Gold •125 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 986.70 | -20.00 | -1.99% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 71.15 | -0.84 | -1.17% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 2.015 | -0.030 | -1.47% | |
Ethanol •125 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •125 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 125 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 125 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 74.67 | -0.86 | -1.14% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.689 | +0.019 | +0.71% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.279 | -0.025 | -1.10% |
Writer, Sunshine Profits
Contributor since: 13 Oct 2014
Arkadiusz Sieron is a certified Investment Adviser. He is a long-time precious metals market enthusiast, currently a Ph.D. candidate, dissertation on the redistributive effects of monetary inflation (Cantillon effects). Arkadiusz is a free market advocate who believes in the power of peaceful and voluntary cooperation of people.
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