"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •594 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,034.30 | +16.00 | +0.79% |
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WTI Crude •12 mins | 62.25 | -0.08 | -0.13% |
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Gasoline •21 mins | 1.912 | -0.002 | -0.12% |
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Ethanol •594 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •594 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 594 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 594 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 2 hours | 67.42 | -1.23 | -1.79% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.047 | +0.016 | +0.53% | |
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Heating Oil • 14 mins | 2.391 | +0.000 | +0.01% |
Markets
No Disaster
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Short-Term Buying Spree in Gold
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Global Silver Exploration
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The Technical Take: TBT
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The Gold Market is Still Pretty Small
We are periodically reminded just how small the gold market still is like we were this past week when the hedge fund SHK Asset Management folded. Of course it's a…
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