"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •582 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,968.40 | -102.20 | -4.94% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 63.97 | +0.68 | +1.07% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.944 | +0.018 | +0.91% |
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Ethanol •582 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •582 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 582 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 582 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 68.19 | +0.64 | +0.95% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.478 | -0.031 | -0.88% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.418 | +0.025 | +1.05% |
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Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (January 5 - 11, 2009): Part II
'Global stock markets reversed course during the last three days of the first full trading week of 2009 as investors were confronted with dreadful economic data, escalating layoffs and a…
Words from the (Investment) Wise for the Week That Was (January 5 - 11, 2009)
Global stock markets reversed course during the last three days of the first full trading week of 2009 as investors were confronted with dreadful economic data, escalating layoffs and a…
Open The Mint To Gold!
The world prospered before 1971 because it had the U.S. Treasury as its residual supplier of monetary gold. The wholesome effect of this arrangement was that people were willing to…
Technically Precious with Merv
Back after three weeks and it looks as if nothing has happened in the precious metals. Lots has, however, happened in the stocks and especially the "cats and dogs" variety.…
Honest Money Gold and Silver Report: Market Wrap
Consumers are tightening their belts. Borrowing declined at a 3.7% annual rate during the month of Nov. A reduction is consumer credit will cause a further drop in consumer spending…
Obama Calls For Sacrifices, Scales Back Campaign Promises, Ups Jobs Program To 4M
Government cannot really "create" any jobs per se. It can raise taxes and shift private sector jobs creation to government jobs creation (typically a malinvestment), and it can bring production…
Don't Buy The Hype
Historically, bear markets have run approximately one-third the duration of the preceding bull market. From my perspective, the last bull market began at the 1974 low and tried to conclude…
Update
There are numerous possibilities presented today and the market will determine which path it follows. It is important to realize that when the market locks into whichever presented pattern, odds…
Forecast 2009: Deflation and Recession
Where are we headed in 2009? We will explore that in detail over the next few issues of Thoughts from the Frontline, but today we will start with some of…
Technical Market Report
Last weeks sell off relieved the overbought condition while NASDAQ new highs increased and new lows on both exchanges fell to the lowest levels in years. Seasonally next week has…
