"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 •15 mins | 2,223.30 | +14.50 | +0.66% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 63.20 | -0.01 | -0.02% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.917 | +0.019 | +1.01% |
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Ethanol •580 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 | 67.44 | +0.11 | +0.16% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.450 | +0.139 | +4.20% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.405 | -0.004 | -0.18% |
Markets / Other
Long-term Outlook for Commodities
In a number of respects, not least being the magnitude of the decline, the closest historical parallel to the equity bear market of 2007-2008 is the equity bear market of…
How Low Can It Go?
On the way to the bottom, the market must relieve bearish sentiment (make you forget your fear). It can only do this through sharp powerful rallies (where we all laugh…
Best Quotes of October 2008
The liquidity crisis and persistent de-leveraging that has been prevailing more or less for eighteen months is winding down, and is being supplanted by another growing and threatening monetary peril.…
The Moral Hazard of Regulation
Since the bailout bill passed, I have been frequently disturbed to hear "experts" wrongly blaming the free market for our recent economic problems and calling for more regulation. In fact,…
Worried About Stocks? This May Be A Blessing in Disguise
Most people are currently worried about the potential for more losses in stocks in the future. However, data presented below show that dire appraisals and apprehension during the worse 9…
Fed's Balancing Act Getting Tougher By The Day
With central planners now regionalizing fiat currencies in a desperate attempt to cling onto what vestiges of the Western globalization model that remain, the eventual return of some form of…
Elections, the Dollar, Stocks and the Economy
Much has been written about the relationship between the partisan power in the White House and the performance of the stock market. Considerable amount of statistical exercise was undertaken in…
Why a Gold Standard
The $800 billion bailout, and billions more being pumped less obviously into the global economy, will cure nothing. Americans are clamoring for a savior. No one is willing to believe…
Armageddon '08 Concluding?
The major media has done its job. After burying its collective head in the sand for years as Wall Street perpetrated a moral hazard of epic proportions upon Main Street…
Global Futures Weekly Recap
Energy futures settled the week higher on speculation that OPEC would continue cutting output to offset demand destruction seen from the global economic slowdown. Crude oil inventories have risen by…
