"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •576 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 2,121.60 | -496.70 | -18.97% |
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WTI Crude •14 hours | 65.21 | -0.21 | -0.32% |
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Gasoline •14 hours | 1.923 | +0.003 | +0.15% |
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Ethanol •576 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •576 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 576 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 576 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 13 hours | 69.32 | -0.27 | -0.39% | |
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Natural Gas • 14 hours | 4.354 | +0.436 | +11.13% | |
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Heating Oil • 14 hours | 2.736 | +0.150 | +5.81% |
Markets / Other
Honest Money Gold and Silver Report: Market Wrap
The big news this week was the report by the National Association of Realtors that sales of previously owned homes fell 1% in April, while the supply of unsold properties…
FoodGas
The US government mandates that ethanol from grain production be used in cars... This year, some 30 million acres, or almost 1/3 of the corn crop, will be dedicated to…
Features of the Week
Warren Buffett goes to Europe, private equity jaunts through Africa, and investors venture into Cambodia. All this and much more in our, "Features of the week".
The Case for USD 1,300/oz Gold
There are those who predict a rebound of the dollar index and a protracted USD 800/oz gold price or even lower. They just don't get the message. Gold is an…
It's Not an Oil Crisis It's a Dollar Crisis
It is unfortunate that the Supreme Court, in its ruling this week that U.S. currency is unfair to the blind, did not make the next logical step and declare it…
How to Fix Everything
After dozing off through the expert testimony of five young visitors from the financial and farming communities this week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security was today persuaded by the…
What the Oil Price is Telling Us and Will it Affect Gold and Silver Prices?
Can O.P.E.C. fill the gap? It has a share of global oil supply of 45%, at the moment. While it is saying that there is plenty of oil around right…
Silver Technicals 2
I've never seen any other commodity generate such a fanatical following as silver. There are many investors and speculators interested in nothing but silver and its miners. There are financial…
Inflationary Pressures (Again!)
... Or to spin another way: strength in gold and crude oil and higher Treasury yields really does make a difference for equity prices. The bottom line is this: high…
Merk Market Outlook: Condition of the Consumer
The past two quarters have seen anemic 0.6% rates of growth and we expect that personal consumption for the advance Q1'08 growth report will advance 1.0%, which would be the…
