| Gold •512 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
| Platinum •15 mins | 1,684.70 | +98.50 | +6.21% | |
| WTI Crude •11 mins | 59.43 | +0.78 | +1.33% | |
| Gasoline •1 hour | 1.925 | +0.036 | +1.91% | |
| Ethanol •513 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
| Silver •512 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
| Silver • 512 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
| Copper • 512 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
| Brent Crude • 13 mins | 63.38 | +0.04 | +0.06% | ||
| Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.796 | +0.238 | +5.22% | ||
| Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.360 | +0.035 | +1.48% |
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We are increasingly asked about low risk individual stocks that may be suitable for an equity income allocation within a portfolio. This is a general response to that question.