Gold •168 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •10 mins | 926.40 | -8.20 | -0.88% | |
WTI Crude •1 hour | 70.19 | -0.39 | -0.55% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 1.933 | -0.010 | -0.53% | |
Ethanol •168 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •168 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 168 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 168 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 72.94 | -0.45 | -0.61% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.428 | +0.054 | +1.60% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.244 | -0.011 | -0.50% |
Contributor since: 29 Jan 2012
Keith is founder of the Gold Standard Institute USA in Phoenix, Arizona, and CEO of precious metals fund manager Monetary Metals. He created DiamondWare, a technology company which he sold to Nortel Networks in 2008.
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