"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
 |
Gold •854 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
|
Platinum •10 mins | 1,516.90 | +18.70 | +1.25% |
|
WTI Crude •11 mins | 89.48 | +1.36 | +1.54% |
|
Gasoline •11 mins | 2.779 | +0.051 | +1.85% |
|
Ethanol •854 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
|
Silver •854 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
 |
Silver • 854 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
|
Copper • 854 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
|
Brent Crude • 11 mins | 96.82 | +2.20 | +2.33% | |
|
Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.942 | -0.017 | -0.57% | |
|
Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.282 | +0.077 | +1.82% |
Markets / Other
The Dollar Devaluation: Pushing On A String?
Through the ups and downs of the stock market over the last 3 months, there has been one constant: the Dollar Index has gone down. This is surprising as the…
Gold vs. Treasuries: Something's Gotta Give
It just doesn't add up. Gold is hitting all-time highs, credit spreads are contracting, the stock indices are in rally mode, and yet the yield on the ten year Treasury…
Investing For The Breaking Of Impossible Promises
I'm 50 years old, and I've known for a long time that Social Security and Medicare won't meet their promises to me. We all know it. That's why we're told…
The Great Recession: A Year Later
This week the all-seeing, all-knowing National Bureau of Economic Research announced that the Great Recession officially ended in June of 2009. If only they were a little quicker on the…
Rotation Into Fixed Income?
Wednesday's trading saw average volume and only a minor move higher in implied volatility but the negative market internals are worth paying attention to. U.S. equity markets are poised on…
Rah rah rah!
Gold: Not to sound like a broken record, but when these types of sources get bullish, they tend to draw in the wrong kind of holders, folks.
Bad Economic Data from Europe Sinks Stocks
Stocks weakened overnight after a report said Europe's services and manufacturing industries weakened for a second month, igniting concern the region's economic recovery might lose steam.
SP500 Pierces, Bonds Rally, Dollars Fall Out the Window
It's been a wild ride the past few days OptionsX, Obama and FOMC comments. Seems like everyone is waiting to see what the market is going to do going forward…
A House In Every Garage! And Some Will Have Two!
Bonds extended the rally slightly (2.55% on the 10y note), while equities took a small breather (-0.5%). Stocks only retraced back to the top of the breakout range, and didn't…
The Economics of Mass Destruction
The most valuable economic substance in the world is capital. It is not "money" if we define money as pieces of green paper. Governments cannot create wealth by printing money.…
