"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •147 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 931.80 | +1.90 | +0.20% |
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WTI Crude •35 mins | 68.72 | -0.05 | -0.07% |
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Gasoline •51 mins | 1.973 | -0.018 | -0.92% |
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Ethanol •147 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •147 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 147 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 147 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 20 mins | 72.93 | +0.12 | +0.16% | |
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Natural Gas • 35 mins | 3.204 | -0.263 | -7.59% | |
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Heating Oil • 39 mins | 2.204 | -0.037 | -1.64% |
Markets / Other
Starting to Overheat
The Federal Reserve published the latest Beige Book on Wednesday. There were no surprises and it read very similar to the previous release. Consumer spending was strong throughout the country,…
Gold Bears Turn Up the Volume
This is not 1994. There is no one in the administration committed to balancing the budget. There are no hawks at the Fed brave enough to try and slow money…
Saving Gold to Save America?
The dollar, having been the world's only trade and reserve currency for nearly sixty years, is now a captive currency. It is captive to its own bloated trade and current-account…
Barrick Turns "Speculator"?
We will look at the "Commercials" to try to see how they influence the gold price. The market understanding of a "Commercial" is that he is simply a dealer in…
"As the Crow Flies" Does Not Apply to the Stock Markets
Pattern recognition is a very important aspect of technically examining a chart, because post-pattern implications usually follow. A pattern will not always break to the anticipated direction, but patterns in…
Japan: Optimism not Realism
The Japanese economy suffers from two fundamental problems. First it has a structural savings surplus, arising from its unusual demography, and second it has an over-indebted corporate sector. To cure…
Do Economic Statistics Adequately Reflect the Size of the Asian Economies?
One of the reasons why I have chosen to discuss the size of the Asian economies, their impact on commodity prices and on resource-based countries and basic companies aside is…
Poor House II
Since he is making disclosures, your editor might also confess a mixed record when it comes to real estate investing. He has spent the week down in Nicaragua, scouting real…
Bears, Bulls, and Bugs
Bears are interesting creatures: Very opportunistic, and very efficient. They will seek out capital to devour wherever it is created. Even gold bugs are not immune. I once watched a…
Retail Sales
This is a classic case of how selectively taking data out of its true historical context in a hyper-bullish environment can be so unbelievable misleading when you check it out.…
