"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •583 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,096.70 | +26.10 | +1.26% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 63.84 | +0.55 | +0.87% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.960 | +0.033 | +1.73% |
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Ethanol •583 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 583 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 68.33 | +0.78 | +1.15% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.423 | -0.086 | -2.45% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.422 | +0.029 | +1.21% |
Markets / Other
Gold......Ready to Rumble!
With world wide gold production down so drastically and the dramatic disruption of the junior markets last year, and continuing still, supply and demand is going to be completely out…
I Guess I Need to Go Back to DC
True stimulus in an environment such as this should not rely on dated and stale academic dogma. No tax cuts, no cutting already very low mortgage rates after a low…
The Mid-Week Gold, Oil and Dow Report
We had a slow start to the week with prices drifting sideways and upward on below average volume. Wednesday the market put in a nice rally with small and mid…
Banker's Advice for the Self Employed Business Owner
... I hope today's business owners take the time to understand how fast the economy is changing, how fast the banking world is changing, and how fast asset values are…
A Response to My Critics
My popularity on television and the internet has led a very small money manager to use his popular financial blog to promote his fledgling business by attacking the recent poor…
Channeling Bob Laurent for a Market-Based "Bad" Bank Solution
Why would not a bank price its toxic assets at unduly depressed prices? It would be forgoing immediate cash. Moreover, it would be taking an immediate unnecessarily-high hit to capital,…
Got a Mortgage or Credit Card? Don't Pay Them
Finally something that we can all get behind: Don't pay your bills. It's not my idea, although it has appeal. It's the Fed's and it's the cornerstone of the new…
Seigniorage ("The Inflation Tax")
Seigniorage is the revenue derived from the face value of a currency net production costs. Thus if it costs four cents to produce a crisp new dollar bill, then the…
The Dark Side of the Dream
The last several months have been a nightmare for many investors in all markets of the world but perhaps no severe than those of us investors in the natural resource…
Birth of a New Cyclical Bull?
The coming year may go down in history as a bullish one. After the shocking asset-liquidation witnessed in 2008, the following 12 months are likely to provide above-average investment returns.…
