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That was fast. It seems that no sooner had I warned about a possible selloff in gold and silver that the criteria for that selloff, a negative COMEX market structure, may have already been rectified. By way of quick review,...

After hitting fresh multi-month price highs earlier in the week, by week’s end, gold and silver prices sold off to finish the week lower by $20 (1.1%) in gold and by 75 cents (3%) in silver. Silver’s relative price underperformance...

Every financial market is a game or contest of sorts, with all manner of ways in which the game is played and in which there are winners and losers. Gold and silver are no different in this regard and I’d...

The holiday-delayed Commitments of Traders (COT) report for positions held on the COMEX as of the close of business on Nov 9 came in quite close to my hopes and published expectations. To be sure, there were significant increases in...

Gold and silver prices continued to rally from what now looks like important price lows at the end of third quarter, some six weeks ago. This week, gold ended up by $48 (2.6%), while silver tacked on $1.16 (4.8%). As...

Just because something exists does it mean that it is available for sale at then-current prices. The classic example of this is in housing, where in the US there are roughly 140 million residential units and the annual ownership turnover...