Silver was stretched out pretty good here.

We want to see whether or not the following months follow on up out of here after September gets out of the way. We could be looking at the highs right now.

It's like predicting the market. You like to see someone else's analysis of what might happen.

It's another earnings week ... so we'll see how the companies fare and decide from there whether you're going to be a buyer or not.

There's a little apprehension here about the price of crude oil and how that's going to affect us. Even though we're off a bit, it's still $74 oil. I think that's a negative factor in the market though gasoline is really the issue.

Gold is consolidating after reaching new ground. The target this week has been to close above $600, and now the market is waiting for the next push.