In a poll on Yahoo Sports with 22,266 responses, people were asked why they thought the NBA's ratings had dropped off. "Player protests/politics" was the overwhelming favorite, at 61%.
Gold has found at least a short-term double bottom at 1851. It has since bounced to 1935 as I type. Yet no major resistance has been broken, and therefore today I am going to focus on the parameters to signal whether the bottom is in or lower lows are ahead.
Legendary investor Eric Sprott discusses current events impacting the precious metals markets and then looks ahead to the pending earnings releases of some of the major mining companies.