0.03 | +0.03% | |
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Natural Gas • 15 hours | 2.998 | +0.051 | +1.73% | |
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Heating Oil • 15 hours | 4.332 | -0.020 | -0.46% |
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Warren Buffett vs. Real Cash
Recently, the super investor Warren Buffett again expressed his opinion on gold. Here's his view from the 2011 Berkshire Hathaway annual report:
Gold Rollercoaster Likely to Go Up
The roller coaster metaphor we used two weeks ago after the $90 flash crash in the price of gold seems appropriate this week as well. It must be tough out…
The Upside to a Natural Gas Downturn
The energy market is a complex beast, its many parts interconnected through a multitude of linkages. When one part fails, the entire system reacts: certain linkages are burdened with extra…
A Nations Metallurgical Achilles Heel
The 1981 report "A Congressional Handbook on U.S. Minerals Dependency/Vulnerability" singled out eight materials "for which the industrial health and defense of the United States is most vulnerable to potential…
Europe Stock Recovery
The world's stock markets are increasingly interrelated. The psychology of traders, which drives most short-term price action, is continuously shaped by the nonstop torrents of global newsflow. So even Americans…
Credit Default Swaps
On Friday, March 9, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association declared that the final Greek Sovereign Debt arrangements had resulted in a Greek debt default. This was for the purposes…
a Confession
Consider me still an atheist here. A chosen sinner - so to speak. Bereft of faith and comfort in the equity markets almost endless and droning bid. Four, five, six,…
The End of the Line
Bears, if there are any of you left, it is now your time! It may not feel like it, but it is. By late this year I expect the S&P…
Is The VIX Flashing A Buy Signal?
Everyone, including us, has referenced the VIX or Fear Index's current low level as a possible point of concern for an imminent reversal in stocks. We remain concerned about the…
A Break Out of Sound Money
The play since Jan 1st 2012 was to buy large cap dividend stocks, this play had no competition, well now that the 30 yr and 10 yr has jumped higher,…
