"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •566 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,469.10 | +146.40 | +6.30% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 59.38 | +0.04 | +0.07% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.804 | +0.019 | +1.04% |
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Ethanol •566 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •566 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 566 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 566 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 63.78 | -0.16 | -0.25% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.884 | +0.781 | +25.17% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 2.312 | +0.074 | +3.31% |
Markets / Other
Subprime in Focus
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Head of the Trend: Cognitive Dissonance and the Rise of Peso
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Weekly Wrap-up: On-trend Economic Growth
Indeed, all the more speculative indices, including the Nasdaq brothers (COMPQX, NDX), the Biotechs (BTK), the MidCaps (MID), and the SmallCaps (RUT) are showing poor leadership characteristics, both internally and…
Continuous Commodity CRB
Commodities investors have faced major psychological trials over the past several quarters or so. Back in early May the flagship CRB commodities index hit an all-time nominal high, but then…
I.M.F. Past and Future Gold sales - The Effects Part 2
Last week we looked at the past sales of gold by the I.M.F. and the past reactions of other Central Bankers to outsiders pressing them to sell gold for 'budgetary'…
Reading Between the Lines in the R.E. Market
One of the inescapable conclusions one comes to after a long-term study of history is that current events and financial markets is very little happens without a pre-ordained reason. This…
About Those Proposed IMF Gold Sales
As you have probably heard by now, a blue-ribbon panel recently advised the IMF to sell gold as a way of trying to clean up its finances. The news initially…
Wishful Infeasibility: Fine Art and the Bubble in Money
"...If you like your theatre absurd, keep an eye on the fine-art market in London..."
Irrational Exuberance in China
Recently voiced concerns from the Chinese government that their surging domestic stock market was crossing into bubble territory helped to set off last week's sharp decline, including a single day…
ECB Plans to Hike Again In March But 3.75% Is Unlikely To Be the Peak
While the European Central Bank (ECB) kept its Refi rate unchanged at 3.50% this morning, the policymakers turned notably more hawkish, signaling not only that rates will go up on…
