"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 •10 mins | 1,523.20 | +6.00 | +0.40% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 57.81 | -1.19 | -2.02% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.880 | -0.038 | -1.99% |
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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 • 11 mins | 62.31 | -1.07 | -1.69% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.632 | +0.158 | +3.53% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.467 | -0.066 | -2.61% |
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Collateral Damage
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America's Forgotten War Against the Central Banks
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Enron Accounting at Citigroup
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Prices are the Cart, Money Supply is the Horse
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The Ex Ante Factor: Psycho Killer: Qu'est que c'est?
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Too Big for Gold and Too Big to Handle - Major Funds Dominate the Global Economy
For all of their benefits, the rise of these funds pose awful risks to the global financial system, the first of which is on us in the "Credit Crunch" we…
Signs of the Times
Once again the action in subprime has been giving a warning. From a recovery high of 48.75 on September 13 the BBB has slumped to 29.06 - taking out the…
Oil Bull Cycles
After powering above $85 per barrel this week, crude oil is one of the hottest commodities around. Although this week's stellar prices haven't yet reached oil's all-time inflation-adjusted highs near…
Fools Despise a Correction
Neither Wall Street nor Washington is willing to confront the real commitment of risk. Risk marries the hope of profit with the threat of loss. Profit increases our wealth. Loss…
The Tiger and the Tightrope: Part II The Remedy
The remedy lies in denying Congress the ability to declare by mere legislation alone, without a constitutional amendment what is and what is not "money", aka "legal tender". When the…
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