Dow slumps 7% on Black Monday, gold, dollar up « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" But on Black Monday only one section of the stock market showed positive results: precious metal shares which had a leveraged gain on the gold price. In the choppy waters of financial markets this week there may be a chance for late-comers to the precious metals ball to...

Sudden gold and silver drop on Monday suspicious « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"You only have to look at the gold and silver charts for Monday to sense that more than market forces have been at work. The chart slumps suddenly at the 8 am Eastern Time opening of trading and then flat lines. "