"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •510 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 1,566.60 | +0.60 | +0.04% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 58.14 | +0.19 | +0.33% |
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Gasoline •18 mins | 1.868 | +0.011 | +0.60% |
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Ethanol •510 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •510 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 510 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 510 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 16 mins | 62.71 | +0.23 | +0.37% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 hours | 4.424 | -0.125 | -2.75% | |
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Heating Oil • 16 mins | 2.372 | +0.018 | +0.77% |
Markets
Technical Market Report
The market remains overbought, especially the secondaries, but there has been no significant deterioration of the indicators and the secondaries have stronger than the blue chips. I expect the major…
Dysfunctional Pricing Backdrop
The divergence between underlying fundamental developments and market trading dynamics became only more striking this week. July Consumer Prices were reported up 5.6% from a year earlier, the largest y-o-y…
Monthly Summary
Today's action was very subdued for an options expiry day, but we are in the middle of summer so maybe that was a factor ... For next week a break…
Review: Profit from the Peak
Is the end of a cheap fossil fuel era at hand? How will we make the transition from a world dependent on hydrocarbon energy to one powered by a mix…
The Silver "Reverse" Bubble of 2008
As an investor, speculator and researcher in the silver market for over 5 years, I have to say that I am (temporarily) stunned at the extraordinary recent events in the…
The Impact of Negative Real Interest Rates
Real rates are now even lower than they ever got during the Fed's aggressive reflation campaign earlier this decade. They are, in fact, the lowest they've been since 1980.
Epic Gold-Stock Buying Op
Although the HUI has a well-deserved reputation for extreme volatility, this selloff was still exceptional. Typically, sharp HUI declines emerge after major uplegs from high levels. But as you'll see…
Institutions Were Noncommittal this Morning, But Watch the VIX ...
It is option's expiration day today, and as you saw on yesterday's update, the VIX is poised to have a breakout sometime today or Monday. I don't expect the Institutional…
The Strong Dollar Illusion
The conventional wisdom is that foreign economies depend on Americans to buy their exports. This is false. The global expansion of the past decade has created new demand everywhere, and…
Silver Gets Spiked!
Traders enjoy the leverage that can be obtained using futures and options; however, I would like to bring to your attention the ability for you to invest with commodity-like leverage…
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