Gold •175 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •10 mins | 966.30 | +1.50 | +0.16% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 70.03 | -0.07 | -0.10% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 1.951 | -0.008 | -0.39% | |
Ethanol •175 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •175 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 175 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 175 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 73.56 | -0.02 | -0.03% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.746 | -0.200 | -5.07% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.215 | -0.006 | -0.28% |
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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