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A sharp Friday selloff, ostensibly caused by a much stronger than expected monthly US jobs number, resulted in lower gold and, particularly, silver prices for the week. Gold ended lower by $6 (0.04%) for the week, while silver was slammed...

It’s no secret that I have long studied and written about the Commitments of Traders (COT) report as the principle data source for understanding and anticipating changes in prices for silver and gold. That’s only logical because I’ve always been...

At first blush, I was somewhat disappointed in today’s holiday-delayed release of the new Commitments of Traders (COT) report for positions as of Nov 26, more so in silver than in gold. I had expected a reversal of sorts of...

A post-Thanksgiving Friday rally resulted in gold closing $3 (0.2%) higher for the week, while silver, once again, added a penny for the week. Not much change in the silver/gold price ratio which ended at 86.2 to 1. Even saying...

I’d like to continue with a theme discussed on Saturday – the lack, to this point, of more substantial selling by the managed money traders to the pronounced selloff in gold and silver over the past couple of months and...

Gold and silver prices ended mixed this week, with gold finishing lower by $6 (0.4%) and with silver ending a slim penny higher. Both metals hover barely above multi-month lows. Silver’s slight relative outperformance this week caused the silver/gold price...