Silver futures forum sentiment trackers show a shift toward bullish positioning after jobless claims exceeded forecasts. Weak labor data often pressures the dollar, indirectly supporting precious metals through lower opportunity costs. Rising corporate earnings expectations are a bullish backdrop for stocks. According to Bloomberg Intelligence, more than 22% of companies in the S&P 500 provided guidance for their Q3 earnings results that are expected to beat analysts’ expectations, the highest in a year. Also, S&P companies are expected to post +6.9% earnings growth in Q3, up from +6.7% as of the end of May. So, as you know, planning applications for Gatwick and Luton are literally on my desk. And as you might have picked up, the government has invited proposals for a third runway at Heathrow to be brought forward by the summer. Once received, we will move at speed to review the Airports National Policy Statement . But let me be clear – this is in no way a blank cheque. My job as decision maker on all of these schemes will be to strike a balance – between expansion’s potential benefits of jobs, trade and tourism, with tough questions on: Some silver futures forum analysts point to the spread between March and May contracts narrowing rapidly, reflecting stronger near-term supply tightness. This basis shift could incentivize more speculative longs in the front-month contracts.