"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •315 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 973.80 | -7.40 | -0.75% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 60.78 | -2.37 | -3.75% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 2.101 | -0.069 | -3.16% |
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Ethanol •315 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •315 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 315 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 315 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 63.70 | -2.39 | -3.62% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.457 | -0.035 | -1.00% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.139 | -0.067 | -3.04% |
Markets
Rate Hikes in Norway and Switzerland: More to Come
Across continental Europe, policy interest rates are headed upward, and maybe a little faster than the markets currently expect. Today's 25bp rate hikes from the Norwegian and the Swiss central…
2005 Flow-of-Funds Data - I Report, You Decide
Households' cash outlays for goods, services and nonfinancial assets (e.g. houses, SUVs) were approximately $662 billion more than their cash inflows in 2005 - a record in dollar terms and…
Gold Wars: Gibson's Paradox & the Gold Standard
Towards the ultimate goal of protecting the debt market the Fed and Treasury want to keep gold under wraps, and if they can - down and out for the count.…
A Response to Donald Kohn on Asset Bubbles
Ironically, the Fed's Strategy of Bubble Acquiescence and "Mopping Up" - redressing each deflating Bubble with a larger and more comprehensive one - is precisely the prescription for the type…
Are We There Yet??
As the markets once again are advancing to new highs, the sentiment this time seems to be different. It now seems that the public doesn't want to miss the train…
Technical Market Report
The extreme volatility of the past two weeks has distorted the short term indicators. Several of the major indices including the Wil-5, SPX, OTC and R2K have had 4 or…
The Wind Beneath the Economy's Wings
Not only do we see a major rise in new home inventories, the rise from over the last year has been at the highest pace since 1984. Total homes for…
Three Headline Stories this Week as Manifestations of the Dominance of Speculative Finance
We'll comment on several news items from this week as manifestations of the dominant impact of global speculative finance. They are Goldman Sachs record profits and the record U.S. current…
The Secondary Trend has been Reconfirmed
But, All is Not Well ... On January 6, 2006 the Secondary trend, according to Dow theory, was once again reconfirmed as bullish. Last week there were minor secondary non-confirmations…
Commodities Bull Portfolio Design
On the demand side, Asia is rapidly industrializing. Billions of Asians rightfully want to experience the material abundance that we take for granted in the West. Western lifestyles require enormous…
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