"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •100 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 994.40 | +18.20 | +1.86% |
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WTI Crude •13 hours | 75.56 | -0.29 | -0.38% |
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Gasoline •13 hours | 2.152 | +0.001 | +0.03% |
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Ethanol •100 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •100 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 100 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 100 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 12 hours | 79.04 | -0.36 | -0.45% | |
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Natural Gas • 13 hours | 2.632 | -0.043 | -1.61% | |
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Heating Oil • 13 hours | 2.344 | -0.007 | -0.30% |
Markets / Other
Yen and US Stagflation Push Gold Higher
The US dollar has begun 2016, by staging a horrific technical meltdown against the Japanese Yen.
Pento's Predictions for 2016
2015 was a year where nearly every asset class failed to provide any returns at all. If fact, the SP500 hasn't gone anywhere in about the past 400 days. An…
Diving Into the Revisions: Construction Spending Revised Lower 7 Consecutive Months! 2015 GDP Will Decline vs. Estimates: By How Much?
For two years, construction spending went up vs. previous reported data. The net effect is GDP did indeed rise more than reported in 2014. The flip side is 2015 GDP…
Are Rising Interest Rates Bullish or Bearish for Gold?
I've seen articles explaining that rising interest rates are bearish for gold and I've seen articles explaining that rising interest rates are bullish for gold, so which is it? Are…
USD/JPY - Holding Below 120.00
USD/JPY selling pressure continues. Shortterm technical structure suggests a stronger downside momentum. Hourly support can be found at 118.07 (15/10/2015 low). Hourly resistance lies at 123.76(18/11/2015 high).
Hedge Funds Remain Bullish Oil
Just as the case with Silver, so do the hedge funds remain stubbornly long in crude oil. Here is the updated COT chart as of last Tuesday, December 29, 2015.
Most and Least Promising Stock Funds Categories
I'll start with the good news. The overall market, including nearly all subcategories of funds, especially international funds, is no longer at what I previously felt was a dangerously high…
Betting on Deflation May Be a Huge Mistake. Here's Why...
Precious metals investors heading into 2016 worry the dollar will continue marching ahead, right over the top of gold and silver prices. The Fed is telegraphing additional rate hikes throughout…
Peak Complexity and Impending Reversion to the Mean
If you were to ask everyday people out there today if life was getting too complicated for them, it's my belief they would come back with a resounding consensus of…
2015: A Very Odd Year In The Markets
When markets are showing inflection point characteristics as they are today, often the big move (up or down) is triggered by something new to the markets. If the current sideways…
