"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •134 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 942.60 | -1.40 | -0.15% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 68.50 | -0.20 | -0.29% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.971 | -0.011 | -0.54% |
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Ethanol •134 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •134 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 134 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 134 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 2 hours | 72.56 | +0.28 | +0.39% | |
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Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.763 | -0.022 | -0.79% | |
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Heating Oil • 19 mins | 2.205 | -0.008 | -0.35% |
John Browne
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Biography
John Browne is the Senior Economic Consultant for Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. Mr. Brown is a distinguished former member of Britain's Parliament who served on the Treasury Select Committee, as Chairman of the Conservative Small Business Committee, and as a close associate of then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Among his many notable assignments, John served as a principal advisor to Mrs. Thatcher's government on issues related to the Soviet Union, and was the first to convince Thatcher of the growing stature of then Agriculture Minister Mikhail Gorbachev. As a partial result of Brown's advocacy, Thatcher famously pronounced that Gorbachev was a man the West "could do business with." A graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Britain's version of West Point and retired British army major, John served as a pilot, parachutist, and communications specialist in the elite Grenadiers of the Royal Guard.
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Chinese Checkers with Gold Prices
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Putin Plays for Keeps in Crimea
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Bitcoin Takes on Gold
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Fed Creating More Financial Market Uncertainty
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Keep Your Eye on Bonds
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Markets Focused on The Wrong Target
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Greece Highlights Germany's EU Dilemma
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Crushing the Middle Class
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Understanding Gold Market Dynamics
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Germany Under Pressure To Create Money
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Gold Recovers Amidst Uncertainty
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Cypriot Chaos Assists EU Centralization
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Spending Patterns Paint Half Truth
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Gentlemen, Start Your Presses
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Singapore A Wise Owl Among Currency Snakes
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