"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •769 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,783.70 | +28.80 | +1.64% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 83.17 | -0.03 | -0.04% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 3.129 | -0.008 | -0.26% |
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Ethanol •769 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •769 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 769 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 769 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 88.88 | -0.03 | -0.03% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.804 | +0.037 | +1.34% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.298 | +0.045 | +1.07% |
Markets / Other
Greek Unemployment and GDP
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Why Japan Will Turn to Solar Energy Following Fukushima
As the dire news continues to leach out of Fukishima, the silver lining in its nuclear cloud is that renewable energy technologies, despite their daunting start-up costs, are receiving renewed…
Money in the Bank: Does It Still Mean "Safe and Sound?"
Bank failures still dominate headlines as the number of failing banks continues at an alarming pace in 2011. The odds are that you've seen at least one bank failure in…
Are Global Stock Markets Topping Out?
The top is not yet confirmed ... the next cyclical global equity bear market will be getting into dangerous territory. Evil speculators will have to be careful shorting the markets…
Treasury Bonds -- 'Critical'
I read a recent article stating that US Treasury bonds were at a critical, technical juncture. I don't know if anything in the markets is ever so "critical" to call…
Gold Stocks are Underowned and Oversold but Need Catalyst
While Gold is only 2% from all time highs, the gold stocks have struggled and underperformed badly. This is reminiscent of 2008, although we don't think a similar result is…
The Charges Against Big Nickel
In 1946, in New York City, the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of Justice filed a complaint against Inco and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, International Nickel Co. Inc. Canada's…
Pivotal Events
The link from commodities turning down to weaker pricing power in industry seems rather direct - again. This has put the bid back into the long treasury market as the…
Chris Whalen: Geithner Cries Wolf, 'No Downside' to Not Raising the Debt Ceiling; How You Can Help
Chris Whalen says "No Downside" to Not Raising the Debt Ceiling. The U.S. Congress has a little less than two months to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling or possibly…
How I Know Another Correction Is Coming
The gold price has been rising steadily for almost a year now, with nary a correction. It fell only 4% last month, and the biggest decline since last July was…
