"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •672 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,091.60 | +29.00 | +1.41% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 89.83 | -12.44 | -12.16% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 3.324 | -0.297 | -8.20% |
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Ethanol •672 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •672 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 672 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 672 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 98.33 | -11.54 | -10.50% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.720 | -0.068 | -2.44% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 3.612 | -0.418 | -10.38% |
Markets / Other
Sell in Early May and... Lose On Average $1 per Ounce of Silver Each Year
We would like to begin this essay by touching on the popular belief that precious metals - and especially silver - tend to drop heavily this time of the year.…
The Financial System Is Broken
Financial crises are happening at shorter intervals and each crisis is being met with an even stronger policy response. Prior to the 2007 financial crisis, the typical response to a…
Gold E1000: Crisis Insurance or Bubble?
Rising insurance premiums don't negate the need to insure...
Europe's $1 Trillion Bailout and a New World Currency
When the news of Europe's unprecedented $1 trillion bailout package was announced last weekend, the storyline behind this "solution" to the sovereign debt crisis seemed rather skewed towards politicians' cries…
Signs of Deflation You Might Not be Able to See Clearly
The Fed and the government quite effectively advertise their efforts to inflate the supply of money and credit. But deflationary forces, to most eyes, are invisible. I thought I would…
Beyond the Point of No Return
We're heading toward government devaluing its currency to devaluate its debt in order to survive. That means you need to protect yourself. You can't just have savings accounts paying no…
COMEX Gold and Silver Markets Do Not Affect Gold and Silver Prices At All!
It may seem reasonable to you to assume that the 'net' position on COMEX would be covered by COMEX actually ensuring that this amount of gold or silver is held…
Euro Gold E1000
With the European sovereign-debt troubles dominating financial news, the euro has taken quite a beating lately. The majority consensus opinion even believes that the euro's very existence is threatened by…
Shanghai Composite: There Is Hope!
Hey folks, the Shanghai Composite, which has been leading the US market for about a year now, has hit its first level of support. I would expect a bounce in…
U.S. Solvency Contingent on Low Interest Rates
The Fed must quickly move away from its zero percent interest rate policy, otherwise inflation will ravage the country just as it has done every other time the Fed has…
