Above, we see a continuous 48-hour chart for silver from May 10 to May 11, 2011. You will notice in Asia, on May 11, that from the previous close on the New York Globex, silver futures rose nearly +2.5% . Then, after New York opens on May 11, silver precipitously tumbles to a low [...]

Last week, many analysts that were looking for some clue as to whether the CFTC will establish reasonable position limits in gold/silver futures markets and additionally not grant bullion banks (i.e. HSBC and JP Morgan) exemptions to these position limits in the near future were encouraged by the below CFTC press release. Washington, DC – [...]

Several days ago, various news agencies reported on a plan advocated by Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Gary Gensler to significantly curb manipulation schemes executed by big banks in the commodities futures markets through new regulations that will assign and enforce limits on positions held by these firms. Though decades late, such new regulations, if [...]

16 October 2008 Today there have been four distinctly and differently priced markets established for gold: (1) Futures markets in Asia that consistently establish prices $20 an ounce to $60 an ounce higher than the prices established in (2) Futures markets in New York; (3) Physical bullion bars that dealers are starting to price at [...]