Gold •141 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 971.30 | +5.50 | +0.57% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 69.75 | +1.00 | +1.45% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 2.046 | +0.055 | +2.74% | |
Ethanol •141 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •141 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 141 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 141 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 73.82 | +1.01 | +1.39% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.285 | +0.092 | +2.88% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.256 | +0.030 | +1.35% |
Contributor since: 02 Aug 2012
Dr. Lacy Hunt is the executive vice president of Hoisington Investment Management, a firm with over $5.8 billion under management, and one of the nation's top-performing bond managers. Lacy's work has been published in Barron's, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Journal of Finance, the Financial Analysts Journal, and the Journal of Portfolio Management. Previously he was the chief economist for the HSBC Group, one of the world's largest banks, and the senior economist for the Dallas Fed.
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