"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •208 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 961.30 | -10.80 | -1.11% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 73.09 | -1.57 | -2.10% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 2.030 | -0.019 | -0.93% |
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Ethanol •208 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •208 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 208 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 208 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 77.00 | -1.50 | -1.91% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.678 | -0.349 | -8.67% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.461 | -0.055 | -2.20% |
Markets / Other
Sometimes They Do Ring A Bell
It typically takes years for valuations to fall in bear markets to levels from where a new bull market can begin. Why does it take so long? Why don't we…
Monetary Disorder
When the unsuspecting public lost from a stock market boom and gone bust, the ever enlarging pool of liquidity rushed to play the sure thing of bond and real estate…
Political and Monetary Reform
In 1900, all levels of government were taking only 10% of GDP and the public was sceptical about big government. In the last part of the 20th Century, the government…
US Dollar Bear Notoriety
The dollar is definitely in a secular bear, but the popular notoriety surrounding this event is certainly in a bull market these days. As a belligerent contrarian, few things make…
Bubbles in Real Estate
Maladjustments in real estate differ visibly from the afflictions of stock and bond markets which are national or even international in range and scope. Landed property is an inherently local…
Is the US Killing the Euro?
We now find ourselves at a juncture where the US (in its efforts to continue to paper-over its excesses and their consequences) absolutely MUST have a lower dollar to even…
Is the "Sweet Spot" in the XAU Still Sweet?
One reason why the gold stock sector has continued its momentum uptrend can be attributed to the post-election rally that began last week when President Bush was re-elected. Commodity-based stocks…
Gold, Dollar And Palladium
It also means that very soon it will pay for overseas subscribers to switch to Dollars or move some of their money into dollar denominated assets. US citizens and residents…
Gold - The Weekly Global Perspective
The oil price handed over the baton to the gold price this week, with oil retreating steadily [ahead of the Nigerian strike to come] and the $ price of gold…
Another 25 Basis Points, How Many Left?
Part of the appetite for debt has been fed by the low interest rate environment that has been sponsored by the Federal Reserve. While the Fed increased rates this week…
