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I suppose the day may come when there is not much for me to write about in silver and gold, but that day is not today. In fact, it’s the opposite – too much to discuss. So let me start...

Gold and silver prices ended the week lower (although up from intraweek lows) as gold ended $15 (1.3%) lower and silver ended down by 45 cents (1.8%). As a result of silver’s relative underperformance, the silver/gold price ratio widened out...

Interview with Jim Cook Let me start today with a recent interview I did with Jim Cook, president of Investment Rarities, Inc. In keeping with the question of where does the time go, it has now been more than...

Before I get into today’s holiday-delayed Commitments of Traders (COT), which will be briefer than I expected given the lack of meaningful positioning change in silver (gold’s report featured a bit more change), a few words on today’s initial price...

Gold and silver prices stabilized and recovered somewhat from Monday’s deliberate jam job lower, but only by about half way in silver and less than that in gold. For the week, gold ended a sharp $65 (3.3%) lower, while silver...

In many ways, the deliberate price smash in gold and silver on Monday was every bit the same manipulative jam job seen way too many times over the past 35 years. It had all the elements of past price rigs,...