"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 •10 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
Unfinished Business
Although the recent official headline recession is over for now, current labor market conditions resemble anything but a strong economic recovery. Important in that households have stretched financially over the…
Rational Pessimism?
Although it should really be no surprise to anyone, it's pretty darn clear that emotion can play a big role in investment decision making on a day to day basis.…
Double Trouble
For those who have kindly read our discussions for almost the past half decade, you know that we try to deal in facts when approaching financial market and economic analysis.…
The Corp. Of The Problem
The recent revisions to the original 1Q GDP report a few weeks back deserve mention. If for nothing more than to reinforce the point that we're a long way from…
Belaboring The Point
We live in a nominal world of currency, corporate revenues and net income. The last time we checked, corporations were still reporting results in nominal terms. But, who knows, if…
Yesterday Came Suddenly
It often times amuses us that history can be both our greatest ally and worst enemy. For those who expect tomorrow to play out exactly as yesterday would suggest, disappointment…
At The Margin
A mania that seems to be waning at the moment. Mom and pop America have not liquidated equity fund assets on a net basis, but have slowed purchases to a…
The Struggle For The Legal Tender
In our modern world of 24/7 streaming information blaring at us from the boob tube, the financial press and the nineteen inch flat panel screen, it's pretty darn easy to…
The Economic Recovery: Debt Or Alive?
It's that time of the year again, now isn't it? Specific new year prognostications and predictions fill the financial "tabloids" from sea to shining sea. Stock picks, interest rate calls,…
Tangled Up In Blue
The gang rivalry on the Street these days is clearly identifiable by the colors favored by two disparate factions. At best, the gangland coexistence can be characterized as volatile. Volatility…
