"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •663 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,983.50 | -14.10 | -0.71% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 97.27 | +0.90 | +0.93% |
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Gasoline •27 mins | 3.509 | +0.018 | +0.51% |
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Ethanol •663 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •663 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 663 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 663 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 109.30 | +1.07 | +0.99% | |
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Natural Gas • 57 mins | 2.505 | -0.045 | -1.76% | |
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Heating Oil • 32 mins | 3.971 | -0.003 | -0.08% |
Markets / Other
Agri-Food Thoughts
While visions of economic stability and other fantasies dance in the heads of the elves at the Federal Reserve and those in the Obama Regime, the financial markets seem to…
Gold Market Update
The Summer doldrums are upon us with many investors more interested in the weather forecast than the markets. Although the Summer vacation period is often a time of drift in…
Silver Market Update
Silver has been in a steep intermediate downtrend since early June, but there are signs that this downtrend may soon have run its course, or even have run its course…
Fed Independence or Fed Secrecy?
The hearings on Capitol Hill provided us with a great deal of information about the types of arguments that will be levied against meaningful transparency and how the secretive central…
London Gold Market Report
Gold Set to "Test $900" as Banks See "No Reason to Buy", Speculators Trim Position
Honest Money Gold and Silver Report: Market Wrap
We recently had a big move up in stocks and commodities from March to June, premised on the thought that the economy was going to get better, which would increase…
Will the Democrats Massive Borrowing and spending Binge Kill the US Economy?
Any reasonably intelligent person understands that if the demand for a product increases then (all things being equal, as the economist would say) its price will rise. The same holds…
Precious Metals' Gleam Is Not Tarnished, But When Will They Finally Bottom?
In my opinion, banks aren't lending yet, but that is likely to change. Think about it in market terms - the short run situation may be irrational and emotion-driven (banks…
Weekly Update
The VIX had an opportunity to run away midweek, however resistance was found around 32.5 and we finished the week below the 50 DMA. It's mainly for this reason that…
Health Care Bill Will Raise Taxes, Then Raise Them Again
A revolt by "blue-dog" supposedly fiscal-conservative Democrats threatened to wreck Obama's health care package. The "solution" was to raise taxes and if that does not bring in enough money (it's…
