"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •509 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,557.60 | +5.00 | +0.32% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 58.62 | -0.22 | -0.37% |
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Gasoline •16 mins | 1.891 | -0.006 | -0.30% |
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Ethanol •509 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •509 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 509 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 509 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 63.12 | -0.25 | -0.39% | |
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Natural Gas • 13 mins | 4.410 | -0.139 | -3.06% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 2.403 | -0.003 | -0.11% |
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Gold Thoughts
s is readily apparent, the Gold market had been living this past year in those rare best of times. Federal Reserve was on a determined course to lower interest rates.…
Howling at the Moon
You invested $100 in 2002 buying power to get back, after five years, $76 in 2002 buying power! Hahaha! Your 'fabulous' investment made a paper gain, but produced a real,…
Second Great Depression in Detroit
I've had a minor obsession with Detroit for the past year or so, ever since I learned that one could purchase a single family home there for $5,000 or less.…
Deflating...
Today is the 10th anniversary of the European Central Bank - now, although the ECB seems to be doing rather well and the Euro along with it, I do have…
The Stock Market's Secular Trend
There's a big difference between a stock market that's rising in real (purchasing power) terms and one that's only rising due to currency depreciation. The reason is that a smart…
Support
Is there enough optimism in the markets to keep us above support? That's a difficult question to answer this early on, but I'm leaning towards no. There have been a…
Commodity Market Summary
Wheat closed 2.8-percent higher today, with the July contract settling 21 3/4 cents higher at $7.83 1/4 a bushel. Dry conditions in Australia continued to increase concerns over the newly…
What is the Hemline Theory Telling Us About Stock Markets?
Just for a bit of fun ... The length of women's skirts tells you the way the market is going to go, according to the so-called "hemline theory".
The Mean Season
While many economic pundits are trying to predict the end of the American recession that began last summer, HCM regrets to inform everybody that the United States' economy is entering…
Higher Oil Bullish for Clean Energy? Not Necessarily!
One would think that if crude oil were about to spike to $150/bbl or higher, that the "clean energy" portfolio, otherwise known as solar stocks, would be a bit more…
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