"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •407 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,351.70 | -9.80 | -0.72% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 63.52 | -0.44 | -0.69% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.094 | -0.015 | -0.72% |
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Ethanol •407 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •407 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 407 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 407 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 66.46 | -0.38 | -0.57% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.902 | +0.061 | +2.15% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.235 | +0.001 | +0.02% |
Markets / Other
The Singularity Is Near
This week, after a few brief thoughts on central bank buying of the dollar, and a very interesting observation about dopamine addiction in the US from Jim Williams (this you…
Back to Belgium: Are Things About to Look Up in the Euro-zone?
It's been a while - almost a year, in fact - since we touched base with one of our favorite pointers on Euro-zone economic growth, Belgium's so-called leading indicator. The…
Gold Bull Stage Two
The Ancient Metal of Kings has majestically carved a series of new bull-to-date highs in the past week, breaking out to the upside after consolidating for the better part of…
A "Sweet" Deal!
In 2001, commodities (adjusted for inflation) were the cheapest they had ever been in the history of capitalism and this marked the end of their two decade slump. Since then,…
China Is Open for Business
When you add relatively easy access to money to a seemingly unlimited supply of skilled labor and a sense of opportunity, you get a dynamite combination ready to do business…
Houses and Commodities
We have little doubt that the US housing market is in 'bubble' territory. Also, history tells us that all markets are mean reverting; in other words, that a market that…
Honest Money Part V: History of American Money and Banking
Many authors have written about a shortage of money in colonial times. There was a deficiency of sound money, due to specific reasons, but a lack of money there was…
Moneyization Part Seventeen
Direction is an essential parameter that must be understood. Gold investors have the right direction while paper asset groupies continue going off the wrong way. Perhaps the fundamental problem is…
Hurricane George is Heading Straight for Your Portfolio
As if the damage from Hurricane Katrina was not bad enough, Hurricane George Bush has been gathering strength over the Potomac, and is now a category five monster headed straight…
The Oktoberfest Hangover Comes Early
On Monday, Germany awoke with a massive hangover - not, as it were, caused by the beginning of Oktoberfest last weekend, but rather the result of its national election which,…
