"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •411 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,333.30 | -3.70 | -0.28% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 63.05 | -0.37 | -0.58% |
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Gasoline •13 mins | 2.088 | -0.010 | -0.50% |
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Ethanol •411 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •411 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 411 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 411 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 66.23 | -0.37 | -0.56% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.883 | -0.007 | -0.24% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.245 | +0.005 | +0.22% |
Markets / Other
Why Your Bank Deposits May Be at Risk
Elliott Wave International's July issue of The Elliott Wave Theorist reminds us why bank depositors need to prepare for the worst before a nation's financial system is gripped by crisis…
Misleading The American Public: Social Security and The National Debt
We are told that many economics experts don't worry about the total national debt because $5 trillion of that debt doesn't really exist; it is rather just a theoretical bookkeeping…
Bank of Canada Announces Tools Including -0.5 Interest Rates; Loonie Sinks to 2004 Low; Right Tool at the Right Time
The Canadian dollar, affectionately known as the loonie because of a loon on the one dollar coin, has crashed vs. the US dollar.
Subtle Clues: Not Everyone Thinks the Fed Will Win
The illiquid trading of December is already well in evidence - and we haven't even reached the bad part yet. One we are past the CPI report and the Fed…
The End is Near, Part 6: Individual Investors Rediscover Individual Stocks
... while the broad market averages tread water, the biggest professional investors are selling their shares to 1) small investors who suddenly think they can beat the market and 2)…
Fed's Rocket Ship Turns Hoverboard
Over the past year, while the U.S. economy has continually missed expectations, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has assured all who could stay awake during her press conferences that it…
Unwinding Carry Trades and Unintended Consequences
The European Central Bank under the auspices of Mario Draghi has created a market destabilizing condition known as the euro carry trade. Mr. Draghi recently telegraphed to the markets a…
Sentiment
Technicians typically look for signs of excess bullishness or bearishness in sentiment polls to conclude markets have swung too far in one direction or the other. An extreme in bullishness…
Gold In 2016: Janet and Chindia
When times change, champions change with the times. To survive in the West's new era of long term slow growth, business owners have essentially had to reinvent themselves. Their mantra…
A Wrap Up of Last Week's Peek Behind the Policy Curtain
The Fed is not for the people. I don't think I am enlightening anyone with that comment. The Fed is for corporations and in particular, financial corporations.
