"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •442 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •20 mins | 1,395.80 | -4.40 | -0.31% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 62.95 | -0.62 | -0.98% |
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Gasoline •12 mins | 1.987 | -0.024 | -1.20% |
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Ethanol •442 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •442 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 442 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 442 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 66.98 | -0.46 | -0.68% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.918 | -0.021 | -0.71% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.315 | -0.025 | -1.06% |
Markets
Fired up Euro Faces Bernanke and US Housing
Market attention shifts to a charged schedule of US economic data and events. Due at 8:30 am are October durable goods, expected to drop 5.0% after an 8.3% increase, while…
A Reason to Like Gold / A Reason to Dislike Bonds
One reason we much prefer gold to all other commodities in the current environment is that gold tends to perform relatively well when real economic growth is slow, and slow,…
Weekly Wrap-up: Gleeful and Heedless
The bond market is so convinced that the Fed will be lowering rates that it has inverted the yield curve by -0.71%. That is, the yield on the 10-Yr Treasury…
Are Households Saving Their Pump Savings?
The fall in gasoline prices was supposed to provide some high-octane fuel to retail sales. But for two months in a row, nominal retail sales contracted, suggesting that households were…
Greenspan's Price Rule Caused the US recession - and It's Going to Happen Again
Although it is no longer suggested that Greenspan is deserving of a Nobel Prize in economics his performance is still being overrated by the great majority of commentators who ought…
Follow China's Gold
The inflation/deflation question continues to be one of the most debated topics in finance. Whether the US experiences inflation or deflation, and in what order, are two key questions on…
Short Week, Short Opportunity?
This week we are going to examine what appears to be a change in the underlying psyche in the market. With company earnings reporting season drawing to an end, there…
Commodities, Crises, and Cycles
Though the secular force of globalization and the urbanization of large parts of the world in what some have called a 'second industrial revolution' seems set fair to continue issuing…
Dollar Stabilizes Ahead of Likely Bernanke Respite
The dollar's stabilization is reflected in gold prices as the metal retreats from its 3 1/2 month high $641.62 per ounce to $637.00 per ounce. We reiterate that last week's…
Will Gold and Silver Exchange Traded Funds Spread to Most Global Stock Exchanges?
Gold is a monetary metal now and is recognized as such. Silver ceased to be so many decades ago. Silver is seen as an industrial metal too, so is not…
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