| Gold •595 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •14 mins | 2,110.90 | -2.00 | -0.09% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 66.27 | +1.08 | +1.66% | |
| Gasoline •16 mins | 1.992 | +0.024 | +1.20% | |
| Ethanol •595 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •595 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 595 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 595 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 71.48 | +1.13 | +1.61% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.009 | -0.002 | -0.07% | ||
| Heating Oil • 17 mins | 2.547 | +0.028 | +1.12% |
Allow me to start this article by emphatically stating that I have a real problem with forecasting stock markets in the general sense. Instead, I prefer to forecast the intrinsic…
Coming out of 2012, a year which delivered an investment environment more difficult to navigate than any in at least the last five years, composing a forecast for the next…
An interesting study published in Science recently found that people frequently underestimate their future selves. When asked to score their current preferences, values and personality traits compared with how they…
The story referenced in the title being whether or not global policy makers can cook up an inflationary up phase in the global economy. I had used the term 'i2k12'…
The birth, and the apparent death, of the trillion dollar platinum coin idea may one day be recalled as a mere footnote in the current debt crisis drama. The ultimate…
There's a fascinating (and enraging to both sides) argument going on over whether debt really matters. On one side are the Austrian-inspired hard money advocates who see excessive borrowing as…
There's a fascinating (and enraging to both sides) argument going on over whether debt really matters. On one side are the Austrian-inspired hard money advocates who see excessive borrowing as…
Consumers are about to find out that the Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare is not exactly affordable. The Wall Street Journal says Health-Insurance Sticker Shock is just around…
Platinum just rose above the gold price for the 1st time in 10 months. And so, as if to mark the end of the Trillion-Dollar Coin nonsense, platinum just did…
The American government credit card limit, aka the debt ceiling, was just increased. Politicians around the world are loudly cheering this supposedly great news.