"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 | 1,514.20 | -3.00 | -0.20% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 58.25 | -0.75 | -1.27% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.903 | -0.016 | -0.83% |
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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 | 62.66 | -0.72 | -1.14% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.483 | +0.009 | +0.20% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.494 | -0.040 | -1.56% |
Markets
Signs Of The Times
Our theme since April has been that bull markets typically conclude with rational exuberance. Rational in the sense that typically the concluding stage runs some 12 to 16 months against…
Now Comes the Macro Part
The August events in the currency markets dealt a severe blow to carry trades amid a sharp reduction in risk appetite impacting liquidity in a highly leveraged financial landscape. Escalating…
The Dichotomy of M1 and M2
I'm sure we'll read every possible analysis about the "imminent" rate cut on the benchmark Fed Fund's Rate before (and possibly even more after) the next FOMC meeting. As a…
Why Balance Sheets are Not in Good Shape
One frequent claim used to calm fears in the recent market turmoil has been that "corporate balance sheets are in good shape". Judging from the published accounts of companies the…
Demanding the Supply of a Stable Currency
All fluctuations in a currency's value, which can be noted in the foreign exchange market and currency's exchange rate with gold, are the result of the mismatch of supply and…
America's Credit and the New Bid for Gold
...So George W.Bush is going to nationalize the US housing market. If that sounds dramatic, then just watch what happens to gold...
Alarming Silver Technicals
Commodities and commodities-stock speculators have had quite a rough-and-tumble last full month of summer. In a season where the markets typically hold traders in a mire of malaise, various extraneous…
The Writing is on the Wall
The one thing all bubbles have in common is that they eventually pop, and ours just did. Unlike the popping of the last bubble in 2000-2001, this one will fall…
Just Roll With It?
There has been much written over the past month about credit market turmoil in the US, that has now clearly spread well beyond US borders in terms of fallout. As…
Gold Ratios
I am not bullish on gold because I am a 'go gold!' booster. I am bullish on gold because I am bullish on gold - for reasons belabored over the…
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