"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •512 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,647.70 | +61.50 | +3.88% |
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WTI Crude •5 hours | 59.08 | +0.43 | +0.73% |
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Gasoline •8 hours | 1.924 | +0.035 | +1.83% |
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Ethanol •512 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •512 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 512 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 512 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 63.51 | +0.17 | +0.27% | |
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Natural Gas • 5 hours | 4.650 | +0.092 | +2.02% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.326 | -0.028 | -1.20% |
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Beware of Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs) Bearing Gold
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Keeping An Eye On The Insiders
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The Re-Release of the Open Source Mortgage Default Model
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Delusions of Endless Credit
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Are We Back from the 'Fiscal Abyss' as Dallas Fed Claims?
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Barron's Weighs In On Treasury Yields (Again!)
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Who Will TARP America?
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Effect of Household Deleveraging on Housing, Consumption and the Stock Market
Going forward, downward pressure on debt is likely to come from both lenders and households. On the supply side, tighter lending standards will require more income, collateral, and documentation for…
Great Depressions Are So Methodical
One of the features of a great boom is the excitement of shared convictions about eternal prosperity. One of the features of the consequent contraction is bewilderment about how suddenly…
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