"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •583 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,099.40 | +28.80 | +1.39% |
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WTI Crude •9 hours | 63.55 | +0.26 | +0.41% |
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Gasoline •9 hours | 1.953 | +0.027 | +1.38% |
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Ethanol •583 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 583 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 8 hours | 68.05 | +0.50 | +0.74% | |
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Natural Gas • 9 hours | 3.422 | -0.087 | -2.48% | |
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Heating Oil • 9 hours | 2.413 | +0.020 | +0.84% |
Markets / Other
Strange Bedfellows
Gold miners had a ferocious rally on Friday. As usual, there are crosscurrents in these choppy seas as nobody seems able to get a handle on the major macro theme…
Another Mini-Inflation Wave Coming Up?
It's been a difficult time lately for hard asset investors as measured by the decline in the price of the spot gold index from its March high of approximately $445…
Silver Market Update
Silver reacted quite sharply last week from resistance at the March highs, following the buildup of a large "Commercial" short position, and is now at a critical juncture above key…
Gold Market Update
At first glance gold pushing higher while the dollar is rising may seem strange, but the explanation lies in the fact that it is not so much a matter of…
Bonds Fall, the End of the Conundrum?
Bonds keep rising and long yields keep falling. Forgetting the patterns for a moment, either one of two things are occurring. Either we are going to see a flat -…
From Misallocations of Resources to Further Misallocation!
Because of a strong US dollar, a recovery in the stock market, further strength in the US housing industry, disappointing news from Europe, and rallying US government bonds to new…
Technical Market Report
The tables cover 1963 - 2004 for the OTC and 1928 - 2004 for the SPX. The behavior of the indices over all periods is remarkably similar. During the 1st…
Whither Europe and the Euro?
The European Central Bank seems to be stuck in time. There is a clear demand by slow growth states for lower interest rates. Yet the ECB continues to worry about…
China Trade Wars
Will starting trade wars with China be what tips the world's financial system over? China has certainly grabbed its share of ink lately even amongst the hype over the rejection…
A New Federal Agency for a New Economy!
We need a permanent economic stimulus generator in this time of financial trepidation! Too many Americans are feeling financial angst. Uncertainty breeds fear, and fear slows consumption. We must eliminate…
