Why Gold and Silver Have Declined

``The Thompson Reuters CRB index weighting has not changed since 2005. However, virtually all other commodities related indexes do rebalance in early Jan of every year. For instance the $CCI consists of 17 commodity constituents – with 5.88 % of the index allotted to each commodity. It rebalances in early Jan. every year. Silver’s RABID TEAR [out-performance] last year ensured that it would be “cut back” to conform to its intended 5.88 % weight.''