"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 •15 mins | 994.40 | +18.20 | +1.86% |
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WTI Crude •20 hours | 75.56 | -0.29 | -0.38% |
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Gasoline •20 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 • 19 hours | 79.04 | -0.36 | -0.45% | |
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Natural Gas • 20 hours | 2.632 | -0.043 | -1.61% | |
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Heating Oil • 20 hours | 2.344 | -0.007 | -0.30% |
Markets / Other
Checking Back In Regarding a 'Sure Thing'
Several readers sent emails prior to the Fed hike on December 16 that the stock market would collapse immediately following a rate hike. I commented on that sentiment ...
Does The National Debt Supercycle Override The Normal Interest Rate Cycle?
Markets and economies usually run in cycles and there have been numerous previous reversals where falling interest rates have been replaced by rising interest rates. The soothing reassurances from many…
Silver To Lead Gold In 2016
As 2015 comes to an end, gold feels solid. There are many factors coming into play in 2016 that should incentivize investors to add to their positions, and do so…
Get Your Money Out of Italian Banks Now! Austerity and Bail-Ins Fan Populist Flames; Italy's 5-Star Movement to Challenge Renzi
The Italian economy is growing, albeit barely. But Italy is still saddled with massive amounts of debt. Citizens are upset about a recovery that has passed most of them by.…
Falling Interest Causes Falling Profits
Most people assume that prices move as a result of changes in the money supply. Instead, let's look at the effect of changes in interest. To start, consider a hamburger…
Precious Metals COTs Feature Short Covering
As suspected, the gains seen last week in both gold and silver ( and copper for that matter) were primarily the result of short covering. My view is that the…
US Dollar: Bull Market
Cycles tell us that the rally should continue into a final high in the first quarter of 2016. DXY is expected to then begin a bear market which will last…
Misguided Plans to Fix the Fed Part 1: Bernie Sanders
Starting with a recent op-ed in the New York Times by Bernie Sanders, let's take a look at various proposals floating around to fix the Fed and other central banks.
Chinese Markets Short Term Mess but Long Term Opportunity?
In the short term, China is still a mess, and the reasons are all but obvious. Greed and stupidity fueled the bubble that popped back in June of this year.…
Money Metals Issues 2016 Gold/Silver Forecast
Forecasting today's volatile, high-frequency machine driven and manipulated futures markets using fundamental analysis is futile, as a great many precious metals bulls will attest. To complicate matters, an obsession with…
