"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •588 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,008.20 | -137.50 | -6.41% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 62.77 | -1.86 | -2.88% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.913 | -0.066 | -3.31% |
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Ethanol •589 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •588 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 588 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 588 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 67.46 | -1.94 | -2.80% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.218 | +0.059 | +1.87% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.379 | -0.062 | -2.53% |
Markets / Other
Please, Don't Wake Me
Now, why would the Fed want to be opaque about the billions in loans it made to certain financial players? Their simple answer: saying where the money went and on…
GM's 200 MPG+ Fantasy
A few weeks ago, Government Motors dropped a public relations bomb when new chief Fritz Henderson announced that the forthcoming Chevy Volt would get an astonishing 230 miles per gallon.
How IRAs Can Tie Investors' Hands -- and What To Do About It
Irony attends both financial markets and government plans. Put them together -- as we have witnessed throughout the financial crisis so far -- and you get Kafka.
Today Could Be a Much Different Day
The U.S. Dollar is trading mixed overnight following a strong rise yesterday. Yesterday's much anticipated break in the equity markets triggered a risk aversion rally in the foreign currency markets…
New Research Available on the Doo Doo Bank List
We have looked into 14 additional banks out of the group previous shortlisted from the original 869 bank scan (see The FDIC as a catalyst, or the new Doo Doo…
Bullish Head and Shoulders Bottom? Or, False Break Out Warning?
When we look at the charts of the major indexes we see a clear head and shoulders pattern based on price, and it seems like everyone has written or read…
The Nightmare of Contemplating Global Derivatives
The worst part is that the real, in-your-face nominal total of global derivatives may actually be several quadrillion, or even the hundreds of quadrillions of dollars, as has been previously…
Will This Year's Rally in the Stock and Bond Markets Continue?
So what will happen next? Obviously, no one can be sure. Therefore, the wisest course of action would seem to be not to make big bets in either direction. Such…
Speculative Disaster
Insider selling is also back to levels not seen since the top. Similarly, the cash percentage of mutual fund holdings is close to historically low levels. Mutual fund managers are…
Dollar Trades Mixed on Light Volume
The U.S. Dollar had a somewhat volatile day in light trading. The Dollar opened higher because of the overnight sell-off in the Chinese equity markets. Traders became risk averse overnight…
