I have included a chart below of the range of gold futures contracts.

The August contract is now setting the 'spot price' and is driving the continuous contract quote as well.

See how narrow the volume is, compared to October and December.

The Dollar chopped sideways finishing just a little lower.

Gold traded woodenly, compared to the volatility in the related miners.

Silver lost more ground but took a bit back after the initial plunge bath.

Stocks bounced a bit in tech land but as for the rest of them, meh.

Non-Farm Payrolls tomorrow.  

It's the big reveal for all the preceding shenanigans.

The lack of integrity in Western political, financial and corporate leadership is very discouraging.

"I want to end with the idea that the [unregulated] market is capable of resolving all of our social conflict, fairly and justly. That is the great idea of the 1990's. And we all know now what a crock that is. I think what we need in order to restore some kind of sense of fairness is not the final triumph of markets over the body and soul of humanity, but something that confronts markets, and that refuses to think of itself as a brand." - Thomas Frank

Have a pleasant evening.

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