Gold

We are indeed entering the season of "No Fresh News." The holidays are notorious for it. Of course, we will have labor reports, and we will face the fed music in December regarding tapering.

In general, people around the globe slow down at this time of year. Yet there are tidbits we can pop into our brains and consider.

Regardless of the truth of the matter, the statistics say hat the labor force increased by 2000,000+ jobs in October. And the reaction in markets set gold and silver tumbling. Lurking within the statistics are some sobering facts, though.

We mull certain broad questions over so we can give you a carefully considered look at the big picture fundamentals in this section of our emails. 

The euro strengthened after the ECB's Peter Praet said negative rates and asset purchases remain an option, according to a Wall Street Journal article.