The whole market looks weak all of a sudden, and the natural resource/commodity sectors have been hit as hard as any. And, somehow, AUM seems to always be placed forwardly in such parades.

If one pays some attention to investing, then I can see where Wednesday's debacle would chill potential investors, some of whom may have been on the fence about investing in PM's. All very well calculated by those whom we have chosen to pit ourselves against.

Will be interesting to see if the $1,680 level will be sufficient support against this latest attack, which is, in essence, a "slander" of the PMs. Fortunately, most of the world doesn't hear or read a fraction of the stuff we do!

Markets are extremely interesting, their ability to surprise, to confound, and to frustrate is quite endless.