"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 •10 mins | 962.80 | -12.30 | -1.26% |
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WTI Crude •16 mins | 70.84 | -0.40 | -0.56% |
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Gasoline •32 mins | 2.050 | -0.012 | -0.57% |
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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 • 16 mins | 74.80 | -0.37 | -0.49% | |
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Natural Gas • 17 mins | 3.394 | +0.265 | +8.47% | |
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Heating Oil • 19 mins | 2.273 | -0.002 | -0.08% |
Markets / Other
Weighing On The Market
Pundits have been asking why the market is not perking up with the increasingly optimistic economic data that has been coming out recently. The usual answer is fear of terrorism…
Dominos Falling
Economists have gotten more optimistic about the prospects of the U.S. economy. The latest survey of professional forecasters published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found that economists have…
Is There Risk to the Risk Premium?
It is obvious now to almost everyone that the stock market returns of the late 1990s were drastically above average. Investors are starting to lower their expected returns from the…
Strong Retail Sales, But for How Long?
It appears that the economy has started to recover and the recession is almost a distant memory. Retail sales in April were up a strong 1.2% and industrial production increased…
Venture Capital Dries Up
Money raised by venture capital firms in the first quarter fell by 56% compared to last year. While this is not surprising given the performance of the stock market over…
Capx Spending to the Rescue?
The general consensus for the economy recovery rests on the belief that companies will increase capital spending, which will lead the economy to recovery. As companies increased capital spending, employment…
Cautiously Optimistic
Companies selling to consumers are doing much better, with several posting record results such as the homebuilders. No doubt the booming real estate market helped Sears' home appliance segment post…
Microcosms
Reading through the first batch of earnings releases confirms that the economy is running on two separate tracks. Consumer related companies are experiencing business levels comparable to or surpassing year…
Big (Black n') Blue
The big earnings news this week was the pre-announcement from IBM. IBM announced revenue would be on the light side for the first quarter by more than $1 billion. But…
The Survey Says...
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) released the results its March surveys this week. On Monday, the manufacturing survey had the second consecutive reading over 50 since July 2000 coming…
