"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •674 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 2,059.30 | -3.00 | -0.15% |
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WTI Crude •4 hours | 95.42 | +0.61 | +0.64% |
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Gasoline •4 hours | 3.527 | +0.071 | +2.05% |
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Ethanol •674 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •674 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 674 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 674 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 3 hours | 101.29 | +1.23 | +1.23% | |
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Natural Gas • 4 hours | 2.757 | -0.012 | -0.43% | |
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Heating Oil • 4 hours | 3.899 | +0.083 | +2.16% |
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Technical Market Report for December 25, 2010
Seasonality is likely to dominate next week. I expect the major averages to be higher on Friday December 31 than they were on Friday December 24.
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