Gold prices remained steady and held their ground in light of sharp declines in equities in the United States. If it was not for dollar strength spot and futures gold pricing would have closed modestly higher on the day.

First of all, I need to start off with a disclaimer. By no way am I endorsing either President Trump or former Vice President Biden in the following article.

In this headline driven market, sentiment can easily overreact to any news story that talks about perceived optimism, or pessimism.