"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 •10 mins | 2,141.10 | +22.00 | +1.04% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 102.11 | -0.07 | -0.07% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 3.678 | -0.020 | -0.54% |
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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 • 2 hours | 107.77 | +3.56 | +3.42% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.830 | -0.013 | -0.46% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 4.120 | -0.039 | -0.94% |
Markets / Other
Q1 and QE2
Still, some Federal Reserve Presidents and governors are growing uncomfortable with a prolonged loose policy stance. There will be louder talk of the inevitability of rate increases - and some…
Gold
By way of background, it strikes me that many media journalists and online newsletter writers and commentators either don't address the correlation between what they speak or write about, and…
Earnings Season: Strong Earnings Mean a Strong Stock Market -- Right?
Earnings season is upon us, so it's a good time to delve into how earnings affect stock prices. Here's an excerpt from Bob Prechter's February 2010 Elliott Wave Theorist. It…
Housing Will Remain a Government Program
Recently, the Obama Administration seemed to flash a rare sign of laissez-faire thinking when it issued a report calling for the "winding down" of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the…
Picture Yourself as a Loan Officer, and Uncle Sam Wants a Loan
It feels a little callous writing about Japan with respect to precious metals after the country suffered such a terrible tragedy. However, I think it's worth discussing because there's a…
The Lesson from Japan for PM Investors
It feels a little callous writing about Japan with respect to precious metals after the country suffered such a terrible tragedy. However, I think it's worth discussing because there's a…
Spending Your Stash
While gold and silver coins are nice to look at, and there's a certain sense of independence one gets from owning them, most purchasers buy physical precious metals with the…
A Tale Of Two Currencies: Best of Times For Precious Metals, Worst of Times For U.S. Dollar
It is the best of times for equities and precious metals and the worst of times for the U.S. dollar. It is prudent to focus on the sectors with long…
Investing Wisely -- Dow 30 Industrials - Week #4
This is week number four and is your freshman year of learning to Invest Wisely. As you know, by now, we are using the Dow Jones 30 Industrial Companies in…
Utah Gold Standard, Part I
So Utah's new gold & silver law marks a step towards a Gold Standard...? IT'S NOT QUITE an April Fool's, but it's close enough. "Gold, silver coins now officially legal…
