"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 •10 mins | 2,203.80 | +99.70 | +4.74% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 62.36 | +0.22 | +0.35% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.856 | +0.005 | +0.26% |
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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 | 66.47 | +0.17 | +0.26% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 3.264 | +0.027 | +0.83% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.373 | +0.013 | +0.56% |
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Merk Market Outlook: Federal Open Market Committee Meeting - September 16
Nearly ten years ago the Federal Open Market Committee convened a special meeting to address the problems in U.S. financial markets regarding the failure at Long Term Capital Management. It…
Gold Investments Market Update
The sentiment in the gold market remains very negative, long positions have been reduced dramatically and gold is the most oversold it has been since the commencement of the bull…
Back to the Big Picture
... the Dollar's ultimate fate will be decided by the level of de-leveraging still to come and the state of competing economies, most notably Europe and China. Suffice it to…
Stupidity Protection Plan
Man, oh man! 'Nothing is off the table'! Wow! How come I never have anyone covering my Mogambo Incompetent Butt (MIB) like that, saying, 'Let's protect Mogambo from the results…
A Quantum Leap Toward Socialism
My Libertarian heart sank when I witnessed Republicans and Democrats slap each other on the back as they congratulated themselves from saving us from the natural workings of the free…
Extraordinary Measures Today, a Financial Funeral Tomorrow
The problem is that the government has made the problem worse. This first began with the surprise unprecedented 75-basis point cut in August 07, and followed with other extraordinary actions…
Trying to Pump Up What's Busted
...So today we're back where we started, with a collapse in retail investments (then stocks, now housing) and the collapse of the very biggest institutional bets. The US administration's response...?
"Maverick McCain" and the Resurrection of the US$
There's been a major shift in market psychology surrounding the US-dollar, that's caught many currency traders by surprise. Until July 15th, the key driver fueling the Euro's historic advance against…
The Hidden Bailout Of $1.4 Trillion In Fannie / Freddie Credit-Default Swaps
Something extraordinary happened on Monday, September the 8th, 2008. The government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac triggered the pending settlement of $1.4 trillion in credit-default swaps. This single…
Risk Aversion Drives JPY and GBP in Opposite Ways
The FX implications remain led by rising risk aversion, highlighted by a rallying JPY and falling high yielders (GBP, AUD and NZD). We continue to focus on Sterling as the…
