"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 | 2,133.20 | +11.60 | +0.55% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 62.27 | -2.94 | -4.51% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.852 | -0.090 | -4.64% |
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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 | 66.41 | -2.91 | -4.20% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.263 | -1.091 | -25.06% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 2.366 | -0.167 | -6.58% |
Markets / Other
The Bear Market is Smashing Everything
In a market like this preservation of capital is key. There is nothing wrong with having high cash reserves. Shorting isn't appropriate for everyone, but managing your risk and knowing…
Gold Investments Market Update
Gold rose sharply soon after the poor unemployment report as the dollar fell and equities have again come under pressure with sharp falls in international markets.
Real US Housing Losses Are $6 Trillion
Actual losses in the US real estate market are much higher than what you have been reading in the newspapers recently. Using a combination of official government statistics and the…
Contrarian
We all want to be one don't we? Unlike the automatons sitting in those convention centers boosting their respective major political parties, we want to get outside the box; gain…
September - Off to a Rough Start
Many reports have been published over the past few days about stock market seasonality and, specifically, about September typically being the worst month of the year.
Sell the First of May, Return after Labor Day
I remain a bit skeptical as to what further derivatives and innovative "products" can be developed that would benefit us. I have been around much of the world, speaking about…
Telling Action In Euro, Dollar As ECB Holds Rates
As for a "gradual recovery aided by a fall in oil prices" Trichet could not possibly be more off base. Falling oil prices are a result of a slowing world…
CNBC PowerLunch Europe
S&P: Last week I though the index could start the move up to the 1340 objective and complete the counter trend rally and resume the bear campaign. But it may…
Pride in Acting Like a Pawnshop
And while I have never, to my knowledge, recommended that people 'act like pawnshops', I will note that they are accumulating gold, and so the advice seems like good advice,…
Solzhenitsyn and the Struggle for Russia's Soul
There are many people who write history. There are very few who make history through their writings. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died this week at the age of 89, was one…
