Gold up $9, silver up $.28, but back above $30.
Tough to be too confident about actually holding these early gains because the dollar has been creeping back up toward positive and rates are up another 2 bips or so.
PM shares are firm, but that is meaningless at this point in the morning.
Oil up 1/2%. Bitcoin down $1500 but still above $100K. SM is flat, with NVDA holding up the Nasdaq.
The big eco data today comes at 10 am EST, ISM services and JOLTS job openings. There’s a jobs report on Friday.
It would be nice to see us fly for a change while everything else goes in the crapper, but I’ve had that dream for a very long time.