"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •517 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,644.90 | -32.50 | -1.94% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 58.95 | -0.37 | -0.62% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.841 | -0.028 | -1.52% |
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Ethanol •517 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •517 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 517 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 517 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 62.76 | -0.41 | -0.65% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.835 | -0.086 | -1.75% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.325 | -0.015 | -0.65% |
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The Great Recovery
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Is It Time to Dress Up Your Portfolio?
As investors wait out this continuing consolidation in gold and in the natural resource shares we suggest taking the time to dress up your portfolio.
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Sure Looks Like A Top? VIX, NYSE, DOW and Gold
Today, one week later we are now that much closer to a 3-8% drop which is shown in the charts below. It's important to remember that bottoms tend to happen…
Lies, Damn Lies, and Sovereign Truths: Why the Euro is Destined to Collapse!
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Buyer Beware
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Too Sanguine By Half
As the day went on, Treasuries began to slip more seriously, and swap spreads imploded for a second day. I can't see sell-side flows from where I sit, so I…
The Stock Market Is Patterned
In the 1930s, Ralph Nelson Elliott described the stock market as a fractal -- an object that is similarly shaped at different scales. Scientists today recognize financial markets' price records…
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