"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •148 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 938.30 | +6.50 | +0.70% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 68.98 | +0.26 | +0.38% |
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Gasoline •1 hour | 1.973 | -0.000 | -0.02% |
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Ethanol •148 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •148 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 148 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 148 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 73.14 | +0.31 | +0.43% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.278 | +0.074 | +2.31% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.212 | +0.008 | +0.36% |
Markets / Other
The Relative Dollar and Gold
In the past couple weeks I have seen more and more European financial analysts suggest that the probability of public official European intervention in the currency markets approaches very high…
The Disappearing Jobs
While the US has been hit harder it is also occurring in Canada. And the job losses are not just in manufacturing as white collar professions are now being hit…
Gold - The Weekly Global Perspective
The funds continued to drive the market, pushing so hard when the gold price spiked to $430, the all the bearish players in this region were scared right out of…
Exporting American Jobs
Economists observing the American labor market are saddened especially by two sets of Federal policies which subject highly productive American labor to competitive disadvantage. One springs from monetary policy that…
Gold, Yields, and PE's
We're going to show you lots of good pictures today in order to try and shed some light on the meaning of the behavior of this relationship past, present, and…
Will the Momentum Continue?
Similar to last month, the non-manufacturing survey revealed that the service sector continued to decelerate in December. The ISM non-manufacturing survey dropped 1.5 points and was 2.4 points below expectations.…
Dealing With Our Issues
Unless payroll employment begins to pick up dramatically in very short order, we expect a fading consumer to be a meaningful theme for 2004. In fact, accelerating in terms of…
The Dollar's Fortunes
As the dollar continues to decline there will be a battle for world reserve fiat status. But there will be no winners. The EU tauntings that exchange controls may be…
Doomerang!
Ever increasing injections of the ever-plentiful paper-drug were needed to keep the economic "high" going - and those injections were readily supplied by the US, the money-machine of the world.…
Treasure in the Hills
But the real stars of the show are going to be the junior exploration mining companies themselves. Many of them rose late this year coming off huge bases. The gains…
