{"id":29619,"date":"2021-01-05T14:19:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/?p=29619"},"modified":"2021-01-05T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T23:20:17","slug":"spot-gold-and-spot-silver-start-the-new-year-with-a-bang-by-lynette-zang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/spot-gold-and-spot-silver-start-the-new-year-with-a-bang-by-lynette-zang\/","title":{"rendered":"Spot Gold and Spot Silver Start the New Year with a Bang&#8230;by Lynette Zang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Slides and Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Slide1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itmtrading.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Slide1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" 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