Gold •141 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 968.90 | -1.60 | -0.16% | |
WTI Crude •20 mins | 70.14 | +0.04 | +0.06% | |
Gasoline •19 mins | 2.054 | -0.005 | -0.26% | |
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 • 20 mins | 74.23 | +1.42 | +1.95% | ||
Natural Gas • 19 mins | 3.414 | +0.075 | +2.25% | ||
Heating Oil • 20 mins | 2.271 | -0.003 | -0.13% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
During the day Merv practices his engineering profession as a Consulting Aerospace Engineer. Once the sun goes down and night descends upon the earth Merv dons his other hat as a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and tries to decipher what's going on in the securities markets. As an underground surveyor in the gold mines of Canada's Northwest Territories in his youth, Merv has a soft spot for the gold industry and has developed several Gold Indices reflecting different aspects of the industry. As a basically lazy individual Merv's driving focus is to KEEP IT SIMPLE.
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