Gold •141 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 969.00 | -1.50 | -0.15% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 70.18 | +0.08 | +0.11% | |
Gasoline •33 mins | 2.053 | -0.006 | -0.31% | |
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 • 2 hours | 74.23 | +1.42 | +1.95% | ||
Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.411 | +0.072 | +2.16% | ||
Heating Oil • 21 mins | 2.273 | -0.001 | -0.06% |
Contributor since: 25 Apr 2013
Jeff Thomas is British and resides in the Caribbean. The son of an economist and historian, he learned early to be distrustful of governments as a general principle. Although he spent his career creating and developing businesses, for eight years, he penned a weekly newspaper column on the theme of limiting government.
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