"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •580 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,206.60 | -2.20 | -0.10% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 64.56 | +1.35 | +2.14% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.947 | +0.049 | +2.58% |
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Ethanol •581 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •580 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 580 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 580 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 68.82 | +1.49 | +2.21% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.471 | +0.160 | +4.83% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.429 | +0.019 | +0.80% |
Markets / Other
Bank of England Takes Bold Step to Ward Off Severe Recession
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) acted decisively this morning, cutting the Bank Rate 150bps to 3.00% - its lowest level in over fifty years and the largest…
Non-Farm Payrolls: October Collapse
The October estimate of non-farm payrolls saw firms reduce payrolls by -240K for the month and the rate of unemployment jump sharply to 6.5%. Revisions made by Labor Department subtract…
Gold Investments Market Update
Gold continues to consolidate between $700/oz and $760/oz and looks set to rechallenge $800/oz in the coming days as safe haven buying reemerges on continuing concerns regarding the global financial…
The Worst Behind: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
In less than one year -- between Oct. 29, 2007 to Oct. 27, 2008 -- global stock markets (represented by the MSCI Barra, All Country World Index in USD) declined…
After Shocks from the October Meltdown
At its lowest point in October 2008, the meltdown in equities around the world erased $12 trillion of market value for the month and $31 trillion from a year earlier.…
Wars and Stock Market Rallies are Won the Same Way ... Here's How
Leadership stocks have been in retreat for most of this year. The only exception was in April to early June where the Leadership Ratio was positive, signifying that the Leaders…
Bank of England Plays Catch-up at Expense of Sterling
The Bank of England's shocker 150-bp cut to 3.00% (lowest level since 1955) against expectations of 50-bp cut is the biggest rate cut since the central bank acquired operation independence…
Some Definitions
A few regular dictionaries don't provide a definition of a bear, some define a bull in stock market terms.
Economic Contractions AND Rising Prices, Dare Reggie Utter the "I" Word - Enter a Global Phenomenon
Commodity and fuel price-spurred inflation has put economies across the globe on the ropes. The price of crude doubled from US$73.39 per barrel on July 2, 2007, to US$147.47 in…
Navigating OBAMArkets
The stock market yesterday did not offer President-elect Barrack Obama as warm a welcome as he would have liked. According to Bespoke, the Dow Jones Industrial Index's decline of 5.1%…
