Gold •126 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 992.30 | -14.40 | -1.43% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 71.87 | -0.12 | -0.17% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 2.037 | -0.007 | -0.36% | |
Ethanol •126 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •126 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 126 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 126 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 75.18 | -0.35 | -0.46% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.747 | +0.077 | +2.88% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.279 | -0.025 | -1.10% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Robert Folsom is a financial writer and editor for Elliott Wave International. He has covered politics, popular culture, economics and the financial markets for two decades, via print, radio and the Internet. Robert earned his degree in political science from Columbia University in 1985.
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