"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •676 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 •1 day | 95.42 | +0.61 | +0.64% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 3.527 | +0.071 | +2.05% |
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Ethanol •676 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •676 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 676 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 676 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 101.29 | +1.23 | +1.23% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.757 | -0.012 | -0.43% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 3.899 | +0.083 | +2.16% |
Markets / Other
To QE or Not to QE That is The Question
The Fed does not like to surprise the markets. They telegraph policy changes well in advance. The coded language of Alan Greenspan has been replaced with plain english and press…
The ECB Gone Wild; Living in Interesting Times
The historically hawkish European Central Bank (ECB) has the single mandate of ensuring price stability in the European Union. In the face of the rapidly unfolding debt deflation collapse of…
Investor Sentiment: What is Your Plan?
As we end another week of nuttiness, the only thing you need to know about investor sentiment is that the "dumb money" is buying and the "smart money" is selling.
Bill to Destroy California Businesses Introduced in Senate
The gall, arrogance, and stupidity of public union pandering has reached new heights. A senate bill sponsored by written by Sen. Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles seeks to force businesses…
Reasons To Be Bearish Into the Ides of March
The Greek bond payment is due March the 20th (the Ides of March is the 13th), yet a quick scan around the www most see that the deal is done.…
2012 Outlook, Part 2: Bombs... er, Bonds; Currencies and Gold
The UNFOLDING destruction of the developed world's economies and financial/currency systems continues apace. Public servants are trying to defy Mother Nature with the stroke of a pen; she will not…
Technical Market Report for February 25, 2012
The blue chip indices closed at new highs on Friday while the small cap indices were down. New highs deteriorated, but new lows remain insignificant. Seasonality for next week is…
This Past Week in Gold
Summary: Long term - on major buy signal. Short term - on buy signals. We continue to hold our positions with new stops.
Market Report: Is Oil About to Crash the Markets?
Do I or Don't I? I decided not to bother, what you ask? writing more of the same about the US stock markets, It don't need a genius to write…
Contemporary Monetary Analysis
This afternoon, former Bundesbank Vice President and ECB Executive Board member Juergen Stark warned that public finances in advanced economies were in "dire straits" and that fiscal deficits were "unsustainable."
