"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •588 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,129.30 | -16.40 | -0.76% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 64.64 | +0.01 | +0.02% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.969 | -0.010 | -0.52% |
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Ethanol •588 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •588 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 588 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 588 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 69.37 | -0.03 | -0.04% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.196 | +0.037 | +1.17% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 2.443 | +0.003 | +0.11% |
Markets
War On the Horizon
After two years of winding down the U.S. military’s presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rumblings of war are being felt in Syria. Calls for American intervention in Syria’s civil war…
Greece Highlights Germany's EU Dilemma
On August 11th, German media got hold of and published an internal Bundesbank report which maintained that Greece would likely need further relaxation of the terms of its rescue bailouts.
Market's Assumption of Easy Money May Be Flawed
In the words of the always bubbly Marc Faber, "Ben Bernanke is a money printer". We share Mr. Faber's view on "Helicopter Ben", but the winds of change may be…
Gold: Oversold Bounce or New Bull Market?
This week's Chart of the Week video looks at gold and asks the question: oversold bounce or new bull market? So let's get technical.
Being There
Still as poignant as ever in capturing the essence of an increasingly debased reality of life in an unbridled (fiat currency) economy, we have Being There, Jerzy Kosinski’s masterpiece, first…
Will the Last Person to Exit the Treasury Market Please Turn Out the Lights
When the Fed stops buying Treasuries, foreign and domestic investors will do so as well. This means for a period of time there won't be any one left to buy…
Macro Markets Shrug Off Policy Makers, Ready for a Pivot
Once again we present the Treasury 'TICs' data for China and Japan, most recently available through June. It can be argued that these two countries are the T-bond market, when…
Trying To Stay Sane In An Insane World - Part 3
The core elements of this Crisis have been discernible for decades. The accumulation of private and public debt; the civic, moral, and intellectual decay of our society; the growing power…
Physical Gold and the Financial Market
Could gold go higher, and at least not stay at even lower prices for months? There are strong supply arguments for it. The supply argument tells us that there are…
Income Inequality Explained: Why Wages Don't, Won't, and Can't Keep Up With Productivity
By now, everyone is well aware that real wages have not kept up worker productivity. But why is that? The Fed, government bureaucrats, and economists are puzzled by the phenomenon…
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