Gold •100 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 994.40 | +18.20 | +1.86% | |
WTI Crude •15 hours | 75.56 | -0.29 | -0.38% | |
Gasoline •15 hours | 2.152 | +0.001 | +0.03% | |
Ethanol •100 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •100 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 100 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 100 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 14 hours | 79.04 | -0.36 | -0.45% | ||
Natural Gas • 15 hours | 2.632 | -0.043 | -1.61% | ||
Heating Oil • 15 hours | 2.344 | -0.007 | -0.30% |
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Through his www.BusinessTransitionSimplified.com website and his Business Transition & Valuation Review newsletter Ian R. Campbell shares his perspectives on business transition, business valuation and world economic and financial markets influences on those two topics. A recognized business valuation and transition authority, he founded Toronto based Campbell Valuation Partners Limited (1976). He currently is working to bring his business valuation and transition experience to both business owners and their advisors in our new economic, business and financial markets normal.
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