Gold and other metals are all dropping today -- anyone know what triggered it ? nt

[Laelth]

8. I can't say.

What I will say is that the markets are neurotic. They tend to over-react to stimuli, and what bothers the markets most is uncertainty. Uncertainty leads to panic, and panic leads to irrational selling. Notice that you rarely (if ever) see panic buying, but selling is often driven by uncertainty that creates panic.

RBG’s passing has created uncertainty. That’s the only recent event (of which I am aware) that might create some uncertainty and some panic-selling.



-Laelth