"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •373 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,469.90 | +57.40 | +4.06% |
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WTI Crude •4 hours | 68.45 | +1.88 | +2.82% |
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Gasoline •4 hours | 2.187 | +0.035 | +1.61% |
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Ethanol •373 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •373 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 373 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 373 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 3 hours | 70.36 | +1.72 | +2.51% | |
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Natural Gas • 4 hours | 3.314 | -0.023 | -0.69% | |
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Heating Oil • 4 hours | 2.447 | +0.064 | +2.68% |
Markets
July PCE Price Inflation - Fed Stays on Hold at September Meeting?
Whew! Including all items, the July PCE price index advanced 0.3% month to month. Excluding food and energy, it was up just 0.1% after three consecutive months of 0.2% increases.
Close Call
The slowing housing market has started to cause concern in the credit market. Last week, H&R Block announced that its will set aside $61 million for possible losses due to…
McKinnons Rule: An Honest Hypothesis Tested With "Corrupt" Data?
My problem with the "McKinnon Rule" is that the Chinese consumer inflation data are suspect. My China expert and colleague, Jim Pressler, tells me that a lot of the component…
Beware of Simplified Models
Given that many oil and natural gas drilling rigs have "beefed up" their defenses in light of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, there is a strong likelihood that the chance of…
The Exportation of the American Lifestyle
There is one somewhat bright spot here. Entrepreneurial individuals can start to prepare themselves for a new big business opportunity in credit counseling and debt management is going to emerge.
Semiconductor Stocks Recently Lead, Cyclical Info or Light-Trading Noise?
In addition to the recent signs of a little strength in semiconductors and the tech-laden Nasdaq 100, a couple of other very short-term movements in the global equity markets the…
Trading Triangle Breakouts
When prices fluctuate in a smaller range over time a triangle formation occurs. Triangle patterns are some of the best trading opportunities in financial markets. Our favorite aspect of triangles…
Vulnerabilities
We are now entering the hurricane season... But we were referring to the hurricane season for the stock market. Contrary to popular opinion, October is not the worst month of…
Gold Market Update
After a lengthy period consolidating in a large trading range gold is now in position to break higher. It has behaved pretty much as predicted in the last update, dropping…
Silver Market Update
Silver is now in position to advance. Although it appears to have "done nothing" price wise over the past month, moving sideways within a narrow range, its technical condition is…
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