"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •214 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,026.70 | -17.00 | -1.63% |
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WTI Crude •10 mins | 74.14 | +1.61 | +2.22% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 2.122 | +0.063 | +3.05% |
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Ethanol •214 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •214 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 214 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 214 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 10 mins | 76.62 | +0.95 | +1.26% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.279 | +0.235 | +7.72% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.473 | +0.076 | +3.17% |
Markets
Global Fear ... Don't Flinch
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water the market forces have seemingly been stirred up and have thrown off some new waves. These last…
The Great Dollar Turkey Shoot
The dollar has had a lot of fun this week at the expense of the Euro, following the European elites being crass enough to ask the public for a mandate…
Commodity Investments - Stress at the Trend Lines
Commodity-based investments have historically displayed definitive cycles that experience dramatic peaks and valleys. Technical, chart-based analytical tools that anticipate price movements can give a heads up in advance of a…
The Dollar Rally: Parallels with the late-1980s
In the commentary posted at TSI on 3rd January 2005 we outlined a number of reasons why we thought an intermediate-term rally in the US$ was about to begin. Chief…
XAU Faces a Challenging June
The XAU index reached the 90.00 benchmark on an intraday basis on Thursday but quickly encountered resistance. This resistance can be seen vividly in the chart below, which shows a…
My Crotchets and My Conundrums
Though their voices were a little more muted when China's thirst for raw materials was being leveraged up by every trend-chasing, hedge fund hotshot in the West, the Reverse Malthusians…
Foreign Stock Investors: Beware the Double-Whammy
Given the beating many foreign equity investors have undoubtedly taken in 2005 thanks to the rally in the U.S. Dollar, this may not exactly sound like news, but I still…
How to Value a Gold Mining Stock
We look at all cyclical companies trying to decipher what a "mid-cycle" earnings stream might be. For instance, let's say an auto maker (the classic cyclical) is trading at 20…
The Economy Needs Extra Innings
After experiencing rapid growth over the past two years the manufacturing sector has started to slow. Consumer spending has remained robust, and the housing market is overheating. Similar to other…
Update of the AMEX Oil Index
The continued surge in the price of oil confirms that oil supply is scarcely meeting demand. The excess demand is coming from China and India and will only get stronger.…
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