| Gold •763 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •15 mins | 1,766.90 | +20.00 | +1.14% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 74.81 | -0.41 | -0.55% | |
| Gasoline •11 mins | 2.813 | -0.026 | -0.92% | |
| Ethanol •763 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •763 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 763 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 763 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 11 mins | 79.14 | -0.31 | -0.39% | ||
| Natural Gas • 14 mins | 2.674 | -0.014 | -0.52% | ||
| Heating Oil • 13 mins | 3.756 | -0.040 | -1.06% |
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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