"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •583 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,099.40 | +28.80 | +1.39% |
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WTI Crude •9 hours | 63.55 | +0.26 | +0.41% |
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Gasoline •9 hours | 1.953 | +0.027 | +1.38% |
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Ethanol •583 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 583 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 8 hours | 68.05 | +0.50 | +0.74% | |
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Natural Gas • 9 hours | 3.422 | -0.087 | -2.48% | |
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Heating Oil • 9 hours | 2.413 | +0.020 | +0.84% |
Markets / Other
EWP on the DOW and S&P 500
Since 1920 there have been three major reactions or pauses in the upward movement. The 1929 reaction in the DOW was the largest in the last 100 years falling to…
The Phantom Cartel
The suppression of gold prices began when? I read one story that it began in August 1993 with an anomalous occurrence in prices. Another article claims the price suppression began…
It Is What It Is
Pardon the self-indulgence that follows. The plan is to get back to more focused market observation along with an expanded view into other subjects after this commentary.
The Money Chart
To know where the price of gold is going, in terms of dollars, we need to know the fundamentals. The fundamentals of what? Dollars or gold?
Is the Federal Reserve Preparing for Iran? Beware the Ides of March.
Turnover continues at the top posts of the Federal Reserve, and the inexperience we find leading this institution is alarming at a crucial time when U.S. monetary policy is going…
Technical Market Report
Many of the indicators are directionless, but a few with good recent records are pointing upward. There is also a modestly positive seasonal bias to next week.
Just the Facts
It is worth noting that gold is demonstrating impressive safe haven qualities, surging $10 today after the attempted terrorist attack on a Saudi oil complex.
Probabilities of Recession
This week we look at the possible direction of interest rates both at the long end and the short end. Bottom line: history suggests there is some serious volatility in…
M3 Outrage
For a few months now we've been hearing some voices in the investment and economic communities sound off about the Fed's decision to cease publishing M3 money supply figures. The…
Understanding Nevada's Emerging Gold Plays
If Nevada was a separate country, it would rank as the world's #3 gold producer, with most of that production coming from the Carlin trend where over 50,000,000 ounces of…
