"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •575 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,441.00 | -177.30 | -6.77% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 64.29 | -1.13 | -1.73% |
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Gasoline •46 mins | 1.890 | -0.030 | -1.56% |
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Ethanol •575 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •575 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 575 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 575 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 69.82 | -0.89 | -1.26% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.876 | -0.042 | -1.07% | |
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Heating Oil • 2 hours | 2.603 | +0.018 | +0.68% |
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South African Power Cuts Affect Precious Metal Markets Future
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Who Will Bail Out the FED?
Whoever believes that the most recent Fed/JP Morgan heist to acquire Bear Stearns, along with other simultaneous and preceding Fed actions, were "successful" had better check again.
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Gold Thoughts
Two sets of forces work on market prices. Internal factors, or market's technical conditions, can in some periods dominate all others. Second set of forces are fundamental factors. Latter is…
Misguided Calls For Activism
Calls for activism are coming from nearly every corner. Some are openly calling for activism, but equally dangerous, perhaps even more dangerous, are those who are calling for more regulation…
The Future Actions of The Federal Reserve And US Gov't Are Known
This is going to be a long letter. It will attempt to explain the rational behind the current and future US Federal Reserve intentions from the point of view of…
How to Spot a New Uptrend in Gold
Gold is one of the best markets for trading because its patterns are usually clear and uncomplicated, with prices following the expected fractal path with a great deal of precision.
The Economy's Summer Holiday Has Already Begun
Everywhere you turn there will be good reasons for Americans to spend less this summer and fall. Job losses and a lack of borrowing have cut several hundred billion dollars…
Commodity Market Summary
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Trillions Embarrass a Billion-Dollar Bulwark
Half of the Fed's stash of government debt has been used up already! Yikes! And how big is the entire rest of the Fed's stash of government securities? A piddly…
