"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •446 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,427.10 | +10.60 | +0.75% |
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WTI Crude •2 hours | 62.64 | -0.04 | -0.06% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 1.980 | +0.010 | +0.49% |
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Ethanol •446 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •446 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 446 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 446 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 66.62 | -0.06 | -0.09% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.809 | -0.079 | -2.74% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.297 | -0.002 | -0.07% |
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The Case For a Rising Dollar, Part III: Practice
Bearish sentiment on the dollar seems nearly unanimous. This in and of itself is enough to set the buck up for at least a temporary rally.
Consumers are Starting to Look Tired
Sales have not rebounded in July according to the retail trade group. The ICSC has reported that chain store sales growth has dropped to 2.9% and 3.0% during the first…
Why Cash Is Attractive
Guided by the light of predictable and safe returns, the prudent investor can only arrive at the conclusion that there are potentially outsized risks in owning stocks, bonds, real estate,…
Terrorism, Revolution, and the Financial Markets
The French Revolution period of the late 1700s is a fertile field for study in the various modes of propaganda and manipulation tactics used to bring about political and economic…
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
In recent weeks, as the word "stagflation" has made a few appearances on the national media stage, many bullish skeptics, such as CNBC's Steve Liesman, have downplayed the current "mini"…
Massive New Investment Demand for Gold, Taking the Price Up!
Gold: In the days of yesteryear, it came from wealthy individuals, from institutions, from the near, middle and Far East of the world, with U.S. demand coming through coins and…
Principles of Inequality
When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration Continental Congress had little money and poor means of obtaining more. The financial situation was rather precarious. Congress then authorized many issues of paper…
The Bulls vs. the Bears
As of Sunday evening, July 9, 2006, this author still has no intention of shifting our 100% long position in our DJIA Timing System - even though the upside breadth…
What Are The Finanical Markets Telling Us?
There is no question that the markets made an intermediate bottom on June 13th. All three major indexes also had follow through days within six days after the bottom, which…
Shaky Geopolitics Destabilize Dollar-Gold Relationship
Due to record high unit price paid for crude oil, imports of petroleum products and crude oil soared 17% and 20% to a record $27.9 bln and $20 bln respectively.…
