Our dear, sweet Blythe is up and at em real early today. Gotta keep Jamie happy I suppose, and after the Dec. 31 gold / silver closing prices, I'll bet that must be very much on her busy mind. She and her munchkins ( er..minions) seem to be trying hard to smack down the PMs, beginning exactly at 03:00AM. Since copper was whacked at midnight, perhaps dear Blyth received a call to get out of bed, get to work, and do some damage control. Running out of ammo Blythe?

It will be interesting to see the reason for her dismissal when gold and silver really break out, as I believe that she has already been designated as the official scapegoat. (1) Blythe the "rogue trader", or (2) Blythe the "spending more time with my family", or (3) Blythe the "transferred to head up our new emerging market commodities desk in Antarctica".

Anybody want to guess when this will happen, and what the reasons will be?

I'd go with option 2, on the weekend of Feb. 12-13.

N