“He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and nearly all that is undetected in this great city.

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Final Problem

Gold and silver got mugged in very quiet trading for the end of the month, with most traders off on holiday.

If anyone was short gold or silver, their end of month results looked quite a bit better after today. So like the retailers they had their ‘Black Friday.'

Paper covers rock. Who's got the scissors?

The Swiss will be voting on their referenda on Sunday. Among these are the gold referendum.

Next week is the Non-Farm payrolls for November.

Have a pleasant evening.