Hedge funds raise bearish gold price bets by 44%..... "But in the week to February 17 according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly Commitment of Traders data bullish positioning was trimmed for the third week in a row. Hedge funds increased short positions on gold – bets that prices will fall – by just under 44% and cut long positions at the same time, reducing the net long position by 18% to 10.3 million ounces." http://www.mining.com/hedge-funds-raise-bearish-gold-price-bets-by-44-37217/