"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •170 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 936.40 | +12.90 | +1.40% |
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WTI Crude •19 hours | 69.46 | +0.08 | +0.12% |
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Gasoline •19 hours | 1.942 | +0.019 | +0.98% |
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Ethanol •170 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •170 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 170 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 170 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 18 hours | 72.94 | +0.06 | +0.08% | |
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Natural Gas • 19 hours | 3.748 | +0.164 | +4.58% | |
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Heating Oil • 19 hours | 2.232 | -0.006 | -0.27% |
Will Bancroft
Contributor since: 25 May 2012
Biography
Will Bancroft is an investor and digital entrepreneur. He co-founded The Real Asset Company, a platform for investing in precious metals, and regularly contributes to the Research Desk. His passion for financial markets and investment led him to develop a keen interest in monetary economics, gold and silver. Will holds a BSc Econ Politics from Cardiff University.
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