"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •143 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 975.10 | +4.60 | +0.47% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 71.24 | +1.14 | +1.63% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 2.061 | +0.002 | +0.10% |
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Ethanol •143 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •143 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 143 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 143 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 75.17 | +0.94 | +1.27% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 3.129 | -0.210 | -6.29% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.275 | +0.001 | +0.02% |
Markets / Other
Has Irrational Pessimism Taken Over From Infectious Greed?
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The Third Crisis of American Capitalism
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Dodge City East - Showdown at the Kashmir Line of Control
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Mrs. Watanabe and the Barbarous Relic Signal the End of the Kozuimu Bubble
As George Bush arrives in Japan all the economic and political signals coming out of the country continue to be depressing. You can tell when a person, company or country…
The Leadership Battle to Run the European Central Bank
The dour, hapless and colourless President of the European Central Bank, Wim Duisenberg, finally announced this week that he would be retiring from his position on July 9, 2005, three…
The Argentinean Collapse - Another IMF Triumph
As predicted here, the Argentinean economic policy collapsed last week in an orgy of anger in the streets where almost 20 percent of the population is unemployed and the rest…
The Bubble Implosion: Enron, Argentina…who's next?
The detritus of the financially naughty nineties continue to wash ashore as the greatest financial bubble in modern times unwinds. This week saw the implosion and largest bankruptcy of a…
It Takes Two To Tango
Clearly the Fed wasn't fooling around as it cut the Fed Funds rate in early November by a relatively resounding 50 basis points. You have to go back to 1961…
Window Pains
Investing in the financial markets necessarily involves one's ability to change perspectives over time. Often the job of assessing what is important at any particular point becomes increasingly difficult in…
Losing My Religion?
Contrarian thinking and investment decision making is an art. An acquired feel for the rhythms and circumstances of any current market environment set against the context of personal prior period…
