"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •511 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,625.50 | +39.30 | +2.48% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 58.97 | +0.32 | +0.55% |
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Gasoline •32 mins | 1.916 | +0.027 | +1.44% |
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Ethanol •511 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •511 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 511 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 511 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 63.37 | +0.24 | +0.38% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.592 | +0.034 | +0.75% | |
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Heating Oil • 16 hours | 2.326 | -0.028 | -1.20% |
Markets / Other
Peak Copper
If oil is the most important commodity, then copper cannot be far behind. Being used extensively in electrical power cables, electrical equipment, automobile radiators, cooling/refrigeration tubing, heat exchangers, artillery shell…
The Speed 2: Comparing Asset Classes
In the article The Speed [1] published in July 2003 I had analyzed the long-term historical growth rate of the S&P 500 index, earnings and dividends.
Steadfastly Bullish: Bulls to Test US$502-514 then Rocket
Following the US$23 point gain last week, gold jumped another US$14 to touch an intraday high of US$544.50 on the front month (February) COMEX contract in Asian trading Monday before…
Fed Opens Door for a January Pause
...the dollar, the Fed and the European Central Bank is a near mirror image of that of late last year/beginning of this year. Today, we have a weakening dollar as…
Weekly Wrap-up: Some Risks for 2006
With the US Economy set up as a leveraged play on itself, an inverted yield curve (which historically has a tendency to slow economic growth) could pose some serious problems…
Weird Goings-On In The Gold Market
To say that the price of gold has been behaving somewhat strangely lately - is perhaps a bit of an understatement. In fact, the steady [bordering on dramatic] rise in…
The Weekly Review of Independent Opinions
In advance of the Federal Reserve's statement on Tuesday, December 13, many of the newsletters and Internet sites have adopted a neutral stance, reasoning that the Fed's statement will move…
US Money Printing to Continue!
Tight money policies, which would depress asset prices such as stocks and home prices is simply not an option the Fed will consider. As a result, inflation will continue, whereby…
Households - Another Quarter Older and Deeper In Debt
Here's the good news. In the third quarter, the market value of households' assets increased by 2.7%. Here's the bad news, the value of households' liabilities increased by 3.0%.
Roca Mines - A Potential New Molybdenum Producer
Moly is a critical alloying metal in pipeline applications especially in cold climates. The MacKenzie Valley pipeline, for example, is in the final planning stage. It is 1,220 kilometres long…
