"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •198 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 965.50 | +17.10 | +1.80% |
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WTI Crude •15 hours | 77.88 | -0.80 | -1.02% |
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Gasoline •15 hours | 2.112 | -0.011 | -0.52% |
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Ethanol •198 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •198 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 198 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 198 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 14 hours | 80.79 | -0.50 | -0.62% | |
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Natural Gas • 15 hours | 3.948 | -0.310 | -7.28% | |
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Heating Oil • 15 hours | 2.621 | +0.004 | +0.15% |
Markets / Other
The Curious Greenspan and the GSEs
Dr. Greenspan recognizes he has a major problem, and he is surely anxiously aware that he must attempt to rein in GSE debt growth. They have become too powerful, they…
Vindication for the FED?
It seems to us that in particular, there is a general perception that the anti-recession policies pursued by the government and the Federal Reserve during the last few years have…
Stalling Monetary Growth
Our pair of charts this week highlights the stalling US monetary growth compared with the flagship S&P 500 stock index. The first graph looks at the broad M3 monetary measure,…
In Denial. One thing Europe and America have in common.
But Europeans are not the only people who refuse to learn from their past mistakes. Remarks made by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Governor Ben Bernanke, at the American…
China
China's banking system is developing rapidly with growing deposits denominated in both local and foreign currencies in all its financial institutions (including foreign-funded ones). They reached RMB22 trillion at the…
Confidence Down, Earnings Up
Retailers have been reporting stellar fourth quarter results over the past two weeks. Home Depot fourth quarter same store sales advanced 7.6% compared to last year. Part of the gain…
Gold Stocks at the "Rim" of the Bowl
So is the gold stock correction over? Let's take a look at a leading blue-chip gold stock to try and get some insight. Below is the daily chart of Placer…
Poor Man's Gold
If there is any key reason, however, to hold silver it is the severe supply/demand imbalance that has been built up over years of low prices. There has consistently for…
Stocks -- In the Trenches!
As further indication of the 'nothing-can-go-wrong' mentality currently prevailing, major sentiment indicators remain exceptionally bullish, despite all the talk about that old 'wall of worry.' Markets should always be assessed…
Inflation versus Deflation
The reason central banking is the engine of inflation is because it is the medium through which all banks under its umbrella come to agreement on the extension of credit.…
