"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •376 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,424.70 | +6.70 | +0.47% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 66.50 | -0.48 | -0.72% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 2.158 | -0.007 | -0.33% |
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Ethanol •376 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •376 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 376 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 376 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 68.87 | -0.34 | -0.49% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.421 | -0.045 | -1.30% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.381 | -0.009 | -0.39% |
Markets / Other
Out of Aces
Throughout the course of financial history, a similar tale has been told over and over again: Overly confident businessmen and women that gulped at success and became drunk with power...only…
Charting the Course of the Secular Bear Market
Four years ago, I introduced the Stock Cycle and the price to resources (P/R) valuation measure I use to track the cycle.[1] Figure 1 shows a plot of P/R defining…
Silver Market Update
Although silver could spike higher towards $8 from here, the odds favour a reaction short-term, not merely because of the outlook for gold and the dollar, but for its own…
Gold Market Update
While gold did not become anywhere near as overbought as silver on its mid-month run-up, the odds favour a short-term correction from here. There are several factors that taken together…
Why You Should Own Gold & Dollars
There were two booms - gold, silver, and crude oil in 1980. Then if you look at The Economist's commodity index, it had an important high in 1988. The way…
AMEX Oil Index (XOI)
The XOI continues to advance as expected, however, the index has 3-4 weeks remaining prior to a top being put in. The upper Bollinger bands are riding the index, which…
The Dow-Gold Crossover, Part Two
What will happen now will show how much 'oomph' is left in the old US/Fed economic consortium. Greenspan has not indicated that faster rate rises are on the horizon. Continued…
Technical Market Report
Last week I pointed out the unusual seasonal characteristics of the week before the Presidents day holiday. The market did the opposite. Monday and Tuesday which usually have had a…
Bretton Woods, Part Two
What I want to do over the next few weeks is to show you why Greenspan is right. You must remain vigilant against complacency. The last "Big Thing" to come…
It Has Everything to do with 'Finance,' Mr. Chairman
The dollar was notably unimpressive this week in spite of the jump in market yields and the marketplace's perception of a more hawkish Fed. The "reflation trade" is working well…
