"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 •20 mins | 1,921.10 | -149.50 | -7.22% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 63.53 | +0.24 | +0.38% |
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Gasoline •14 mins | 1.937 | +0.011 | +0.55% |
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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 • 12 mins | 67.78 | +0.23 | +0.34% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.514 | +0.005 | +0.14% | |
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Heating Oil • 14 mins | 2.409 | +0.015 | +0.64% |
Markets / Other
Liquidity Trap
Right now we have a situation that reflects the '30's and the Japanese 90's - 2006 were nominal rates are at zero and money supply is being increased at a…
Bond Bubble Bursting?
It should be note a significant sentiment change associated with the broad stock market occurred post options expiry on December 19th that has confirmed Treasury bond selling is asset allocation…
2009 Outlook: Angling For A Recovery
Unwilling to let the free market work, U.S. policymakers have adopted the audacious goal of trying to kick-start a deeply flawed financial system; a system grounded upon unsustainable increases in…
Gold Thoughts
The Era of Simple Solutions continues to unfold. For every complex problem, as the wise man once said, there is a simple solution, that is wrong. Into the abyss of…
Reflections On 2008, Themes For 2009
It is not possible to predict what timeframe it takes for market participants to realize it's not just the US dollar that is trash, but rather every fiat currency on…
Hope Springs Eternal
Bullish divergence has been present throughout the bottoming process in our often watched 'panel' indicators like MACD and RSI. You name a major global market... Europe, Japan, they are all…
Where We Are Headed: Gold, USD, Oil
The year 2008 will be written about in finance textbooks for generations to come. The inevitable collapse of the boom, built single-headedly on credit, finally came home to roast. Ironically,…
Media Blamed For Making Economic Crisis Worse
Those ever optimistic economists are forever predicting stock market recoveries, housing recoveries, job recoveries and consumer confidence recoveries, all of which set unrealistically high expectations and glimmers of hope that…
Panic Rally?
We remain in Buy Mode, looking for the markets to continue higher into 1/20. We do expect weakness in the short term and for the markets to build energy to…
Is America Broke Part II -- The Debt God
The following paper is the second installment of the three part series: Is America Broke . The first article discussed the main issues of the financial crisis. It was suggested…
