"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •569 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 2,741.30 | +164.40 | +6.38% |
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WTI Crude •3 hours | 61.07 | +1.71 | +2.88% |
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Gasoline •3 hours | 1.851 | +0.034 | +1.86% |
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Ethanol •569 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •569 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 569 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 569 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 2 hours | 65.88 | +1.82 | +2.84% | |
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Natural Gas • 3 hours | 5.275 | +0.230 | +4.56% | |
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Heating Oil • 3 hours | 2.429 | +0.062 | +2.61% |
Markets / Other
Asset Deflation 9: Metals and Real Estate Closer to Comatose
Real estate deflation continues to drag down all markets. It is an insidious disease that continues to eat away everyone's flesh one ugly blotch at a time. Investors ignore those…
Stock Trends, Charts and Commentary
'It is now Noon time, so we will do an update on how the NYBR did in predicting a reversal after the open this morning. (This morning's posting is below…
The Golden Lunch
...The commodity view of gold fails to explain WHY people buy gold, whether it's rough jewelry in India or investment-grade bars stored in Swiss vaults...
So, the Housing Recession Is Contained?
...That's the conventional wisdom, but recent reports from retailers might suggest otherwise. Early in June, Bed Bath & Beyond issued a profit warning. BB&B's chief executive, Steven Temares, said: "Based…
Chicago Fed Index Suggests Continued Below-Trend Growth in Q2
The Chicago Fed publishes a national economic activity index each month that only the Chicago Fed's economic research department and I pay attention to. This index is not a leading…
Stock Market: CNBC Report
S&P: A few weeks ago I said the index had hit a peak and would go down to or marginally below the February high. There is a strong probability the…
Gold Thoughts
All of you with money in hedge funds, that gave money to your alma mater so they could speculate in hedge funds, and that bought BX on offering, the clippers…
Gone In Sixty Seconds
...bubble, easy money, inflation in fiat money supply, inflation in commodities and hard assets, inflation, fear of inflation, rising rates, YC inverting, flattening, rising and inverting again, tightening, withdrawal of…
Towards a New Gold Standard
Back when I still used to watch TV - back when Greenspan was still Fed Chairman - CNBC used to focus on the size of his briefcase going into the…
Emerging Markets Volatility, Regional Banks Negative Alpha Just Two More Warning Signs
Emerging markets have been a clear focus of public equity market speculation in the 2002-07 cycle (there's much larger speculation in private equity, structured finance and derivative markets).
