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This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey I ain't got time for that now          -Talking Heads – Life Under Warfare   None of us had...

Another late-Friday price jolt, this time up, explained gold’s $18 (1.4%) weekly gain and silver ending 42 cents (2.5%) higher. These were the highest weekly closes in five weeks. As a result of silver’s relative outperformance, the silver/gold price...

The holiday-delayed weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) Report, as well as the monthly Bank Participation Report, for positions held as of the close of business Tuesday, Nov 7 indicated a fairly large increase in in the total commercial net...

The mid-morning selloff yesterday was fairly pronounced, particularly in gold, but it wasn’t enough to completely erase the week’s previous gains, as gold ended the week up by $6 (0.5%), with silver finishing up three cents (0.2%). As a...

The only reason I continue to focus on COMEX futures contract positioning changes as the prime, if not sole driver of gold and silver prices is that such changes always best explain price behavior. So strong is the connection...

A Friday selloff pushed gold lower for the week by $6 (0.5%) and its lowest close in 3 months. Silver, also down sharply on Friday, managed to finish unchanged for the week, thanks to the sharp rally on Wednesday....