There will be an options expiration on the Comex for precious metals next week on Tuesday the 26th. Given that it is for the October contracts it could be more important for gold than silver.

Late this afternoon Senator McCain indicated he cannot vote for the latest form of GOP healthcare repeal. 

Pictured to the right is the Bertramka Villa in Prague. I visited it with Mary when I was attending business school classes in Prague in 1991. It is associated with Mozart and I believe he wrote his 'Prague Symphony' there as well. They had a small Mozart exhibition and I still have a small bust of the composer as a young boy in my study that I purchased there.

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