Clearly, the gold and silver markets are not benefiting from flight to quality interest early today as the fear of financial contagion in China continues to rise with Chinese equities plunging sharply this week. This is beginning to create "margin calls" which can prompt a chain reaction of problems for banks, investors, and eventually the government.

Sentiment toward gold early today is disappointing to the bull camp as a downside breakout in the dollar has not produced a wave of fresh buying yet.

In fact, it should be noted that the March dollar index fell below its 200-day moving average and posted a seven-day low in the early trade...[MORE]

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