"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •556 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,296.70 | +29.20 | +1.29% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 59.12 | +1.36 | +2.35% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 1.781 | +0.020 | +1.15% |
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Ethanol •556 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •556 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 556 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 556 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 63.34 | +1.35 | +2.18% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 3.169 | -0.238 | -6.99% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.135 | +0.016 | +0.73% |
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Pricing Gold in a Glut Currency
Throughout that time analysts have been scratching their heads about money supply statistics. These dull figures were once considered a useful indicator of future inflation. Yet although the various measures…
Trade With The Flow
An old rule on Wall Street is that two things drive stocks: corporate profit and interest rates. The fed's in a rate raising cycle, and the 3rd quarter 2005 corporate…
Dollar Sinks as Jobs Blur Fed Picture
Today's payrolls report would not have mattered for the recently damaged US dollar. Considering the 95% probability of a 25-bp rate hike in January priced by the market prior to…
How to Trade the Krazy Korean Kospi after +54% in 2005
Watching the Kospi climb day after day, without much hesitation, to complete its stunning 54% gain, reminds us to never underestimate the Asian penchant for high-stakes risk-taking, especially at home.…
There is Little Value in Broker Economics
The first principle of stockbroker economics is that all news is good. In a weak economy, interest rates tend to fall and in a strong one profits usually rise. It…
It's All About the Data
Margins have improved over the past couple years as companies reduced costs. These lower costs were further leveraged by a strong rebound in economic growth. Most cost cutting measures have…
The $VIX Back Then
The Volatility Index ($VIX) has been making many contrarians nervous during the last few years. The index represents the market's "best guess" of the next 30 days of volatility.
Articles of Confederation And Perpetual Union
A discussion of the thirteen Articles of Confederation will now be offered. Several goals are in mind. First, we intend to provide a glimpse of the political context, as well…
Excerpts From - Gold Forecaster - Global Watch
We have seen gold move from a discredited relic, through to linked to the €, on to a separate currency itself. This is not a short-term condition but a re-establishment…
The Yield Curve Inversion - It's Different This Time?
In the waning trading sessions of 2005, the yield spread between the Treasury 10-year security and the Treasury 2-year security inverted slightly. That is, on some occasions, the yield on…
