"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
 |
Gold •666 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
|
Platinum •15 mins | 1,992.70 | +92.10 | +4.85% |
 |
WTI Crude •11 mins | 106.13 | -0.75 | -0.70% |
|
Gasoline •2 hours | 3.818 | +0.077 | +2.06% |
|
Ethanol •666 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
|
Silver •666 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
 |
Silver • 666 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
|
Copper • 666 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
|
Brent Crude • 11 mins | 111.79 | +1.35 | +1.22% | |
|
Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.766 | +0.119 | +4.50% | |
|
Heating Oil • 2 hours | 4.154 | -0.044 | -1.06% |
Markets / Other
As Good As it Gets
Look no further than the Derivatives Inferno Tower of Financial Weaponry to explain the above rise in United States Treasury Failures. Settlement fails, occur when securities are not delivered and…
Gold: Connect the Dots
Deciding when to buy and when to sell (in any market) is a difficult process. Since there are no guarantees, the best one can do is to gather bits and…
Peak Credit?
No matter whether the speculation has been in tangible assets, as in 1980 or 1988 or, for that matter, in 1920, one key to the contraction has been the spike…
Deficit Shrinks on Temporary Oil Drop
The US trade deficit fell 3% in May to $55.35 billion from a revised $56.90 billion (previous $56.96 billion) in April. Imports fell 0.9% to $162.2 bln, while exports rose…
BondWorks
The past week was a terrible example in the emotional swings a city, a country, and most of the world could go through in very short time span. The G-8…
Trade Deficit Puts Dollar Back in The Spot Light
Ever since the French "no" vote, the world's attention has been diverted away from the high-wire act taking place in America, to the side-show happening in Europe. However, with Luxemburg's…
Connecting The Dots
The big story of the day was not the extensive damage to Gulf of Mexico oil rigs or the sharp spike in the price of oil back over $60. The…
Diatribes of a Deflationist........Why They Are Wrong
This editorial is a summary of why deflationists are wrong about being at the cusp of a deflationary event. One article brought into the light for discussing these points are…
Endgame
In my business life, I am seeing an urgency in new levels of public corporate greed and desperation. Quarter-end engineering of the books has always been present to one degree…
The Long Term Outlook of the "Long Term Investor"
There's no question that the time frame of many traders and investors - as well as commercial establishments - has become decidedly short term in nature ever since the end…
