Gold •370 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 1,373.40 | -17.90 | -1.29% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 68.83 | +0.50 | +0.73% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 2.202 | +0.017 | +0.76% | |
Ethanol •370 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •370 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 370 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 370 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 70.63 | +0.48 | +0.68% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 3.284 | -0.056 | -1.68% | ||
Heating Oil • 10 mins | 2.462 | +0.021 | +0.84% |
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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