"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •144 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 958.40 | -16.70 | -1.71% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 70.91 | -0.33 | -0.46% |
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Gasoline •13 mins | 2.047 | -0.014 | -0.69% |
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Ethanol •144 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •144 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 144 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 144 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 74.94 | -0.23 | -0.31% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.332 | +0.203 | +6.49% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.275 | +0.000 | +0.01% |
Markets / Other
General Mortgage Corporation
This quarter marks a milestone in the economy. While it has been close, General Motors now makes more money from its finance division (GMAC) than from selling cars. During the…
Time To Refocus On The Economy
March retailing data, which will be released this Friday, will be difficult to gauge for numerous reasons. Easter falls on April 20 this year compared to March 31 last year,…
Stock Market Takes a Back Seat
There is mixed data on whether the war is causing the economy to slow down. Merrill Lynch found that 17% of IT managers are slowing their spending because of the…
Who Knows What the Economy Do
Unfortunately, there is quite a bit going on in the economy. While February is a difficult month to draw conclusion from since much on the country was impacted by weather…
Consumers Have to Slow Down
The latest survey from the Cambridge Consumer Credit Index on consumer credit card use was sensationalized, even by them. One its homepage, www.cambridgeconsumerindex.com, there is a large teaser graphic with…
Trending Below 16 Million
February auto sales fell 7% from last years pace to 15.4 million units as increased incentives failed to drive sales. It is becoming very apparent that sales were pulled forward…
No Confidence
Consumer confidence plummeted in February according to the latest survey by the Conference Board. Along with the headline number, almost every component of the index fell to nine year lows.…
Round and Round
Last week's employment report from the Department of Labor showing an increase of 143,000 jobs shocked most economists. However, the majority of the jobs created were more of massaging. Since…
What are Hedge Funds Hedging?
Total assets in hedge funds have grown quickly to about $600 billion. Even after this rapid growth, it still remains a small portion of the overall investment realm - Fidelity…
When Hogs Land
I was hoping I would find several egregious examples of poor earnings quality. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any great examples to show how to detect red…
