"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •605 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,373.50 | +133.90 | +5.98% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 67.02 | +1.81 | +2.78% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 2.078 | +0.046 | +2.24% |
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Ethanol •605 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •605 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 605 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 605 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 72.87 | +2.03 | +2.87% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 2.859 | +0.032 | +1.13% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.671 | +0.058 | +2.24% |
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Breadth, VIX, And Trends Give Slight Edge To Bulls
On April 26, we mentioned the chart of the VIX "Fear Index" (VXX) relative to the S&P 500 (SPY) represented a good way to monitor risk in an environment with…
ECI - Not As Benign As You Think
The Employment Cost Index just printed +0.4%, below expectations of +0.5%. The ECI consists of two parts: wages and benefits. The benefits component is very hard to seasonally adjust -…
Large Cap Miners Underperforming the Juniors and Silver Stocks
While the precious metals sector has consolidated and struggled to find a bottom, an important development has taken place. First, lets harken back to 2007-2008. Large cap mining stocks peaked…
Gold's Long-term Picture Remains Bullish
Lately, gold has been a disappointment to many investors while it has been mostly treading water. Gold has traded well beneath its all-time high of $1,924 an ounce on September…
The Bernanke Bust, the Why How and When
To readers of THE CONTRARIAN TAKE, it will come as no surprise that we are fond of the Austrian School's take on monetary matters, specifically the unintended consequences of monetary…
From Short To Neutral
Following Thursday's session, our indicators closed for the second time in positive territory, giving us a buy signal.
Daily Analysis
A mixed start with price even unfolding a potential reversal pattern was suddenly reversed with a solid follow-through pushing price above the 1392.76 pivot resistance and achieving a bullish Island…
USD/JPY Pullback Targets Key Level at 80.00
USD/JPY's bearish pullback is capped beneath previous resistance/old support at 82.00. The move was originally triggered by a DeMark exhaustion signal that was activated in late February.
Final High 2012 For Stocks, Economy
It's amazing sometimes how much difference a year can make on investor psychology. For most of last year investors worried incessantly about a potential 'double dip' U.S. recession and the…
Don't End the Fed...Just Ignore It
The Fed was equally credulous yesterday. While there was no surprise in the Fed's lack of action on Wednesday, nor any surprise that the statement was roughly unchanged, there was…
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