"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •571 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,864.50 | +123.20 | +4.49% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 61.05 | -0.02 | -0.03% |
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Gasoline •15 mins | 1.845 | -0.006 | -0.32% |
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Ethanol •571 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •571 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 571 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 571 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 65.86 | -0.02 | -0.03% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 6.218 | +0.943 | +17.88% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 2.501 | +0.072 | +2.98% |
Markets / Other
Dow Theory: Dead or Alive
The stock market has made new all-time highs this year. All one could do was to stand in awe at the powerful performance it displayed. There are those who contend…
Market Update: Niagara in a Barrel
In the end, this week's action leaves us a bit wealthier, but in roughly in the same position as last week, where we smelled a top and looked for some…
Precious Points: Liftoff?
It's become common lately for precious metals analysts to say central banks' actions affect the price of gold as if it's some sort of revelation. Meanwhile, central bank activity has…
Oil to Gold Ratio
Oil to Gold Ratio: Now the ratio is moving more in favour of Gold; in February this ratio was at 12.5, today it stands at 9.00 after having dipped as…
Too Much Volatility
We remain in Sell Mode. We were looking for the market to turn lower into 10/19. However, that's next Friday and also options expiration.
Technical Market Report
Nothing in the past week changed my expectation that we are at or near a market cycle high. In addition to deterioration in the breadth indicators the seasonal patterns are…
The GDP Equation
The dollar is continuing its slide. In a recent article in the Financial Times, Fred Bergsten suggested the dollar could slide another 15-20% on average. Dr. Woody Brock (see more…
CTA Confidential: Wellfleet Asset Management, LLC
Wellfleet's Global Macro Program seeks to exploit price movements in financial futures, specifically stock indices, currency pairs and interest rates, through short- and intermediate-term directional trades. Trading decisions are based…
Not So Benign Neglect
I would furthermore contend that the nature of current Risk Intermediation is seductively problematic. On a short-term basis, enormous bank and money-fund led financial sector expansion has been sufficient to…
Equities Topping but Oil has Further to Gush
So far, Thursday's plunge in the Nasdaq, as gauged by the QQQQ's, represents only a "minor" pullback within the dominant August-Ocotber uptrend -- unless, of course, this recovery rally represents…
