"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 •15 mins | 1,559.90 | -6.10 | -0.39% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 58.15 | +0.20 | +0.35% |
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Gasoline •25 mins | 1.867 | +0.010 | +0.55% |
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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 • 11 mins | 62.71 | +0.23 | +0.37% | |
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Natural Gas • 8 hours | 4.424 | -0.125 | -2.75% | |
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Heating Oil • 38 mins | 2.371 | +0.017 | +0.72% |
Markets
Gold And The Credit Crunch
It could not have escaped your attention that the financial sector is undergoing a crisis of confidence just now as the sub-prime loan debacle continues to ripple out to what…
The AMEX Gold Bugs Index (HUI): Again a Golden Opportunity to Buy Gold Shares?
The AMEX Gold BUGS Index is comprised of 15 of the nation's largest "unhedged" gold mining stocks. It is a "modified equal-dollar weighted" index. As a result, most of the…
Gold Investments Market Update
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Government Sanctioned Ponzi Schemes
The Implacable Screaming Mogambo (ISM) goes freaking berserk at the economic insanity of it all as he watches, horrified, as asset prices get bid higher and higher in a boiling…
Merk Market Outlook: An Economy In Trouble
Over the past few weeks many notable analysts have made the case that the economy is in the process of recovery. The market has celebrated the wonder of the "resilient…
... And They All Fall Down
There is plenty of bad business news out there, including with icons such as GE, AIG, banks of all sorts, municipal bond insurance companies and more. Consumers are squeezed by…
Quarterly Forecast: Third Quarter 2008
For the first half of 2008, Stratfor focused its attention on three features of the international system. All three remain key factors, but all have also evolved notably.
Whats Next for Financials?
Despite the 225 basis point easing by the Fed since the beginning of this year, and over $320 billion in global capital easing since August of last year, the 5-day…
GE and the Uber Bank Forensic Analysis
As the consumer finance delinquency cycle is still in its early stage, we anticipate provisions for losses to continue its upward trend. The continued recession in the US housing market…
Bank of England: Caught Between Conflicting Risks
As expected, the Bank of England's (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) left the repo rate unchanged at 5.0% this morning, despite the fact that May's annual rate of inflation hit…
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