Oil and gold contest update #2

Though no scale adjustment was required for the chart below (that would make for an interesting side bet), prices have moved up quickly since the last contest update.
With oil at almost $96 per barrel and gold at $806 per ounce, it's hard to imagine that prices could go even higher, but that's the same thing that many people were thinking a couple weeks ago.

Given what's gone on over the last few months, current prices are starting to feel almost normal now.

For some perspective, recall that when the mid-year contest concluded just four months ago, oil fetched only $70 and gold was still below $650. About a month ago when the current contest began, oil was at about $80 and the yellow metal was at about $730.

It's been an impressive run for both commodities.

Looking good at the moment are SC, IIO, VP, bBdaBeerman, and CP. It should be noted that TJ and Da Bear is (are) in the top ten! And, lastly, Rob Dawg's Euro guesses have been converted to dollars, placing him in the middle of the pack.

The winner receives a free one-year subscription to Iacono Research where the model portfolio is now up a whopping 28 percent so far this year.

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