"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •506 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,524.20 | +7.00 | +0.46% |
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WTI Crude •11 hours | 58.06 | -0.94 | -1.59% |
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Gasoline •11 hours | 1.883 | -0.035 | -1.82% |
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Ethanol •506 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •506 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 506 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 506 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 hours | 62.56 | -0.82 | -1.29% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 hours | 4.580 | +0.106 | +2.37% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 hours | 2.456 | -0.077 | -3.04% |
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The End of Consumer Credit as We Know It
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Gold-Producing Stocks
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DELL: Mending Models
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The Gold Price is not Discounting the Full $ Story!
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A Tidal Wave
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Ambac is Effectively Insolvent & Will See More than $8 Billion of Losses with Just a $2.26 Billion Market Cap
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PowerLunch Europe
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority gave Citigroup $7.5 billion dollars for a 4.9% stake in the company. This brought on a rally yesterday which didn't move above any resistance. If…
Welcome to the World of Dr. FrankenFinance!
Many of the large institutions that are the bellwethers of industry (certain industries, at least) are the victims of Dr. FrankenFinance. Due to the machinations of Doctorates of Philosophy (PhDs)…
No Holiday Cheer for Consumers
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The Epic Battle over Crude Oil and the US$
The more the US dollar slides, the less foreign investments in the US capital markets are worth, and the more likely that foreigners could withdraw en masse. If that were…
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