"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •761 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,626.30 | -32.40 | -1.95% |
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WTI Crude •30 mins | 80.34 | -4.33 | -5.11% |
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Gasoline •30 mins | 2.967 | -0.148 | -4.74% |
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Ethanol •761 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •761 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 761 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 761 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 19 mins | 83.58 | -4.35 | -4.95% | |
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Natural Gas • 30 mins | 2.781 | +0.034 | +1.24% | |
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Heating Oil • 30 mins | 3.877 | -0.218 | -5.33% |
Markets / Other
Euro Panic Buying Op
The condition of Europe has become the psychological linchpin governing the world's financial markets. Even the notoriously insular American investors are fretting about Europe's woes on an hour-by-hour basis, which…
Will European Central Banks Begin Selling Gold Again?
Since the inception of the fourth Central Bank Gold Agreement last year on September 27th, sales by European central banks have been nearly non-existent. But that was before the euro…
Euro Experiment: German Steel or Schmucks?
The European Crisis is proving to be more of an unraveling than a contagion.
The Policies of Insolvency: Part III
It's time to put on your battle gear and man your stations as the "when hope turns to fear" moment has arrived. As the G7 financial systems lurch towards their…
Social Unrest Spreads to Slovenia and Spain; Images Around the Globe; US Not Immune to Protests
The wave of social unrest is spreading. A new round of protests has hit Spain with a public sector strike set for June 8. In Slovenia, students are protesting new…
Bernanke's Blackhawk Helicopter and the Global Currency-Trade War: DEFCON 2
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke, is now famous for declaring his willingness to use a helicopter to dispense dollars to stop U.S. deflation. In the spirit…
Where's the Land of Opportunity These Days?
Recent decades have witnessed an amazing shrinkage of the American manufacturing sector, from #1 in the world to virtual non-existence. Companies, taking advantage of cheaper labor costs abroad, have either…
Pivotal Events
Something gave way in global stock markets with the discovery of the sudden loss of liquidity. From perpetrators to victims there were a variety of explanations and rationalizations for the…
The Japanese Yen
Before looking at several charts, let me state what I have stated all along: the Yen has the technical characteristics of an asset poised to undergo a secular change of…
Honest Money Gold and Silver Report: Market Wrap
Gold put it an all-time weekly closing high of $1232.60 (continuous contract) for a gain of $24.10 (+1.99%). On Wed. gold made a closing high of $1239.10, and on Friday…
