Gold •141 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •10 mins | 969.10 | -1.40 | -0.14% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 70.24 | +0.14 | +0.20% | |
Gasoline •24 mins | 2.055 | -0.004 | -0.21% | |
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 | 74.34 | +0.11 | +0.15% | ||
Natural Gas • 12 mins | 3.415 | +0.076 | +2.28% | ||
Heating Oil • 15 mins | 2.273 | -0.001 | -0.06% |
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Jeff 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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