"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •567 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •19 mins | 2,491.20 | +40.70 | +1.66% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 60.38 | +0.02 | +0.03% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.846 | +0.022 | +1.21% |
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Ethanol •567 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •567 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 567 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 567 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 64.98 | +0.06 | +0.09% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.853 | +0.946 | +24.21% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.422 | +0.084 | +3.58% |
Markets / Other
Eve of a Bear?
It is hard to believe that only several weeks ago the US stock markets were carving exciting new highs and complacency reigned supreme. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ were trading…
Uranium and the Madness of the Crowds
This week my travels took me to Toronto and to the 75th Annual Prospector's & Developer's Conference. I have been to this event before in years gone by, but this…
The Shape of Things Now - A Follow On
Interesting times eh? I won't delve into the complexities of what caused the moves in the markets, you are probably getting to the point of saturation with all the speculation…
Head of the Trend: On Time and Money
A shocker this week is that the US is "springing forward" with Daylight Saving Time (DST) three weeks early. So we felt this gives us yet another opportunity to point…
Financial Fiascos Everywhere!
I take this barrage of pessimistic headlines to be a contrarian indicator that the worst has already been discounted by the markets and it shouldn't have that great of an…
The Speed of Silver
If the next blow off gathers more pace than the 2004 and 2006 peaks, I suspect the RSI will go over the speed limit of 70. That remains to be…
Housing: Game Over
I am going to get right to the point. Housing, especially in California, is dead money for many years to come. Game over. It's that simple.
2006 4Q Flow of Funds Update
Unless we experience an across-the-board decline in U.S. home prices and unless gasoline rises to $4 a gallon, the secular story of the U.S. consumer remains intact for now.
From the Sub-Prime to the Ridiculous
With the meltdown in the sub-prime mortgage sector now laid bare, many on Wall Street desperately cling to the notion that the pain will be localized. The prevalent delusion is…
Fingers of Instability, Part II
Here are but a few more fingers of instability emerging as we speak, the result of a fiat currencies and credit economies worldwide. Inflationary and deflationary episodes fueling the crosscurrents…
