"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •592 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 2,028.50 | -48.60 | -2.34% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 63.40 | +0.51 | +0.81% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.915 | +0.004 | +0.21% |
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Ethanol •592 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •592 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 592 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 592 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 68.23 | +0.48 | +0.71% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.040 | -0.203 | -6.26% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.405 | +0.017 | +0.72% |
Markets
Bond Vigilantes Are Alive And Well
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Gold Sleeper Trend You Must Know About
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Bloodbath in Muni Bond Funds; Reasons for the Muni Selloff; Will it Continue?
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Fed - Inflation, Inflation, Inflation
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Topsy Turvy
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The Myth of Inflation-Induced Growth
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The IMF and the ECB on Perfecting Stupidity
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Graceland Updates 4am-7am
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The Economy is Still on Shaky Foundation
In an innovative TV commercial for Barclays Bank, a man walks down on Wall Street but discovers that nearly everything is a fake movie set. The huge investment houses and…
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