"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •659 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,988.90 | -49.50 | -2.43% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 96.66 | +0.81 | +0.85% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 3.455 | -0.007 | -0.21% |
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Ethanol •659 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •659 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 659 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 659 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 106.21 | +1.14 | +1.08% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 2.551 | -0.063 | -2.41% | |
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Heating Oil • 14 mins | 4.090 | +0.102 | +2.56% |
Markets / Other
Technical Market Report
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Buy and Hope Investing
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A Week of Big Numbers
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Long the Semis
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Golden Rule
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A Double-Top in Gold?
The bigger the top, the bigger the drop - whether in gold or the S&P index...
The Final Currency To Top Out
There have been large and sometimes surprising moves in the three major currencies over the past 18 months - the Euro, Yen and Dollar. All three rose at different times…
Obama Puts the Economic Cart before the Horse
President Obama would have us believe that we can all spend the day relaxing in a tub while his printing press does all the work for us. The problem comes…
Criminal Banks and Brokers Continue To Ply Their Trade...
What ever would possess intelligent professionals such as those running the finances of major financial institutions to leverage their equity 88 to one in the case of Citigroup and 134…
Hot Rocks Equals Hot Stocks?
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