Gold •92 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •10 mins | 1,014.60 | +9.00 | +0.89% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 73.66 | -0.05 | -0.07% | |
Gasoline •16 mins | 2.092 | -0.000 | -0.01% | |
Ethanol •92 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •92 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 92 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 92 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 77.56 | -0.06 | -0.08% | ||
Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.962 | -0.008 | -0.27% | ||
Heating Oil • 16 mins | 2.296 | +0.001 | +0.06% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Terry Coxon is the author of Keep What You Earn and Using Warrants and the co-author (with Harry Browne) of Inflation-Proofing Your Investments. He edited Harry Browne's Special Reports for its 23 years of publication and all of Harry Browne's investment books since 1974.
Terry was the founder and for 22 years the president of the Permanent Portfolio Fund, a mutual fund that invests in precious metals as well as stocks and bonds. He is currently the president of Passport Financial, Inc., a specialty financial publishing company.
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