"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •683 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,976.40 | -15.40 | -0.77% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 106.95 | +1.53 | +1.45% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 3.758 | +0.056 | +1.51% |
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Ethanol •683 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •683 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 683 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 683 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 111.06 | +1.80 | +1.65% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 3.023 | +0.063 | +2.13% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 4.132 | +0.079 | +1.94% |
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A Washington-Induced Bubble
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Jim Cramer Is At It Again ...
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Hope Now: Once More, with Feeling
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Rush to Judgment
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