"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 •15 mins | 1,521.30 | +23.10 | +1.54% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 88.06 | -0.06 | -0.07% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.734 | +0.005 | +0.20% |
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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 | 95.26 | +0.64 | +0.68% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.947 | -0.012 | -0.41% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.210 | +0.004 | +0.10% |
Markets / Other
Key Indicators of a New Depression
With the mainstream media focusing on the country's leveling unemployment rate, improving retail sales, and nascent housing recovery, one might think that the US government has successfully navigated the economy…
Who Will Profit from the Oil Spill
The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may be the best thing that's ever happened to green energy producers in the U.S - but the one that benefits the most…
Is This the Ending Phase?
For some time now I've noticed the similarities between the '02-'07 cyclical bull and what we've experienced since March of last year. The one difference is that this time we've…
MasterCard Study Says Consumer Spending Has Taken A Break
In response to Michael McNamara's statement "retailers have not had to return to steep discounting" I counter with Foreclosure Life Raft; Price Wars at Walmart; Electrical Demand Drops Two Straight…
Soaring Government Spending 'Crowds Out' Private Investment Returns
The problem isn't that the US economy fell by $300 billion in real terms between 2007 and 2009. The more relevant issue for long-term investors is that the private economy…
'Defensive' Stocks: Are They the Ticket in a Downturn?
Approximately three out of four stocks go down in a bear market. This ratio doesn't just apply to high beta names; historically, 75 percent of all stocks go down when…
Honest Money Gold and Silver Report: Market Wrap Week Ending 5/28/10
With stocks holding support this week, bonds gave back some of their recent gains. The 10 Year Treasury note ($UST) gave back -1.00 point (-0.82%) to close at 120.31. The…
All We Are Sayin' Is Give Free Markets a Chance
Given the economic and financial market "challenges" of the past year, some pundits and politicians are concluding that these challenges are the result of the failure of free markets. I…
Should Investors Boycott the Stock Market?
Investing in stocks is marketed as believing in America. Imbedded is the assumption that buying stocks is a fair deal. An investor might make or lose money, but the same…
Gold and Gold Stock Update
Gold remains on track (as far as our template). Here is the potential bullish outcome. The longer Gold holds above $1160 and that trendline, the more likely the bullish outcome.
