Gold has cleared the 4500 handle in trading thus far to as high as 4531, whilst Silver has cleared its 70 handle in thus far reaching up to 70.16: whilst we welcome such lofty prices, a word to the wise is sufficient: Gold is at present +16% above Fair Value and Silver +24% above same. Too, the yellow metal is currently above today’s Neutral Zone, as are the Bond and Swiss Franc, a phenomena not unusual as we glide toward year-end. Session volatility for the BEGOS Markets is mostly moderate. Copper’s “Baby Blues” of linreg consistency (see Market Trends) continue to inch below the key +80%, albeit price has yet to respond in kind. They may be quite an array of data arriving today for the Econ Baro: problematic thereto is much conflict between our reporting sources as to what shall or shall not be issued, either timely or in arrears; we’ll have it all updated later in the session; also there is “talk” of another StateSide “shutdown” come late January.