"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •508 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •15 mins | 1,531.30 | +7.10 | +0.47% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 57.91 | -0.15 | -0.26% |
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Gasoline •13 mins | 1.884 | +0.001 | +0.04% |
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Ethanol •508 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •508 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 508 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 508 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 62.43 | -0.13 | -0.21% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 4.511 | -0.069 | -1.51% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 2.400 | -0.057 | -2.32% |
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China, Gold and The Coming Flood of Wealth
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The High Road To Hell
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Gotterdammerung
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No Upward Confirmation from Institutional Investors?
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