The Charts of the Week

• Posted by Robert Sinn
• on July 13th, 2012

College tuition costs have outpaced the price of almost everything over the past three decades except for perhaps the cost of health care in the US:

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Another important chart illustrating the evolution of electric power fuel in the US – this is a secular shift that shows no sign of abating anytime soon:

 

Meanwhile the biggest winners for the week in the equity market were the healthcare stocks including mega-pharma names such as $MRK:

 

 

Wal-Mart ($WMT) continues to run higher as it makes new all-time highs almost on a daily basis:

 

Finally, as one gold mining industry insider told me on Thursday “Goldcorp ($GG) just gave investors one more reason to hate the mining sector, it’s going to take a lot for us to win back their trust after this one”:

 

My Weekly Letter will be published on Sunday along with a small surprise, enjoy your weekend!

 

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