"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •400 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,344.80 | -9.40 | -0.69% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 64.39 | +0.51 | +0.80% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 2.093 | +0.015 | +0.72% |
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Ethanol •400 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •400 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 400 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 400 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 66.98 | +0.55 | +0.83% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.089 | +0.022 | +0.72% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.305 | +0.038 | +1.67% |
Markets / Other
The Silver Stock Sector in August
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A Discriminating Eye On CPI
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Buying Silver in Mexico
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GM Offers "Heaps of Gold" to Entice Car Buyers
If John Maynard Keynes were alive today, he would be horrified to see gold rallying again, and for a reason very familiar to the British economist: India's 'ruinous' love of…
Worldwide Markets Rundown
The purpose of this commentary is to give our readers a brief rundown of what my views are on the various markets around the world - starting from a monetary…
An Asset Allocator's Nightmare
The world of modern finance refers to diversification as the use of non-correlating assets. The College of Financial Planning's Investment Planning textbook teaches that, "Diversification and the reduction in unsystematic…
The Modern Command Economy: the 30-Year Bond is Returning
The U.S. consumer and the U.S. government have a lot in common: ever more powerful drugs are required to keep them spending. The latest move by the Treasury Department to…
Pivotal Events
Some would think that the real driver for the stock market is the discovery that the economy is in the perfection of the "Goldilocks" mode, which was last "discovered" in…
Greenspan's $500/Oz. Legacy
Housing prices are booming. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 stock indices are at four-year highs. The Russell 2000 index is at an all-time high. The unemployment rate is not far…
Waiting For Goldot
It has been psychologically draining for goldbugs to watch day after day as the "pig" makes new high after new high, obviously benefiting from the inflation-fueled concept we in America…
