"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •439 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,418.50 | +1.30 | +0.09% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 63.18 | -0.12 | -0.19% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.012 | -0.002 | -0.08% |
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Ethanol •439 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •439 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 439 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 439 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 67.28 | -0.16 | -0.24% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 3.048 | +0.005 | +0.16% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.344 | +0.013 | +0.54% |
Markets
German Business Sentiment Slides But Is Still Robust; ECB Set To Hike Again On August 3
The combination of persistently high oil prices, the stronger euro, rate hike expectations, and worries about the impact of next year's three percentage-point VAT hike are weighing more on business…
Housing Bubble, Recession, and That 70s Show
While the Federal Reserve and most Wall Street economists continue to predict a soft landing scenario in housing, the increasingly worrisome economic data tell another story.
As Goes Housing So Goes The Economy - Even More So Now?
We know that the behavior of the residential real estate sector tends to lead the behavior of the overall economy. That's why the folks at the Conference Board stuck housing…
Are "Gold Bugs" Unpatriotic?
Those of us in the investment business who advocate individual gold ownership are often accused of being unpatriotic. In part, this charge stems from the dire economic forecasts that often…
Picking Gold Mining Stocks
Investors are finally starting to heed attention to the historically-low correlation commodities provide to the conventional stock/bond portfolio mix. And with inflation fears gripping the markets, the commodities hedge provides…
Currency Regime Change
There is a major change coming that will catch most investors by surprise: the end of the U.S. dollar as the de-facto world reserve currency. Play it right and you…
Gold Market Update
There are a lot of conflicting opinions being bandied about regarding the outlook for Precious Metals prices, as many readers will no doubt be aware, and when this occurs, it…
Silver Market Update
The arguments pertaining to gold apply to a large extent to silver too, where this year's sharp runup towards $15 certainly only ranks as a "Spikelet" in comparison to the…
Homebuilders Start Fessing Up
Several of the homebuilders have reported second quarter earnings over the past week. During the first quarter, most homebuilders started experiencing a challenging market. At the time they were not…
Does the Average Investor Stand a Chance?
Personally, I own about 100 different stocks - shares of mining and energy companies (uranium and oil & gas) including numerous long-term warrants - but 'only' 45 of their collective…
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