"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •215 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 992.30 | -10.20 | -1.02% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 71.57 | -1.59 | -2.17% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 2.061 | -0.057 | -2.67% |
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Ethanol •215 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •215 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 215 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 215 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 74.96 | -1.00 | -1.32% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.211 | -0.141 | -4.21% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.404 | -0.059 | -2.39% |
Markets / Other
Inflation
Inflationism has seen real wages for much of the workforce stagnate or worse over the past decade. Inflationism and his accomplice malinvestment are the culprits behind pathetic productivity trends and…
Gold against Foreign Currencies Update
It is the dog days of summer. The metals are trading below their recent highs while the miners continue to be on the cusp of their next leg higher. In…
The Nasdaq Testing All Time High This Week As We Print a Doji Candlestick...Europe Plays Catch Up...
This morning the market waited on a very important economic report on retail sales throughout the country. Some real optimism abounded. Expectations were for +0.4% of an increase month over…
Central Banks Are Choking Productivity
If the Economy were a car, productivity would be the engine. Heated seats, on-demand 4-wheel drive and light-sensitive tinted windshields, are all very nice. But they mean little if the…
Oil Trading Alert: Is the Rally Over?
Crude oil declined on Wednesday only to shoot up with vengeance yesterday, exceeding the previous August highs. Still, crude oil declined a bit before the session was over, so many…
Fueling Gold Stocks' Next Upleg
Gold stocks' new bull market this year has already proven breathtaking. This obscure sector has nearly tripled within a matter of months, yielding immense profits for the smart contrarians who…
A Treasure Trove of Nuggets From the MSM
It is summer slack season, with no FOMC meeting in August and so into the void go our friends in the mainstream media, with all sorts of noise to distract…
What Would Future EU-UK Relations Look Like?
We have analyzed the reasons behind the Brexit vote. Let's turn to the consequences of the Britain's withdrawal from the EU, which are probably far more important from the investors'…
Dumb and Dumber: Economist vs. WEF on Biggest Threats to Economy
The Economist and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have "dumb and dumber" competing notions as to what is the gravest threat to the global economy.
VIX Update
The risk levels for the future remain high ...
