"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •579 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •20 mins | 2,232.50 | +128.40 | +6.10% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 62.54 | +0.40 | +0.64% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.867 | +0.016 | +0.86% |
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Ethanol •579 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •579 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 579 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 579 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 66.59 | +0.29 | +0.44% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.282 | +0.045 | +1.39% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.393 | +0.033 | +1.39% |
Markets / Other
Taiwan and the Flat-Panel Drag
Taiwan's central bank surprised the world on Thursday by cutting rates for the first time in five years and establishing a potential peak to its tightening cycle. The 12.5 basis…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Sells Out
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that financial markets can rest assured that Congress will act on the White House plan to buy up to $700 billion in…
Global Futures Market Summary
Gold finished the session 1.5-percent lower, with the December contract closing $13 lower at $882 an ounce. Gold traded lower today as some of the flight to safety premium was…
Urgent Appeal: Recapitalize Financial Institutions Rather than Bail Out Debt
In the coming days, Congress may authorize $700 billion to buy bad debt from financial institutions. Even if all challenges of the plan were to be overcome, the plan does…
Precious Metals in the Physical Realm
It has been one of my strongest points to teach all investors how important gold and silver are under any financial climate. Some took positions early and others are now…
Cower Before the Great and Powerful Paulson
My God! This is beyond belief! The Secretary of the Treasury will be above the law! My God! I was going to wax loudly indignant, as should all thinking people,…
How will Gold and the $ Take Paulson's Package?
Attention of the U.S. financial problem is focused on internal solutions with little attention being paid to the position of the $ in the rescue formula. After all, it is…
Reggie Middleton asks, "Do you guys know who youre messin' with?"
Henry Paulson just asked for a revolving $700 billion credit line to fix the mess that he literally, and I do mean literally, created. Take a look at this graph…
The Greatest Bank Restructuring Since Glass-Steagall
In order for the global stock market rally to sustain itself, my sense is that we would need to see more easing from the European Central Bank and the Bank…
Deteriorating Outlook for the Euro-zone
A month ago, two of our favorite leading indicators for the Euro-zone economy were pointing to a slowdown but not an outright stop, and we were still hopeful that signs…
