"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •508 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •20 mins | 1,532.00 | +7.80 | +0.51% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 57.75 | -0.31 | -0.53% |
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Gasoline •40 mins | 1.873 | -0.011 | -0.58% |
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Ethanol •508 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •508 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 508 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 508 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 62.24 | -0.32 | -0.51% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.482 | -0.098 | -2.14% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 2.436 | -0.020 | -0.82% |
Markets
The Big 3 Iron Ore Stocks, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Vale Point to a Commodities Bust and Global Recession/Depression
The two commodities which are the principal material pillars of the world economy and vital to its functioning are iron ore and oil. Iron ore is principally used in the…
Picture du Jour: Commodities - Too Much Too Quickly?
Can money trees in fact grow to heaven? It was certainly beginning to look that way when considering the frenzied surge of many commodities to new highs week after week.
Nefarious Market Manipulation
Yesterday, the team bailed out/monetized Bear Stearns debts with $30 Billion of public money (and I'm sure we'll see plenty more where that came from). Today, not to be outdone…
The Feds Various New Credit Facilities Are Potentially Effective Complements to Interest Rate Policy
Although liquidity issues with regard to short-term unsecured interbank lending appear to have been resolved by TAF, liquidity and/or credit-quality issues with regard to mortgage-related securities remain.
The Ex Ante Factor: BSC - REDUX
... patience is crucial. In a holiday shortened week there are some major hurdles to clear (a perfect pun). In our opinion the following are the two most important issues…
Market Update: Buying the Bottom, Badda Bing!
That was easy!! The markets have given us so much of what we've been expecting lately it's impossible to get it all into a single update, but long story short,…
Stepping Up the Spending Surveillance
I note with alarm that with the index at 1293, everybody who bought the stocks of this index since the third quarter of 2006 has lost money! Hahaha! Nice investing,…
BondWorks
Bond yields declined last week. The fundamental backdrop is the worst of all worlds: slower growth - if any - with higher inflation. The trader sentiment and seasonals are negative,…
Agri-Food Thoughts
Corrections are a friend of investors. Same is true for professional traders. Traders on Main Street enjoy them less. Learn to take advantage of them, rather than be buffeted by…
There Should Be a Quid Pro Quo between the Fed and Financial Institutions
In a case where man bites dog, it appears as though the Fed and the Treasury may be looking out for the interests of the U.S. taxpayer. Publicly, both Fed…
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