Gold •185 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 948.30 | +25.90 | +2.81% | |
WTI Crude •1 day | 73.96 | +0.83 | +1.13% | |
Gasoline •1 day | 2.054 | +0.002 | +0.09% | |
Ethanol •185 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •185 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 185 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 185 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 1 day | 76.51 | +0.58 | +0.76% | ||
Natural Gas • 1 day | 3.354 | -0.306 | -8.36% | ||
Heating Oil • 1 day | 2.348 | -0.006 | -0.26% |
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Who am I? Well, I fancy myself the personification of the free thinking maverick, the ultimate non-conformist as it applies to investment and analysis. I am definitively outside the box - not your typical or stereotypical Wall Street investor. I work out of my home, not a Manhattan office. I build my own technology and perform my own research - in lieu of buying it or following the crowd. I create and follow my own macro strategies and am by definition, a contrarian to the nth degree.
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