It's not fun to be a gold-and-silver investor.  

Gold settled Friday at $1,244.10 an ounce, 50 cents higher on the day but down 3.4 percent for the week. It was gold's worst weekly loss in 10 weeks. For the month, gold is off six percent and down 25.8 percent for the year.

While not offering any specifics, investors seemed comfortable enough with Dennis Lockhart's comments to end the week on a positive note.

After the eurozone's inflation figure came in at 0.7 percent in October, its lowest level in nearly four years, investors began to worry that the region was headed for a Japan-like "lost decade" of deflation.

A long swing-trade of Safeway (NYSE: SWY) is today's Trade of the Day thanks to Safeway's fantastic technical set-up and favorable entry opportunity.

Shares of Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARIA) surged Friday, after the company revealed advisors to European Union regulators believe the company's Iclusig cancer drug should stay on the European market.

In a report published Friday, Wells Fargo analyst Sam Dubinsky downgraded Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) and United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X).

Toward the end of trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.29 percent to 16,056.02 while the NASDAQ surged 0.52 percent to 3,989.78. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.46 percent to 1,804.22.

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On Friday, Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Rachel McMinn increased the price objective for Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) from $96 to $107.

In a report published Friday, Needham analyst Sean McGowan upgraded GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) from Hold to Buy and announced a $60 price target following third quarter earnings.

McGowan noted that $1 billion in sales of GTA V in three days exceeded the most bullish of estimates as SSS grew 20.5%.