"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •215 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,002.10 | -0.40 | -0.04% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 71.94 | -1.22 | -1.67% |
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Gasoline •10 mins | 2.064 | -0.053 | -2.52% |
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Ethanol •215 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •215 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 215 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 215 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 75.22 | -0.74 | -0.97% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.230 | -0.122 | -3.64% | |
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Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.404 | -0.059 | -2.38% |
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Greenspan has his Eye on Gold
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Connecting The Dots
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Moneyization Part Thirteen
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BondWorks
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Alan Greenspan on Gold
It is oil prices that are really making the gold market look like 1970s redux, with crude prices hovering near $60 a barrel. While economists debate whether high oil prices…
What's Down With Bank Holdings of Mortgage-Backeds?
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Neverland
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