"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •583 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •14 mins | 2,099.40 | +28.80 | +1.39% |
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WTI Crude •5 hours | 63.55 | +0.26 | +0.41% |
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Gasoline •5 hours | 1.953 | +0.027 | +1.38% |
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Ethanol •583 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 583 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 4 hours | 68.05 | +0.50 | +0.74% | |
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Natural Gas • 5 hours | 3.422 | -0.087 | -2.48% | |
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Heating Oil • 5 hours | 2.413 | +0.020 | +0.84% |
Markets
Parabolic Moves, Bubbles and the End Result
In another example of bubble mania I want to show you a weekly chart of the Shanghai Index. We all know what's been going on in China and the extreme…
Final Week
Looking at the chart above, we may have seen one of the best buy points for the year in July. Having said that, September and October are notorious for dropping…
A New Asset Class, Part Two
I think we're at a watershed moment, what Peter Bernstein defines as an "epochal event," with the very order of the investment world changing as it did in 1929, in…
Equities Soar, Oil Slides
Equities are on a roll. Looking at the Nasdaq through the daily chart of the Nasdaq 100 Trust Shares (QQQQ), we see that the Q's closed at 47.31, just above…
With Growth Slackening, Czech Central Bank Eases
It remains to be seen whether this week's easing will be the first in a series for the Czechs, and neighboring Hungary and Poland are unlikely to switch to easing…
Burst Bubble: Energy or Speculator?
I am not one to easily dismiss notions of bursting Bubbles, and perhaps there is something to the energy bust thesis. I'm just skeptical of the idea that a slumping…
Merk Economic Calendar: Week Ahead In US Financial Markets (August 11-August 15 2008)
The week ahead will see a light schedule of Fed speakers. On Wednesday FRB Minneapolis President Stern will speak on "Repercussions from the Financial Shock" at 2:30 EDT. The following…
How to Calculate Your Own Gold Price Projection
It's true for almost any commodity: there are a lot of influences pushing on the price, and it's hard to untangle them all. But gold is exceptional. A single factor…
Italian GDP Contracted in Q2
The first of the Euro-zone's big economies reported preliminary Q2 GDP data today -- and the picture was not a pretty one. Italy's GDP contracted 0.3% q-o-q in Q2, and…
Auction-Rate Debt Buyback, Now What?
There is even a plan called CDARs where a depositor can insure up to $50M in CDs ... But we suspect that UBS' clients (probably all auction-rate debt holders) have…
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