"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •514 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,685.00 | +98.80 | +6.23% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 58.55 | -0.10 | -0.17% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 1.822 | -0.006 | -0.32% |
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Ethanol •514 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •514 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 514 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 514 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 62.38 | -0.49 | -0.78% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 4.850 | +0.292 | +6.41% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.303 | +0.003 | +0.13% |
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The FDIC imposed a special assessment charge on all FDIC insured depository institutions in 2Q09- which amounted to 5 basis points of bank's total assets less tier 1 capital. However,…
The "Other" Real Estate Issue - Revisited
The numbers, analysis and industry commentary tidbits suggest the down cycle is far from complete. The ultimate impact on the financial sector remains an open question mark at this point.
The Inflation Process
... injecting new money doesn't just alter the general price level; it also changes the STRUCTURE of the economy. In the world of economics there are few things of greater…
Nikkei Comparison Suggests SP 500 of 1400 by End of 2010 - and 400 by 2014
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Recovery Underway But Double-Dip Recession Risk Remains
Over the last months, we have seen articles discussing the dramatic surge of Personal Saving Rate as % of Disposable Income and how America shifted from consumer-driven to saving-driven. Most…
Spain: The Hole In Europe's Balance Sheet
... a quote from Titus Maccius Plautus: "I am a rich man as long as I don't pay my creditors." Even 2200 years ago, it seems that problems of credit…
Gold Thoughts
Investors should be taking some clues from the thinking of American voters. Their view, as documented by the respected Rasmusen polling organization, is rejection of the growth killing policies of…
Pivotal Events
The change to the next phase of financial distress will also include the reversal to flattening. This is opposite to the killer reversal made in June 2007. Then the world…
Bernanke's Victory Lap
Despite vocal criticism of the Federal Reserve's stewardship of the economy over the past decade, President Obama's renomination of Ben Bernanke to a second term as Fed Chairman nevertheless served…
Banana Ben Strikes Again
Just when you thought it was safe to hold dollars, even for just a little while, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke once again climbed aboard his helicopter and spread some more…
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