"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •635 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 1,896.00 | +8.90 | +0.47% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 103.22 | +3.58 | +3.59% |
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Gasoline •15 mins | 3.365 | +0.115 | +3.53% |
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Ethanol •635 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •635 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 635 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 635 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 112.65 | +0.08 | +0.07% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.879 | -0.146 | -4.83% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.425 | -0.070 | -1.56% |
Markets / Other
Signs of the Times
Investors may wonder where to hide. Usually in a contraction it is best to be positioned around the fulcrum of the curve, which could be around the 4 to 5-year…
Technical Market Report
The market is very oversold and likely to be at or near a short term bottom. I expect the major indices to be higher on Friday January 18 than they…
MBIA in the News Recently... I am not going to say I told you so
Now, I am far from a fixed income specialist, but I just couldn't resist commenting on this...
The Dow Theory Proves Correct
n spite of its criticisms, the Dow theory is once again proving correct. The one thing that the advance up out of the 2002 low has proven is that the…
What Are They Thinking?
As I have maintained for years, I expect the Chinese to allow their currency to rise slowly. By the time the next president can have a foreign policy team in…
Mortgage Crisis to Corporate Debt Crisis
The financial system fell under intense stress Wednesday. The epicenter of the crisis was in the "Credit default swap," or CDS market, and "contagion" fears were building quite a head…
Rotational Portfolio Swaps Out Two Positions
Based on beginning with a $100,000 portfolio at inception, these are the current weights and holdings. The initial target was a buy of 10% weights per position. See my previous…
Market Commentary
Despite the focus on the bad news, despite the so called build in emotional negative feelings which shout and haunt you at night and tell you boldly that the markets…
Taking Profits in Gold
...Go on - choose where you'll keep your profits. Then sell your gold if you dare...
HUI and Stock Bears 2
The young new year has not been very happy at all for the stock markets. In the first five trading days of 2008 alone, the S&P 500 bled a brutal…
