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| RATIOS & INDEXES |
| Gold / Silver | 61.99 |
| Gold / Oil | 14.77 |
| Dowjones / Gold | 11.04 |
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 | Mish - Global Economic Analysis |
| Wild Swings in Gold and Silver; Time to Give Up Hope? |
| Overnight action in gold and silver was interesting to say the least. Silver plunged 10% and was halted four times in a flash crash, of sorts, yet is now in the green.
Silver 10-Minute Chart
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Silver hit as low as $20.25 and as high as $23.24. The maximum rally from the low was 14.8%
Gold 10-Minute Chart
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Action in gold was also pronounced, but not quite as wild as silver. Gold fell $25 from the open but is now up $22 andTuesday, May 21, 2013 |
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| Ben Traynor - Bullion Vault |
Gold Speculation and the Comex  |
| What exactly does 'speculative net long' mean...?EVERY FRIDAY, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission publishes data that enable analysts to 'take the pulse' of various commodity markets.The Commitments of Traders (CoT) report gives the aggregate positions held by traders from the previous Tuesday, including the number of long contracts (that stand to benefit if prices rise) and short contracts (that benefit if they fall).Included in the CoT is positioning in gold and silver futures and optionFriday, May 03, 2013 |
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 | Bud Conrad - Casey Research |
Physical Gold vs. Paper Gold: The Ultimate Disconnect  |
| How can we explain gold dropping into the $1,300 level in less than a week?
Here are some of the factors:
George Soros cut his fund holdings in the biggest gold ETF by 55% in the fourth quarter of 2012.
He was not alone: the gold holdings of GLD have contracted all year, down about 12.Saturday, April 27, 2013 |
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 | John Rubino - Dollar Collapse |
 For Gold, Friday's COT Report Is Huge |
| The dominant explanation (in the sound money community at least) for the precious
metals crash is, well, sabotage. The metals exchanges were running out of physical
product and faced imminent default, so the major governments via their money
center bank proxies sold tens of billions of dollars of gold and silver futures
contracts, forcing prices down and triggering stop-loss orders and margin calls
that produced Monday's epic bloodbath.
These short positions were then covered at huge pFriday, April 19, 2013 |
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 | Adam Hamilton - Zealllc |
| Contrary Gold Futures |
| With gold awakening from its usual summer slumber, traders are getting more excited about its prospects. Presumably this shifting sentiment will even grow to encompass futures traders, who’ve been incredibly bearish on the yellow metal for months now. While traders hold futures guys in high esteem, they are just as susceptible to groupthink as everyone else.Saturday, August 25, 2012 |
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| Adam Hamilton - Zealllc |
| Reviewing Futures Commitments of Gold Traders |
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Gold has been deeply out of favor lately, languishing in its usual summer doldrums.This sentiment wasteland is driving traders to flee wholesale, including the futures players.Their mass exodus from the gold market is readily apparent in futures data.But provocatively such behavior is a powerful contrarian indicator, heralding the birth of major new uplegs in gold.Saturday, July 28, 2012 |
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| Adam Hamilton - Zealllc |
| Gold Futures CoT 4 |
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Gold has been deeply out of favor lately, languishing in its usual summer doldrums.This sentiment wasteland is driving traders to flee wholesale, including the futures players.Their mass exodus from the gold market is readily apparent in futures data.But provocatively such behavior is a powerful contrarian indicator, heralding the birth of major new uplegs in gold.Friday, July 27, 2012 |
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 | Ted Butler - Butler Research |
 Knowing the Game |
| Especially at times of price pressure like now, it can be reassuring to know how the game is being played. I’m not speaking of the day to day price movements, but of the dominant forces that generally cause both short term and long term price movements. The price of world silver and gold is mostly set on the COMEX.Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
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| Silver Price Manipulation - Butler Research |
| Knowing the Game |
| Thursday, May 10, 2012 |
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 | Jim Willie CB - Hat Trick Letter |
| Green Shoots, Exit Strategy, No QE3 |
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It is not clear whether the American financial community has the ability to observe and conclude that the US Federal Reserve is adrift and relies upon deception as policy in revealing its directions.Its position is to hold steady, inflate to oblivion, support financial markets in heavy volume secretly, and lie about leaving its trapped policy corner.Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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 | Alasdair Macleod - FinanceandEconomics |
| Gold’s continuing rise and blind man’s bluff. |
| The continuing rise of gold is remarkable, with new highs being made day after day. Its performance triggers concerns that it has become overbought, which it has according to technical indicators, and that it is overdue for a decent correction. If it is so overbought, one would expect to see a rush of small investors chasing prices higher, and there is evidence of this, with private investors buying coins and small bars.Thursday, December 03, 2009 |
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