Gold •313 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 991.20 | +15.60 | +1.60% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 63.79 | +1.84 | +2.97% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 2.166 | +0.033 | +1.55% | |
Ethanol •313 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •313 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 313 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 313 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 66.72 | +1.76 | +2.71% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.663 | +0.017 | +0.47% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.166 | +0.055 | +2.58% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
Tom Dyson is DailyWealth's full time staff writer. There's not another financial writer with a more proven contrarian view. Tom made his first trade age 12. The stock returned 300% in less than 9 months. Since then, Tom has worked on a bond trading desk on the largest trading floor in Europe, at a large research firm on Wall Street and qualified to a prestigious institute of accountants in London.
Tom approaches the market as a puzzle. His philosophy is simple: Figure out what the crowd is buying and do the opposite. It's harder than it sounds. To supplement his contrarian instincts, Tom travels around the world - twelve months a year - investigating hunches, interviewing traders and executives, and touring companies. This is his edge. Tom notes everything he finds in his column at DailyWealth.
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