"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •584 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,099.40 | +28.80 | +1.39% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 63.55 | +0.26 | +0.41% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 1.953 | +0.027 | +1.38% |
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Ethanol •584 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •584 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 584 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 584 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 68.05 | +0.50 | +0.74% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 3.422 | -0.087 | -2.48% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.413 | +0.020 | +0.84% |
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Who is the 'Greater Fool' Now?
Many Americans, and indeed many people the world over, have lived in a Ponzi bubble economy for more than a decade. They have applied the Greater Fool Theory in the…
Partners in Crime
Saved from bankruptcy by taxpayer funding, certain major banks continued paying dividends to shareholders and massive bonuses to executives. Some maintained huge expenditures on corporate jets and executive "sales" outings.
Leading ETFs: What To Watch Now
... on the fundamental side, the bank stress tests are obviously big for the markets. Since the government feels this is a "crisis of confidence", you can bet the announcements…
Selective Carry Trades in FX/Equities
Despite sterling's stellar performance, the rally shows increased signs of tapering off. The absence of real economic data from the UK has often proved a temporary booster for the currency…
Where Have All the Spenders Gone?
The economy aside, traders will be more concerned about demand for higher risk currencies over the short-term. If fear engulfs the market because of the U.S. economy, corporate earnings or…
Golden Shorts in an Economic Winter
... let me say that if people don't buy gold, in spite of the overwhelming historical evidence to do so when the money supply is set to double (and then…
Update and Analysis on Fed Policy: It's Different This Time
As you can see, even the most conservative measure of money supply is growing at 10 percent year over year, and the slope of this intertemporal relationship is on the…
New Bubbles Brewing in Shanghai and Wall Street
... So far, all the measures taken by Obama's economic team in response to the financial crisis, have pointed their aim at protecting the wealth of the Wall Street aristocrats…
Tax Protest Time
Over the past few years we have briefly discussed the "Second American Civil War". The first one, of course, was prosecuted to bring freedom to all citizens. This one has…
Leading Economic Indicators Point to Improvement
Since the start of the new millennium and new century, many of the old truisms that applied to economic forecasting are no longer relevant. So many things have changed in…
