"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •312 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 977.70 | -23.90 | -2.39% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 63.41 | +2.39 | +3.92% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 2.162 | +0.054 | +2.54% |
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Ethanol •312 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •312 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 312 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 312 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 66.24 | +2.33 | +3.65% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.809 | +0.014 | +0.37% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.134 | +0.068 | +3.27% |
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Technical Market Report
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The Conundrum of Risk
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Bernanke and Yield Curve Analysis
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A Dow Theory Primary Trend Warning
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Hard-wired to Fail: Why We Need Contrarian Managers
When it comes to investing, the vast majority of investors fail to recognize the power and influence our emotions exert on our decisions.
The Economy Just Keeps on Truckin'
The 2.3% surge in retail sales for January must have warmed the hearts of the bulls. The consumer it seems just keeps on truckin'. And that in turn keeps the…
Bernanke Fallacy
The new Federal Reserve ("Fed") Chairman Ben Bernanke believes that the current yield curve inversion does not signal an economic slowdown. He argues that in past inversions, i.e. when short-term…
Real Silver Highs
Perspective is everything in the financial markets. Comparing multiple decades of prices in nominal terms without considering the enormous impact of inflating US money supplies leads to perilous perspective distortions.
WaMu - A Leading Indicator of Initial Jobless Claims?
Yesterday Washington Mutual Inc. (WaMu), a national depository institution with a concentration in the home mortgage business, announced that it was eliminating 10 of its processing offices, which would result…
Chairman Bernanke's Debut
Although I believe that the February economic data will be considerably softer than those of January, as things now stand, new Fed Chairman Bernanke gave market participants no reason to…
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