"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 •15 mins | 1,902.80 | -167.80 | -8.10% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 63.68 | +0.39 | +0.62% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.942 | +0.015 | +0.79% |
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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 | 67.94 | +0.39 | +0.58% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 3.501 | -0.008 | -0.23% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.414 | +0.021 | +0.86% |
Markets / Other
A Whole Lot of Quantite Going On
WHAT on earth...?
The Haughty Bond
Politicians are trying to inject confidence into markets by bailing out certain institutions, industries and/or groups. Instead bailouts are having the opposite effect, dividing the country into bailout recipients versus…
Honest Money Gold and Silver Report: Market Wrap
We do have our work cut out for us, but that has never stopped us before. Over $30 trillion in market valuation (50%) has been wiped out during the past…
Market Outlook 2009 - Thoughts of a Professional Investor
There is no doubt that the monetary expansion being executed by central banks will lead to a painful level of inflation in coming years. However, inflation typically coincides with credit…
Weekly Update
We have an interesting picture now developing on the VIX, while the market closed strongly on Friday, the VIX did not fall by much and even held it's ground, which…
A Bouncing Baby Bull
The old man of 2008 has yielded his place to the baby New Year and with it a changing of the guard. Not only has 2009 brought a fresh new…
Debunking the Gold Bears Main Argument
Gold bears tirelessly repeat that deflationary periods are characterized by heightened demand for cash. For the United States, this means a strong US dollar. Since the USD and gold are…
Even Now the Outgoing US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson Cannot Get It Right
Hank Paulson's valedictory interview was another depressing reminder of how deeply rooted many economic fallacies are. The fault for the financial crisis does not lie with domestic monetary policy or…
A Time To Sell
We remain in Buy Mode, looking for the markets to move higher into the 1/20 date ... We're also at an extreme in sentiment (on some measures). The indicator I…
A Most Horrible Year - Could It Get Worse?
We were also going to take another week off before returning but couldn't resist the temptation of sitting down at the computer and viewing the carnage of 2008 once again.…
