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Summary The major months in Platinum are January, April, July, and October. During major months, Platinum behaves a lot like silver and gold with lots of open interest that dives as first position approaches. Delivery volume had to drop because there were only about 75k ounces in Regist...

Summary Silver finally took out $22 and has been moving up rather quickly. It is leading gold high which is a good sign for both metals. The one thing that will hold back a truly explosive move in gold will be the CFTC raising margin rates to contain the price. The gold miners have ...

Summary December gold is having the weakest major delivery month since February. Similar to gold, silver is showing a relatively weak delivery month with only 4,335 contracts delivered so far. Things in platinum could get very interesting. Platinum only has 4 major months a year (Ja...

Summary Much of Wall Street will be taking off this week. It will be a week filled with lots of economic readings. There will be no earnings and no Fed speak. By Ed Moya US Thin trading conditions could persist as much of Wall Street will be taking off th...

Summary After several failed tests and breaks, it looks like DXY has finally broken up. Silver has turned down for 2 days in a row. What’s worse is that it is in a Bearish Flag pattern and if the lower trendline is broken at around 23.40, this could get ugly fast. The miners ...

Summary Trade statistics show China was a net exporter in April 2020, but I don’t think this was due to exports from the domestic market. There hasn’t been massive dishoarding from the East in 2020. Via Singapore 120 tonnes were transported to the US and UK. The spread...

Summary While falling commodity prices signal potential easing in inflation, it’s not necessarily a good sign. That’s because assets peak in a predictable order: bonds, stocks, and then commodities. Crude Oil has fallen to the lowest level in over a year, suffering a weekl...

Summary The credit cycle and the economic cycle are excellent leading indicators of volatility. Both are likely to continue deteriorating in the months ahead. As such, expect high stock market volatility to be a mainstay for 2023. High Volatility Set To Continue Eq...

Summary The top two mega themes in terms of global net inflows in 2022 were Climate Change-related themes and Big Data. The largest net outflows came from tech-heavy themes, led by Robotics & Automation. 2023 may bring a return to more normal markets driven by economics rather t...

Summary Ole Hansen believes gold could hit $3,000/oz in the coming year on a number of factors. Central bankers and finance ministers may be all about fiat currency, but behind the scenes, they’re gobbling up the yellow metal at the fastest pace in living memory. The yield cu...