"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 •15 mins | 1,521.20 | +4.00 | +0.26% |
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WTI Crude •12 mins | 58.64 | -0.36 | -0.61% |
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Gasoline •21 mins | 1.911 | -0.008 | -0.41% |
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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 • 36 mins | 63.38 | -0.13 | -0.20% | |
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Natural Gas • 14 mins | 4.472 | -0.002 | -0.04% | |
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Heating Oil • 25 mins | 2.519 | -0.014 | -0.55% |
Markets
A Quick Word on the Discount Rate and the "Ben Bernanke Grand Experiment"
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Unlawful Economic Stupidity
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Wal-Mart Rolls Back More Than Prices
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Keeping Tangible Assets Safe and Secure
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Investment Flash: Bull Market in Cash
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Stock Market Gyrations and the "Yen Carry" Trade
For long-term buy and hold investors in the US stock market, who simply sit through wild market gyrations, it's good to know that you have "Plunge Protection Insurance." The dynamic…
Finding Beauty Within The Inflationary Beast
In this article we will meet a ravenous Beast that goes by the name of Substantial Inflation, and find out just how difficult it is to keep this Beast from…
Into The Breach
The stock market triggered a Dow Theory sell signal Friday, with both the Dow and Transports closing below June lows, and new lows for the move. Now we have confirmation…
So, You Wanna be Bearish? 4 More Charts...
Futures rise on Countrywide-led confidence... Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! Move along, nothing to see here.
CNBC PowerLunch Europe
The 90 day T-bills had the largest move up in price or drop in yield since the 1987 crash. This is a huge flight to the safest place possible. This…
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