"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •799 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,779.00 | -22.10 | -1.23% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 103.05 | +0.57 | +0.56% |
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Gasoline •13 mins | 3.413 | +0.020 | +0.58% |
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Ethanol •799 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •799 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 799 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 799 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 108.25 | +0.62 | +0.58% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 2.836 | +0.002 | +0.07% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 5.107 | +0.050 | +0.99% |
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History Should Serve As A Guide To This Wild Ride
Even though I have not posted commentary in the last few months, I have been keenly aware of the wild ride that has occurred in the commodity markets over the…
Remembering Richebacher
Dr. Kurt Richebächer, a legendary luminary in the Austrian school of economics vein, has, I am very sorry to say, died. I will miss him, although I never met him,…
The Continuing Crisis
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Gold and the Fed
The Fed never likes to see substantial strength in the gold market, but notwithstanding all the entertaining theories to the contrary the central banks have very little direct control over…
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Technically Precious with Merv
Global markets weakening, U.S. dollar weakening, gold zooming higher ? is this what is sometimes called a "perfect storm" for gold?
Act Two of the Credit Crisis is Coming
The selling isn't over yet. Financial crises come in two waves. The first wave is when people realize there is a problem in the financial system and the second wave…
The US Economy: Is a Recession on the Way?
There have been oodles of commentary about the effects of the subprime real estate fiasco and how this will impact on the US economy. The first thing to bear in…
Central Banks Panic as Credit Crunch Looms
So what is going on here? It's being argued that the problem is not a shortage of cash in the banking system but a misallocation of cash. This view does…
Weekly Wrap-up: EM-Ratio -- What, Me Worry?
The stock market freaked out a bit on Friday because nonfarm payrolls growth was negative, printing a disappointingly -4K on Friday (consensus around +100K). While it's true that one number…
