"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •684 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,972.10 | -5.30 | -0.27% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 103.33 | -1.05 | -1.01% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 3.698 | -0.062 | -1.66% |
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Ethanol •684 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •684 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 684 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 684 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 110.41 | -1.69 | -1.51% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.058 | +0.034 | +1.12% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 4.056 | -0.058 | -1.41% |
Markets / Other
Anti-Libertarian Nonsense From Henry Kaufman and Company
The Fed is a failed institution. Fannie Mae is a failed institution. Freddie Mac is a failed institution. Fractional reserve lending is a fraud ... The correct policy decision is…
Will Institutional Investors Kill the Rally?
Staying in Accumulation will keep the Index positive and above the 2002 resistance, but the net Accumulation is continuing to decrease. It is not a problem yet, but if the…
Chart Trend Comparisons
We present three tables comparing the charts of investment funds based on several criteria that some investors may find useful when interpreting whether the fund is in an uptrend or…
Economic BBQ on the Credit Default Spit
I assume that those millions of Americans who "lose everything" will not be anybody that has a lot of gold, because if there is one Gigantic Freaking Lesson (GFL) from…
Euro Reacts Positively to Friendly U.S. Economic Data
The Euro reversed early weakness and finished higher at the close of the New York session. Before the opening traders were looking for the Euro to trade choppy as investors…
Hog Heaven
As with the Bird Flu the chance that swine flu is the next bubonic plague is next to zero. On top of this, as Mobius noted in 2005 and we…
It's Stag, Not Hyperinflation -- For Now
In the longer term, the risk of the U.S. suffering through a bout with hyperinflation is very real. However, in the short term what we most likely face is a…
I Hate Reverse Stock Splits
Frankly, I hate to see roll backs because inevitably the share price continues to decline. Actually I have been known to sell shares on the news of a roll back…
Rising Yields Fight the Fed
Cant' fight the Fed? Bond vigilantes are fighting the Fed and winning at bidding up bond yields. Short of another shock-&-awe policy announcement this Wednesday, the FOMC decision is likely…
The Effects of Inflation
Either through luck or skillful manipulation, the Fed has managed to bring about a sizeable increase in the US money supply over the past seven months while preventing the money…
