"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 •14 mins | 2,311.60 | +102.80 | +4.65% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 63.36 | +0.15 | +0.24% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.904 | +0.006 | +0.30% |
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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 | 67.36 | +0.03 | +0.04% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 3.275 | -0.036 | -1.09% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.424 | +0.015 | +0.62% |
Markets / Other
Why Would Credit Deflation Bring Down Gold when Credit Inflation Didnt Send It to the Moon?
Coming from more of a fundamental rather than technical background, I am not too concerned about all the little nuances inherent in this debate other than for the purposes of…
Invest for the Long-Term - the Very Long Term
Invest for the Long-Term - the Very Long Term
Unintended Consequences
The U.S. government's conservator status of Fannie and Freddie was supposed to lower mortgage rates, which it did for a few weeks. But we have now started to see the…
It's Risky Business: Chart Two of Three Important Charts
The risk chart is the SP500 ($SPX) divided by the volatility ($VIX). And yes, you can use the NYSE or DOW instead of the SP500. It's a chart I've rarely…
A Missed Opportunity
We have been told repeatedly by our leaders that consumer spending is the life force of our economy. With our industrial base all but gone, personal consumption now accounts for…
Gold's New 14-Year High
...It's always darkest before it's pitch black...
The Ghost of John Maynard Keynes and Some Comments on the Present Market and Economic Conditions
In my opinion we could well be at one of those transition points in economic history. The past 30 years of market liberation and deregulation are going to be challenged…
Shape of the Recovery - "V" or "U"
Years ago there was an equity strategist at Bache-Halsey (I said it was years ago) who almost always got it wrong. When he finally was forced to leave "to pursue…
Marc Faber on Bloomberg TV
While the emphasis of Bloomberg's story was on Marc's view of the stock market, there were far weightier issues discussed in this interview ...
Merk Investments: Credit and Money Supply Indicators: One Week After Capital Injections
The injection of capital and elimination of caps on swap lines between foreign central banks and the Fed have engineered modest improvement in credit indictors over the past week.
