"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •573 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,632.90 | +95.60 | +3.77% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 62.54 | +0.15 | +0.24% |
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Gasoline •20 mins | 1.870 | +0.005 | +0.26% |
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Ethanol •573 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •573 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 573 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 573 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 67.64 | +0.07 | +0.10% | |
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Natural Gas • 45 mins | 6.445 | -0.509 | -7.32% | |
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Heating Oil • 14 mins | 2.632 | -0.015 | -0.56% |
Markets / Other
What Does the Fed Know?
Some suggest that it was the very selling by SocGen, which was 10% of the market trades, which caused the downside volatility. It seems the European Central Bank knew early…
Another One Bites the Dust
Once upon a time America owned the automobile industry. But after several decades of excessive taxation, onerous government regulation, union extortion, and a crushing lack of foresight and innovation, we…
Dominant Trend Remains Down
In the end, investors and traders really did not want to go home long equities Friday, even after the Fed's emergency rate cut on Tuesday, which is certainly not a…
3 Weeks To Go
Breathe ... Our system has now moved into Buy mode. Does this mean we're in clear blue sky now? Not yet, at this stage the market is taking an in…
"Granville's Golden Rule" versus Conventional Wisdom
Market forecaster Joe Granville was a colorful character in what has always been perceived as a staid and conservative business. The great stock market guru of the 1970s was known…
Baby Boomers, Market Meltdown, Liquidity and Gold
If this assumption about baby boomers is correct, they will never likely get back into the stock market again after cashing out, due to growing risk averse profile with their…
Policymaking and Panics
Considering the enormity of the credit problems, this crash can be described as the initial panic in a long post-bubble contraction. Policymakers are adding to their long record of futile…
From Credit to Money, Part I
...Wouldn't life be much simpler for everyone if the US raised interest rates and didn't spend more than it had overseas...?
CNBC Squawkbox Europe
US$: Previously, after confirming the exhaustion on the 23rd of November I indicated the rally would likely be 90 calendar days and run to either 78.44 or 79 to 80.…
Gold will Gain from the "Keep-Going" Stimulus Package
The moves we have seen and are expected to see are not curative; they are at best stabilizing and temporary. Bush himself wants a temporary set of measures [before applying…
