"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •505 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,510.90 | -6.30 | -0.42% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 58.33 | -0.67 | -1.14% |
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Gasoline •13 mins | 1.903 | -0.015 | -0.78% |
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Ethanol •505 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •505 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 505 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 505 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 62.75 | -0.63 | -0.99% | |
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Natural Gas • 13 mins | 4.572 | +0.098 | +2.19% | |
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Heating Oil • 13 mins | 2.495 | -0.038 | -1.50% |
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Time to Shine!
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Global Savings Glut Exposed
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Like Civilizations, Bull Markets are Born Stoic and Die Epicurean
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Gold Thoughts
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Data Vacuum = Risk Appetite
We often mentioned how the lack of US economic had has repeatedly given rise to increased risk appetite, triggering weakness in the US dollar and the Japanese yen. Today is…
How To Use Leverage Wisely
Unfortunately, when investors hear the word 'leverage' they immediately think of great risk. If you are using margin to purchase shares or short term call options, we would agree. We…
And Now For Something Completely Different
The New York boys certainly are not buying junior mining stocks I can tell you - that's for sure. And unfortunately for some, they are living in a 'dream world',…
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