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Extreme levels of short interest in gold remains an issue to monitor.
“COMEX futures continue to show extreme short positioning. Money managers’ net shorts are near all-time recorded highs since data became available in 2006, and non-commercial non-reporting net longs remain near negative levels last seen in 2001. But such short positioning has historically preceded rallies in the price of gold,” according to the WGC.
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Tom Lydon’s clients own shares of GLD.