"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 •22 hours | 71.24 | +1.14 | +1.63% |
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Gasoline •22 hours | 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 • 21 hours | 75.17 | +0.94 | +1.27% | |
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Natural Gas • 22 hours | 3.129 | -0.210 | -6.29% | |
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Heating Oil • 22 hours | 2.275 | +0.001 | +0.02% |
Markets / Other
A Cheap Stock is Hard to Find
There is no easy answer to this question. So many companies today have either operating losses and/or frequently recurring "non-recurring" charges that the price-earnings ratio, especially in regards to the…
Almost a Negative Real Interest Rate
The Fed easing has not benefited companies that need financing. As Greenspan pointed out before the Senate last week, banks have tightened lending standards during the current period of economic…
The Road to Prosperity That Never Was
As the technology bubble deflates, the severity of mismanagement, and malinvestment grows more evident. Last Friday, Nortel announced that it is will not meet expectations, but didn't end it there.…
Stress Test
The extended growth in real wages and asset prices during the 1990s led consumers to have a great deal of confidence about the future. Consumer confidence tripled to an all-time…
Where is the 'Negative Wealth Effect?'
Ever since the U.S. stock market started to swoon, economists have been waiting for the "negative wealth effect" to slow the over-consumption spree. Much to the disappointment of more than…
Not Dead Yet
With a bounce in consumer confidence and a bump in personal spending, it looks like the consumer got a second wind. The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence rose to…
2Q Is the Economic Bottom, Right?
On Monday, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia released its Survey of Professional Forecasters. The survey found that economists have lowered their economic growth forecasts and increased the probability of…
Two Pairs of Socks and 100 Shares of Cisco
Despite its aura, the high tech industry may not be that much different from the oil bidness (as we Texans used to call it). According to Bianco Research, capital expenditures…
Un-Productivity Abounds
The latest consumer credit data suggest that the American consumer might be starting to retrench and curb the reckless spending spree of the past several years. That is certainly how…
Overstored?
Last Thursday, Prudential Securities sponsored a tour of some of the new retail concepts here in Dallas. This gave me a chance to talk with some of the largest retailers…
