"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 | 2,707.60 | -170.50 | -5.92% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 60.42 | -0.21 | -0.35% |
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Gasoline •44 mins | 1.813 | -0.007 | -0.40% |
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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 | 65.27 | -0.32 | -0.49% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 6.695 | -0.105 | -1.54% | |
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Heating Oil • 24 mins | 2.532 | -0.036 | -1.39% |
Markets / Other
The End of Consumer Credit as We Know It
As the losses mount, the credit crunch will spread from mortgages to auto loans and to all forms of consumer lending. The days of Americans borrowing to consume are finally…
Gold-Producing Stocks
In the wild and whacky world of gold stocks, investors and speculators have a wide range of options for capital deployment. These options can be categorized in many different ways,…
DELL: Mending Models
While DELL may or may not be able to keep its turnaround/restructuring story alive, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the supergrowth days of the late 1990s are gone.
The Gold Price is not Discounting the Full $ Story!
The foreign exchange markets are not solely about exchange rates. They are about values, smooth flowing of international trade, about trust and reliability. The sight of the $ falling over…
A Tidal Wave
In the realm of precious metals, silver seems to be even more undervalued when compared to gold. Figure 1 highlights that when adjusted for inflation silver is still 85% below…
Ambac is Effectively Insolvent & Will See More than $8 Billion of Losses with Just a $2.26 Billion Market Cap
I came to this conclusion after a detailed analysis of Ambac's portfolio (at least what Ambac has made public, which was sufficient) covering exposure in the Structured Finance, Sub-prime RMBS…
PowerLunch Europe
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority gave Citigroup $7.5 billion dollars for a 4.9% stake in the company. This brought on a rally yesterday which didn't move above any resistance. If…
Welcome to the World of Dr. FrankenFinance!
Many of the large institutions that are the bellwethers of industry (certain industries, at least) are the victims of Dr. FrankenFinance. Due to the machinations of Doctorates of Philosophy (PhDs)…
No Holiday Cheer for Consumers
The likelihood that the economy slips into recession next year is very high. Those that expect the economy to avert recession point to the labor market and the strength of…
The Epic Battle over Crude Oil and the US$
The more the US dollar slides, the less foreign investments in the US capital markets are worth, and the more likely that foreigners could withdraw en masse. If that were…
