"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 •10 mins | 68.51 | -0.19 | -0.28% |
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Gasoline •10 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 | 2.762 | -0.023 | -0.83% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.205 | -0.007 | -0.33% |
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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Washington Squanders its Gift of Time
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Republican Sellout Invites Stagflation
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Budget Farce Suggests Term Limits Needed
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Central Banks Hedge Their Bets
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Euro Crisis: Major Implications For Investors
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Banks Punished For Central Bank and Political Errors
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Gold Glitters
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September 12th Looms Large for Germany
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Mistrust Fuels Continued Gold Demand
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Disconnected Markets Confound Investors
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Promises, Promises
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Dependence Day
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Germany Loses to Italy, Again
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European Leaders Play With Fire
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