"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 | 2,150.20 | +31.10 | +1.47% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 102.16 | -0.02 | -0.02% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 3.695 | -0.002 | -0.06% |
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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 | 108.08 | +0.31 | +0.29% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.826 | -0.017 | -0.60% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.136 | -0.023 | -0.56% |
Markets / Other
Daily Technical Report
Gold has broken above the all-important psychological level at 1500.00. Bulls need to recapture 1518.43 (all-time high) to re-establish the uptrend higher towards ...
Inflation Expectations
One way to determine inflation expectations is to take the treasury or nominal yield (not inflation adjusted) and subtract the TIPS or real yield (inflation adjusted). The difference of the…
Silver at the Hillary Step of a Massive Peak
Ben Bernanke has the starter pistol, if we are off to the races. Have you placed your bets, take positions, set... Markets are poised, while they wait for the man…
And They're Off...
The race to the bottom in the foreign exchange markets appears to be beginning in earnest. According to one analyst over 25 countries have intervened to devalue their currencies in…
Standing in a Bucket Trying to Pull Yourself Up by the Handle
Winston Churchill once said "that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."…
Pivotal Events
The structure of this speculative top continues to build. The mid-point of the surge would likely have been in March, with precious metals running longer. Crude was likely to rally…
QE2 and the Fate of the U.S. Economy
In the last few weeks, I've become particularly "attentive" to the intentions of Fed policy makers following the scheduled June end date for QE2.
Silver - Top or Not?
When gold hit the psychologically important $1,500 level it didn't surprise us, but we admit that silver's recent performance gave us a small thrill. Before jumping into the chart analysis,…
Waiting on a Train
As a trader, you hear it as often as, "Have a nice day." The problem with these axioms is that they are generalizations towards a discipline that in many cases…
Is U.S. Inflation Nearing a Cyclical Peak?
The ISM PMIs for March indicate continued upward price pressures in the US economy. My GDP-weighted PMI (manufacturing and non-manufacturing combined) seems to indicate that the CPI inflation rate is…
