"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •680 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,028.90 | -62.50 | -2.99% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 102.55 | +1.38 | +1.36% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 3.636 | +0.030 | +0.84% |
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Ethanol •680 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •680 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 680 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 680 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 107.06 | +1.34 | +1.27% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.923 | +0.029 | +1.00% | |
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Heating Oil • 13 mins | 3.948 | +0.042 | +1.07% |
Markets / Other
QE3 Coming Soon? Treasury TIPS Say No
Using the Treasury TIPS (Treasury Inflation Protected Securities) one can determine inflation expectation simply by subtracting the treasury yield for the same maturity.
Bailout of Italy on Tap...
A critical Italian government bond auction is coming up Thursday, August 4. That bond auction is highly likely to fail. However, if it does fail, don't expect results to be…
Gold, Medicare and Foreigners' Money
Perhaps it's coincidence, or perhaps The Connells were onto something, but the years 1974 and 1975 stick out as key dates in the economic history of the United States. December…
ISM says 'Business Conditions Flattening Out'; Why Services Number Worse Than It Looks; Unsustainable Conditions
In the July 2011 Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, the ISM offered this interesting thought: Respondents' comments remain mixed; however, for the most part they indicate that business conditions are…
Key Levels: SPY, QQQ, XLF
The price action the past several weeks has been poor, and key price levels are now being challenged and violated. Key price levels are the best areas of support (buying)…
Recent Data and Breakdowns Call For Defensive Bias
Every comment made below needs to be taken in the context of possible Fed action. The Fed will most certainly do something in response to the recent weakness in the…
Italy Calls 'Financial Stability Meeting'...
Earlier today, in Spain, Italy, Belgium Bond Spreads Hit Euro Record; Italy 10-Year Bond Yield Highest Since 1997; Self-Fulfilling Crisis I was wondering how long it would take for emergency…
Marketwatch - Markets Give 'Thumbs Down' to Prospect of Hyperinflationary Depression...
Resolution of the immediate debt ceiling crisis in the US came with the expected and predicted raising of the ceiling from about $14 trillion to $17 trillion, but it also…
Gold-SPX Ratio and a Return of the 'Bad Stuff'
We have much higher targets loaded on the HUI Gold Bugs index and no, the targets have not yet been activated. This is biiwii land, and we will just await…
Gold Accelerates as US Equities Enter Cyclical Bear Market
In recent weeks I've read a few missives from mainstream advisors and pundits on the merits of stocks. These people despise Gold and are quick to point out that since…
