"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 | 1,522.80 | +24.60 | +1.64% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 89.01 | +0.89 | +1.01% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.768 | +0.039 | +1.43% |
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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 | 96.31 | +1.69 | +1.79% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.942 | -0.017 | -0.57% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.265 | +0.060 | +1.42% |
Markets / Other
Nominal Low is Behind Us!
Global stock markets are in a multi-year bull-market and nominal prices are likely to appreciate for several more months. In our view, we are currently amidst a normal multi-week consolidation…
Buy and Hold Still Holds
The US market is in sorry shape. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are presently no higher than they were 12 years ago. If you factor in…
The Last Blistering Blast
As the last blistering blast of the summer season blows itself out both literally and metaphorically, heading into the long Labor Day weekend, the stock market is trying to do…
What Auto Sales Tell Us About Future Economic Growth
The vast majority of Americans, including most investors, fail to grasp how far the economy is currently operating below historic norms. This year, for example, approximately 600,000 new housing units…
Stock Funds: On-Off Relationship or Long-Term Affair?
Have you been a long-term holder of one or more stock funds that haven't done well for quite some time? Well, if so, you have a lot of company.
Prelude To Meltdown: An Interview With Bert Dohmen
When Bert Dohmen talks, smart investors listen. In 2007 when most investment analysts and economists were downplaying the developing credit market troubles, Bert warned investors that the probability was very…
Donkey of the Month: Obama, Paris Hilton, Senator Chris Dodd or Comedian Chris Tucker
We live in very difficult times, which continue to produce some frustrating but entertaining actions by people. The month of August 2010 was another busy month of men and women…
Silver About To Break Out Big!
Silver is one asset class I do not cover very often, but have been largely bullish on since $6 an ounce many years ago. It can be considered "poor man's…
Investor Sentiment Follows Party Lines
Through history, while extreme opinions sometime come to dominate political or business climates, they trend always back to the center. This theory of mean reversion applies across a great deal…
Jobless Claims Decline, But Still Too High for Major Impact Employment Outlook
New U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims declined last week according to the government, but were still too high to have a strong impact on the weak labor market.
