While gold and silver prices are tracking higher early today, their fortunes remain inversely locked with the dollar and treasuries.

Technicians can look to sell this bounce after it has had a chance to unfold for a couple of sessions. In fact, perhaps gold will finally garner some sustained flight to quality buying if Congress scares the world and raises the US deficit again.

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