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The holiday-delayed Commitments of Traders (COT) report as of Tuesday, December 24, featured headline changes largely as anticipated, but with a number aspects that seem quite compelling to me. As a reminder, gold and silver prices rose fairly strongly during...

Despite some late price weakness in silver on Friday, gold and silver prices rose fairly sharply in the abbreviated Christmas holiday trading week, with both ending at 8 week closing highs. Gold finished the week up by $34 (2.3%), while...

While gold and silver prices closed at six week highs, a key feature has been just how tight the recent trading range has been. Gold ended the week one dollar higher, while silver added 22 cents (1.3%), resulting in the...

There are two main questions remaining open regarding gold and silver that are likely to be answered in the relative near future. The first is the resolution of the Justice Department’s criminal investigation, including guilty pleas by and indictments of...

Gold and silver prices rallied this week, with gold ending $15 (1%) higher and at its highest weekly close in 6 weeks, while silver tacked on 40 cents (2.4%), snapping back from the prior week’s lowest close in 4 months....

If there is one question that I’ve been asked more often than any other for many years (decades actually), it is why do the managed money traders persist in the apparent folly of falling for the dirty tricks and price...