Gold and silver caught in downdraft of commodity sell-off

Jim Wyckoff has spent more than 25 years working in the stock, financial and commodities markets. He was a financial journalist for the FWN news service for many years, including as a reporter on the commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York. As a journalist, he has covered every futures market traded in the United States at one time or another.

Jim is the owner of the analytical, educational and trading consulting service Jim Wyckoff on the Markets. Jim has also worked as a technical analyst for Dow Jones Newswires and as a senior market analyst at TraderPlanet.com. Jim is also a consultant to the highly respected agricultural advisory service Pro Farmer. Jim has also served as the chief equity analyst at CapitalistEdge.com. He graduated from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where he studied journalism and economics.

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