Gold •168 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 931.20 | -3.40 | -0.36% | |
WTI Crude •11 mins | 71.15 | +0.57 | +0.81% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 1.948 | +0.005 | +0.27% | |
Ethanol •168 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •168 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 168 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 168 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 73.71 | +0.32 | +0.44% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.480 | +0.106 | +3.14% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.268 | +0.013 | +0.58% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Mr. Hamilton, a private investor and contrarian analyst, publishes Zeal Intelligence, an in-depth monthly strategic and tactical analysis of markets, geopolitics, economics, finance, and investing delivered from an explicitly pro-free market and laissez faire perspective.
As we continue our fascinating journeys of discovery as students of the markets, we do a lot of charting work at Zeal. Recently a chart…
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