First published by Money Metals here: https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2017/12/04/quiet-metals-markets-catalyst-001292

Fear and greed drive the precious metals markets, but there hasn’t been much of either pushing gold and silver prices lately. Investors have grown tired of worrying about geopolitical events, ever increasing federal debt ceilings and ever inflating equity bubbles. Meanwhile, greedy trend traders continue piling in to hot markets. It is quiet in the metals markets now, but there are plenty of ways for this quiet to be broken at any time.