"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 •15 mins | 2,143.70 | +24.60 | +1.16% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 102.58 | +0.40 | +0.39% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 3.688 | -0.010 | -0.28% |
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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 | 107.97 | +0.20 | +0.19% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.888 | +0.045 | +1.58% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.152 | -0.006 | -0.15% |
Markets / Other
Fire Hoses Pumping Again
The authorities in Europe are currently manning the fire hoses and pumping like mad. Whether their efforts douse the fire, or even hit the target, is a question yet to…
Fiddling While the Euro Burns
Last week, eurozone finance ministers postponed, yet again, the most difficult decisions on the Greek debt crisis. The assembled powers could have forced an orderly Greek default or they could…
The Legacy of Steve Jobs and the Record of Apple Will Live On
The world at large, as well as the worlds of business and technology lost a great iconic leader yesterday. In addition to his obvious and widely renowned accomplishments, I believe…
A Neo-Ottoman Dawn
Over the last few years there has been an important change in the structure of international relations in the eastern Mediterranean as Turkey has increasingly asserted itself in regional affairs.
Ben Bernanke Fans Fires of Protectionist Legislation to Senate Joint Economic Committee ...
The one and only thing former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan was consistently right about was free trade. In contrast, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is fanning the fires of protectionism right…
Armenia's Aging Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant Alarms Caucasian Neighbors
The USSR might have imploded two decades ago, but debris from its headlong industrialization drive litter the post-Soviet landscape, and nothing more unsettles the population of the fifteen new nations…
Why Isn't the Gold Price Going Through $2,000 Now?
The gold price went over $1,900 and looked as though it was going to mount $2,000, but since then has fallen back to $1,600 and is in the process of…
Investors Refuse to Learn Old Lessons
It seems strange to say, but this year winter really can't come quick enough. The markets have just wrapped up their worst quarter since 2008 and the economy continues to…
Bulls Step In To Foil Bears Attempts And Session Ends With Broad Gains...
Wednesday saw the necessary follow-through for the bulls to confirm that Tuesday's reversal from the brink of entering a bear market was for real. With that said, the bears will…
Part II - Stocks: Like March 2008 or August 2008?
We have been calling for the markets to make new lows for eight weeks. The new low occurred on Monday. Given the similarities to March 2008 that have surfaced since…
