"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •570 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,741.30 | +164.40 | +6.38% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 61.07 | +1.71 | +2.88% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 1.851 | +0.034 | +1.86% |
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Ethanol •571 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •570 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 570 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 570 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 65.88 | +1.82 | +2.84% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 5.275 | +0.230 | +4.56% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.429 | +0.062 | +2.61% |
Markets / Other
Winter Is Coming
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The End of the 1-Year Sideways Trend
Investors are starting to feel numb by the lack of action in the broad market. Since December, the Dow and SPX have settled into sideways trading ranges. The NYSE Composite…
Now Watch Denmark
One of the reasons we've all heard of George Soros is that back in 1992 he pulled off an epic financial coup by "breaking" the Bank of England. At the…
Expect a Trend Change in Treasuries
U.S. Treasury bonds have traditionally been considered a safe long-term investment - the kind you might include in the "Orphans' Trust" portfolio. However, we believe that may not be the…
Bitcoin Trading Alert: Does Low Volume Suggest Future Action?
In short: speculative short position, stop-loss at $257, take-profit at $153. A new partnership might bring Bitcoin closer to airlines, we read on CoinDesk ...
Tradable Rally in Commodities
Throughout 2014 my commentaries warned of no bottom in commodities until near year-end. Gold got an early start in November but, looking at the S&P GS commodity index, it appears…
Gold In March: Legitimacy and Transparency
All gold community eyes should be on the month of March, for three key reasons. First, London is the world's largest gold trading centre. The LBMA sets the price with a…
TSA Demands Internal Passport for Domestic Travel
Precedents exist for requiring citizens to produce special ID for domestic travel; they include Nazi Germany, apartheid South Africa and Russia (both Imperial and Soviet).
Seven Years Later, Global Debt Keeps Piling Up, $57 Trillion More Than 2007
Central bankers still have not figured out the absurdity of their efforts to cure deflation via low interest rates. By forcing down interest rates and encouraging more lending, debts of…
Fourth Turning - The Shadow of The Crisis Has Not Passed: Part One
When you read pertinent passages from Strauss and Howe's prophetic assessment of history from a generational perspective, eighteen years after its publication and seven years into the Crisis they forecasted…
