| Gold •583 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •15 mins | 2,099.40 | +28.80 | +1.39% | |
| WTI Crude •12 hours | 63.55 | +0.26 | +0.41% | |
| Gasoline •12 hours | 1.953 | +0.027 | +1.38% | |
| Ethanol •583 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 583 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 583 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 hours | 68.05 | +0.50 | +0.74% | ||
| Natural Gas • 12 hours | 3.422 | -0.087 | -2.48% | ||
| Heating Oil • 12 hours | 2.413 | +0.020 | +0.84% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Tom Dyson is DailyWealth's full time staff writer. There's not another financial writer with a more proven contrarian view. Tom made his first trade age 12. The stock returned 300% in less than 9 months. Since then, Tom has worked on a bond trading desk on the largest trading floor in Europe, at a large research firm on Wall Street and qualified to a prestigious institute of accountants in London.
Tom approaches the market as a puzzle. His philosophy is simple: Figure out what the crowd is buying and do the opposite. It's harder than it sounds. To supplement his contrarian instincts, Tom travels around the world - twelve months a year - investigating hunches, interviewing traders and executives, and touring companies. This is his edge. Tom notes everything he finds in his column at DailyWealth.
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