"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •854 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,529.20 | +31.00 | +2.07% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 89.38 | +1.26 | +1.43% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.754 | +0.025 | +0.93% |
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Ethanol •854 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •854 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 854 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 854 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 96.70 | +2.08 | +2.20% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.939 | -0.020 | -0.68% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.264 | +0.058 | +1.39% |
Markets / Other
Agri-Food Thoughts
Readily acknowledged is that first action of new U.S. Congress should be to call for resignations of all members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Their…
European Banks Under Pressure As Investors Celebrate QE2, Gold And Silver At Crucial Juncture
Ben Bernanke has officially announced quantitative easing and the markets are reacting with rising prices amongst all asset classes. "QE2" is practically an economic tool to artificially raise asset prices…
Is the Rise in the Gold Price Just a Fall in the Dollar?
As we write, the gold price is about to assault the $1,400 level having been $1,332 on Wednesday of this week, a day ahead of the Fed announcement. Against the…
A Bale in the Wind
Blame speculators, poor weather, global demand, or the Federal Reserve as you choose. Either way, sugar's up, wheat's up, and cotton's new record highs are starting to hurt Chinese textile…
Beware The Fed Tide
This week, desperation became palpable at the Fed. In both the formulaic statement that accompanied its FOMC policy decision and Chairman Ben Bernanke's unusual (and clumsy) Washington Post op-ed follow…
The USA needs URZ
Uranium, a naturally occurring radioactive element is fairly common in the Earth’s crust, groundwater and seawater. Usually found in concentrations of 2-4 parts per million (ppm) it’s as common as…
Radical Difference Between Monetization 1 and QE2
It's official: the Federal Reserve announced on November 3rd that it will create approximately $600 billion of new money to fund US Treasury bond purchases, and will also utilize another…
Hold Your Horses
Wow, the Employment number was a mess. I don’t know that I have ever seen the Establishment survey and the Household survey more at odds with each other. Private payrolls…
SP 500 May Be Headed to 1,256
Market participants and their trading algorithms tend to have long memories. We are not big fans of making decisions based exclusively on forecasts, but it always pays to understand where…
Mid-Term-Election Rallies
The highly-anticipated 2010 mid-term elections are finally over, a huge relief if you hate politics and government meddling in our lives as much as I do. Now that the American…
