"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •304 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 966.10 | -1.00 | -0.10% |
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WTI Crude •1 day | 58.29 | -0.95 | -1.60% |
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Gasoline •1 day | 2.020 | -0.029 | -1.43% |
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Ethanol •304 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •304 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 304 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 304 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 1 day | 61.29 | -0.84 | -1.35% | |
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Natural Gas • 1 day | 3.630 | +0.151 | +4.34% | |
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Heating Oil • 1 day | 1.993 | -0.019 | -0.93% |
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Silver in 2006
Our last update on silver was some months back as we patiently waited for the symmetric triangle of the last 17 months to finally complete. Now that the upper trend…
Are Mining Investors Missing Out?
As we write this article we are currently witnessing new highs in gold and silver. Many of the mining stocks have experienced impressive moves in 2005 and continue to do…
2006: The Year of Charting Dangerously (Part 2)
Many applauded the strength of our economy that had withstood the assault of high oil price in 2005. But the reason oil price hasn't dispatched our economy, and the world…
Identifying Risks in the Upcoming Year
And according to Benjamin Graham in his classic "The Intelligent Investor," the returns from stock market investing are usually proportional to how much work you put in.
Beyond Keynes to Inflation
The Keynesian trick is certainly easier to pull off when there is some inflation and the Fed can drop interest rates. Interest rates that are below the rate of inflation…
The Gold Standard Manifesto
A specter is haunting executive mansions, chambers of legislatures, and halls of universities: the ghost of the gold standard. Governments and academia have utterly failed in discharging their sacred duty…
Real Estate Burst, Upcoming Recession, and Soaring Commodity Prices
Throughout history, you will find notable examples of manias, Ponzi schemes, and bubbles that have ended up in disasters with investors cutting back on their spending and scrambling to atone…
Dollar Daze
The elusive US Dollar rampage, so anticipated by the "deflation" community, will have to wait a while longer. Gold and gold stocks have been leading most markets that don't call…
Weekly Wrap-up: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Could the market move higher than the 1307-53 band? It sure could. With the Fed now talking openly about nearing the end of its rate-hike regime we could see the…
Gold Market Update
Gold had a roller-coaster week, rising strongly early in the week to challenge its early December highs, and then scared a lot of traders on Thursday by looking like it…
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