"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •368 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,372.40 | -34.70 | -2.47% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 66.32 | -0.18 | -0.27% |
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Gasoline •13 mins | 2.116 | -0.001 | -0.04% |
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Ethanol •368 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •368 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 368 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 368 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 68.04 | -0.26 | -0.38% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.305 | -0.082 | -2.42% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.402 | -0.007 | -0.28% |
Markets
Real M2 Growth Signaling U.S. Economic Slowdown
I'm getting a lot of commentary mileage out of the May CPI report. On Wednesday, I wrote about the CPI data themselves. On Thursday, I wrote about CPI-adjusted retail sales,…
Charts and Commentary
I had a subscriber call about the Fear Index yesterday and we had a good discussion about the impact of fear levels on another dimension ... so I will share…
Oil and the 8-year Cycle
In view of the approaching 8-year cycle bottom we've been discussing in recent articles let's examine the crude oil market compared to previous cycles for ideas on what to expect…
Mr. Douglas R. Gillespie, Sr.
I lost a dear friend and colleague this week. Doug Gillespie was such a good man, and where I come from praise doesn't come any higher.
Expected Metals Corrections
This past Tuesday the entire precious metals realm watched in stunned silence as gold plunged 7.3% and silver plummeted 10.8% in a single trading day. Not surprisingly with gold bleeding…
Sailing Withhout an Anchor!
Since the "tech wreck" in 2000, this excessive capital floating around the system has found a refuge in real-estate. Today, the public's money is predominantly in property and everyone is…
Industrial Production - Weakness Developing In Household-Related Sector
It appears as though the weakness in housing and consumer spending is beginning to show up in production, or lack thereof. Related to housing, production of appliances, furniture and carpeting…
All Items or Core Inflation - You Can Tighten Now or Tighten Later
Do you know who popularized the concept of "core" inflation? Fed Chairman Arthur Burns. Back in the early 1970s, when both energy and food prices were soaring, Burns needed a…
Addendum: The Oil That Greases The Squeaky Wheel of Peak Oil
Having received a couple of e-mails from folks claiming to know much more than myself about geology [which, by the way - is not hard to do] claiming that "it's…
Bernanke Talks Down Risky Assets: Another "Hot Money" Temper Tantrum, or a Major Economic Trend Change?
So far Bernanke and his colleagues on the Fed have managed to talk down the most risky asset classes that were threatening to spiral out of control in March-April, especially…
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