"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •678 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 2,134.70 | +15.60 | +0.74% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 101.16 | -1.02 | -1.00% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 3.677 | -0.021 | -0.55% |
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Ethanol •678 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •678 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 678 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 678 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 106.91 | -0.86 | -0.80% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.839 | -0.004 | -0.14% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.128 | -0.031 | -0.74% |
Markets / Other
Bargains Galore...
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Afghanistan - Newly Discovered Mineralogical Treasure House (Again)
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The Discipline of Government
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Mixed Close as Tech Continues to Lead Higher...
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Chinese Banks Deteriorate; Loan Sharks Come Knocking; Copper Ponzi Financing Revisited; 5 Reasons to Expect Lower Commodity Prices
Anyone plowing into the copper Ponzi finance scheme since the beginning of 2010 is now underwater. Because of storage costs, loan fees, etc, that even includes those lucky enough to…
Richard Wyckoff Tags on the SP500
Seriously this is real fun. Here we tag the SPY (SP500 ETF) with the Wyckoff bar by bar tags found via the Richard Wyckoff method. Once you complete this exercise…
The 8% Solution
The terminal stage of Dr. Frankenstein-style central banking is disgorging ridiculous claims of authority motivated by reckless efforts to retain control. One such pincer attack is the Federal Reserve's purported…
On Wine and Risk
This past weekend my wife and I were invited to a friends home for a social gathering and wine tasting. We always look forward to such events, not just for the…
U.S. Bank Regulation - A Bridge to Nowhere?
An article late Tuesday says 'Volcker rule unveiled as U.S. curbs Wall Street bets' - reading time 4 minutes. The article reports that on Tuesday U.S. regulators put the so-called…
Performance of SP500 in Recessions
The National Bureau of Economic Research has yet to declare that the US economy is in a recession, but they are usually late in making the call. On the other…
