"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •572 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,554.40 | -323.70 | -11.25% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 61.17 | +0.54 | +0.89% |
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Gasoline •13 mins | 1.815 | -0.005 | -0.26% |
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Ethanol •572 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •572 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 572 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 572 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 66.15 | +0.56 | +0.85% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 5.798 | -1.002 | -14.74% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.546 | -0.022 | -0.87% |
Markets / Other
Market Update: Stop the Insanity!
After a rollercoaster week, the S&P closed Friday on the lows of the week with a head and shoulders pattern looming in the 15-minute and hourly charts. Monday morning will…
Precious Points: More "Tough Love" from Bernanke and Co.
The Fed did indeed take the cautious route, which only became my expectation after Treasury and the President through their hats in the ring and vowed to do some of…
Things That Go Bump in the Night
The Fed comes in for some very deserved criticism for its ham-handed handling of the rate cut. Inflation? As I predicted last summer, we are now seeing inflation over 4%.…
Financial Sector Credit
Those arguing for a Greenspan-style rate collapse fail to appreciate the extraordinary circumstances and risks that have accumulated from years of Reckless Credit Bubble Excess. The outcry for an audacious…
More Gasoline on the Fire
This week's announcement by the Fed that it will create a new mechanism to provide funding for credit challenged banks has been lauded by Wall Street as an innovative approach…
Why Coal (and other Commodities) Should Be in Your Stocking This Year....
For several years now, commodities have garnered attention because of their prolific appreciation. The price of oil has climbed by over $80/barrel during this first stage of this bull market,…
Euro Gold Records
Despite Washington and the Fed working fast and furiously to destroy international confidence in the US dollar, it still remains the currency of choice for pricing many international markets. Among…
As the Credit Crunch Worsens it Will Send the Gold Price up the $
We have run a constant story on the dangers of Capital and Exchange Controls, which are the consequence of markets buckling under such pressures. We constantly keep our eyes open…
Run Away!
Santa is in full swing and remains on schedule as the nation that knows denial is not just a river in Egypt tells itself a happy story (the abbreviated version…
China's Currency Problem
We think the political posturing over the Yuan's foreign exchange value borders on the ridiculous because the US is a net beneficiary of the Yuan's artificially low value while China's…
