The price of gold and gold stocks were running strong until the end of the day and suddenly tanked. The only exception is the Kinross/ARU combo. This is most interesting as the other big gold stocks all got dumped just before closing (ABX., AEM, G, NEM, etc.), but not K/ARU.

Could something be coming down the pipe soon? Just speculating?

Well, the markets are heavily manipulated right now, and banks etc are going poof on a daily basis, so it could be nothing more than not wanting to be long/short overnight in case there's a gap up/down on the open.

Gold gathers steam as it travels around the globe, then usually gets hammered in London & NY. That's been the pattern, so maybe this is just more of the same? Watch Tokyo for clues I guess.

No doubt another shoe will drop over the weekend (it's like opening Imelda Marco's closet) so it may be prudent to square your positions today rather than on Friday, just to be extra safe.

ebear