"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
 |
Gold •513 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
|
Platinum •14 mins | 1,685.00 | +98.80 | +6.23% |
 |
WTI Crude •14 hours | 58.55 | -0.10 | -0.17% |
|
Gasoline •14 hours | 1.822 | -0.006 | -0.32% |
|
Ethanol •513 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
|
Silver •513 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
 |
Silver • 513 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
|
Copper • 513 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
|
Brent Crude • 14 hours | 62.38 | -0.49 | -0.78% | |
|
Natural Gas • 14 hours | 4.850 | +0.292 | +6.41% | |
|
Heating Oil • 14 hours | 2.303 | +0.003 | +0.13% |
Markets
Argentina: Winter Meltdown
It's the beginning of winter in Argentina and the only thing that's hot right now is the capital outflows. To give some idea of how hot, outflows increased by 150%…
Japans Consumer Spending - Key Report To Watch For Sign Of Recovery
Soon September Japanese Yen investors will have to decide whether to follow either Japanese economic policy for direction or continue to use risk as their guide as to whether to…
Crisis-Hit Italy Hits Crisis Over Anti-Crisis Gold Tax
If this sounds like a rough and clumsy translation of Italy's proposed gold tax, you should see the original...
Analyzing the Australian dollar, Up, Down, and Under
Viewed from the outside, trading in the arcane world of foreign exchange might appear to be quite glamorous. However, attempting to anticipate the next major move in the Euro, yen,…
For One-Third of US, Frugality is the "New Normal"
Given that tax hikes will hit the upper pay scales more and it is the middle to upper income ranges most devastated by the stock market and housing crashes, one…
Bulls Try To Take It Up A Notch
The financial markets have done a good job of forecasting the slow improvements we have seen in the economic numbers in recent weeks. Even though the economy remains weak, we…
Is the Yield Curve Indicating Better Tidings?
While the deflation/inflation debate rages on, the jump in US government bond yield (and stronger commodities and weaker US dollar) seems to indicate that deflationary pressures are moderating.
The Reality of Fictitious Jobs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 467,000 jobs were lost in June, bringing total non-farm employment down to 140.2 million, which, although bad, could have been worse, as I…
Weekly Wrap-Up: Different Time Frames, Different Outcomes
What's unusual about the current bout of Treasury-yield volatility is its persistence. It remains to be seen whether underlying confidence in the security and "risk-free-ness" of Treasuries is being significantly…
Are Emerging Markets Leaving Us in the Dust?
The western and developed world should brace itself for an extended period of credit contraction and the road to the "new normal" could be longer and bumpier than many economists…
Sign up to the
Safehaven Market Insider
