"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •99 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 987.40 | +11.20 | +1.15% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 75.64 | -0.21 | -0.28% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 2.147 | -0.004 | -0.19% |
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Ethanol •99 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •99 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 99 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 99 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 79.10 | -0.30 | -0.38% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.686 | +0.011 | +0.41% | |
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Heating Oil • 17 mins | 2.347 | -0.004 | -0.17% |
Markets / Other
Non-Manufacturing ISM Cracks Appear: 8 of 18 Industries in Contraction
The non-manufacturing (services) ISM is still growing but prices and new export orders both plunged into contraction. Moreover, 8 out of 18 industries fell into outright contraction.
Keeping an Eye on Bullion Supply and Demand
A lot is riding on the demand side of the equation when it comes to metals' price performance this year. Demand is the bigger wildcard with signals thus far being…
German DAX: Downtrend Still In Play
DAX is trading higher this week but so far rally is not impressive; we see some slow moves here so it can easily be a corrective movement. An updated count…
Seasonality Is Out of Season
Major support levels have held, perhaps slightly bent last month, but they did not break. Major support level of the SPX is 1880. If this support is breached, it may…
Ten Years After The Greenspan Fed
Ten years ago this week, Alan Greenspan left his post as head of the US Federal Reserve, facing disgrace among hard money advocates, which largely persists to this day.
Portion of US Treasury Yield Curve Inverts
Curve Watchers' Anonymous has had its eyes on the yield curve in expectation that portions of the curve would invert. A small inversion did happen on Tuesday when yield on…
Crude Oil - Bearish Pressure Remains
Crude continues to move lower towards support at 29.39 (26/01/2016).The technical structure remains clearly negative in a context of oil oversupply. The short-term retracement is now ending. Hourly support is…
Why So Negative?
The news on Friday that the Bank of Japan had joined the ECB in pushing policy rates negative was absorbed with brilliant enthusiasm on Wall Street. At least, much of…
Past Due! Illinois Vendors Furious as Unpaid Bills Top $10 Billion
Illinois has not had a budget for 8 months and counting. Unpaid bills pile up having now reached a record $10 billion to $12 billion according to state comptroller Leslie…
Epic Battle: Hedge Funds Versus China
To sum up, a big yuan devaluation might force the same decision on much of Asia, Europe and North America -- all at once. So instead of a drawn-out, back-and-forth…
