"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •570 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,741.30 | +164.40 | +6.38% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 61.07 | +1.71 | +2.88% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 1.851 | +0.034 | +1.86% |
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Ethanol •570 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •570 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 570 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 570 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 65.88 | +1.82 | +2.84% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 5.275 | +0.230 | +4.56% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.429 | +0.062 | +2.61% |
Markets / Other
Technically Precious with Merv
It's been a quiet week in the precious metals. The action has been basically lateral with some upward bias. Friday was good but probably with little volume. So, this week…
Market Update: Ghost of Crashes Past
Tuesday's selloff again set off the crash alarms across the media and internet, but this isn't usually how crashes evolve, so highly publicized and with such negative sentiment. I continue…
Precious Points: Notes from the Maestro
A major premise of this weekly update since at least January finally began to receive some mainstream attention last week, namely that the precious metals have tended to trade in…
Honest Money Gold and Silver Report: Market Wrap
The talk of the town last week was Mr. Bernanke?s presentation he gave at the Kansas City Fed's annual symposium, which was held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. My impression was…
Implode-O-Meter Stats vs. the BLS
Lost in the turmoil of credit cards, derivatives, commercial paper, and Fed manipulations on options expiration days, etc are the latest jobs numbers.
Gap Up, Doji
Friday's action suggests a top, but short or mid term - let's take a look here.
Status Quo
Our system is currently in Sell mode but it looks close to going back into buy mode.
The Wilshire 5000 Revisited
All now rests upon the success or failure of more pie-in-the-sky interventions designed to abate a yet to be quantified risk, which now permeates through the financial-sphere with the threat…
Hope Is Not a Strategy
Holding equities for the long run is a nearly universal mantra in our industry but there are many markets that appear to offer a "risk premium," ranging from commodities to…
Just the Facts
With the securitization market clogged up, the banking system balance sheet is ballooning. Bank Credit surged $57bn (week of 8/22) to a record $8.788 TN (4-wk gain of $147bn). For…
