"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 •10 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
Deflation to the Rescue
Time is the least common denominator of all things, including in the stock market. We'd all be lost if we couldn't look at the clock throughout the day since time…
Money Market Issues
Some still refer inaptly to the "subprime crisis". It should by now be evident that subprime was merely the point of initial risk market dislocation, in a crisis of debt…
Signs Of The Times
...one usually critical and widely-followed observer on August 18 wrote, "Rather than the End of the World, credit markets will get back to normal, as there is a lot of…
Features of the Week
Welcome to our "Features of the week", where we share some of the web's most interesting articles, interviews, and blog posts. Sit back, browse, and enjoy.
Write Some Checks! Bail 'Em Out!
The head of Ford just demanded a cut in interest rates too, and now Bill Gross of Pimco, head of the world's biggest bond fund, says Washington should step in…
Aging Infrastructure
We should re-examine how we handle the taxes we collect for infrastructure and how we allocate that money. At the very least reins need to be put on the Highway…
It's a Shoe In
The current economic debate really boils down to one essential question: "Will there be a recession?" To me, the question has about as much vitality as debating whether Roger Clemens…
What the HUI?!?
After weathering a consolidation running for 16 months now, the remaining precious-metals-stock investors and speculators are a pretty hardened lot. Used to being the ridiculed black-sheep contrarians, it takes quite…
Will Gold Benefit from Calmed or Crippled Confidence?
The gold price has continued to look solid in the $650 area. Confidence in the banking, not just the mortgage system was given quite a blow last week. The $…
What is Going On?
Beyond the markets conforming to the preferred wave-counts that we have been monitoring for months on end - inclusive of interventions - NOTHING that we have not readily anticipated nor…
