"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •305 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 967.70 | +1.60 | +0.17% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 56.60 | -1.69 | -2.90% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 1.983 | -0.037 | -1.81% |
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Ethanol •305 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •305 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 305 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 305 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 59.69 | -1.60 | -2.61% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.686 | +0.056 | +1.54% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 1.959 | -0.034 | -1.70% |
Markets
Black Gold and U.S. Dollar Hegemony
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Hedge Funds Finance 80% of Trade Deficit
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Wall Street Spin Doctors at Work
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The Commodities Boom and China: The Missing Ingredient
A great deal has been said about the current commodity boom -- nearly all of it wrong. As usual so-called analysts fell into the trap of confusing symptoms with causes.…
Tech Lays an Egg
Fourth quarter earnings season started with a bang. On Tuesday, Intel and Yahoo! reported fourth quarter results that missed analysts' forecasts. Additionally, both companies said that first quarter earnings would…
How to Handle the Gold Stock Correction
The overbought condition of many stocks is of course reflected in the charts of the indices - on the 1-year HUI chart we can see the large gap that the…
Sweden: First of a Series of Rate Hikes Coming This Friday
Clear advance signaling of policy interest rate changes is becoming a habit in the EU. Following on the heels of last month's all-but-promised rate hike from the European Central Bank…
The Weekly Review of Independent Opinions
The reason that there are more bears in the medium term than the short term is because they believe the technicals and the economic signs do not point to significant…
Ice Station Retirement
By far, we are the largest generation in America to come of age, join the workforce, raise families, and starting within the next few years, to retire. By definition, anyone…
The Times, They are a Changin'
Early last week I actually heard a CNBC reporter crowing because the retail investors weren't jumping back into the market fast enough. That is the last thing to worry about!…
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