"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •212 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,043.70 | +16.70 | +1.63% |
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WTI Crude •15 hours | 72.53 | -0.20 | -0.27% |
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Gasoline •15 hours | 2.037 | -0.001 | -0.04% |
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Ethanol •212 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •212 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 212 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 212 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 14 hours | 76.76 | -0.11 | -0.14% | |
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Natural Gas • 15 hours | 3.044 | -0.003 | -0.10% | |
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Heating Oil • 15 hours | 2.485 | +0.009 | +0.37% |
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On Jesse Livermore And His Legacy
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Retraction!
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Global US-Dollar Carpet-Bombing Continues
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