Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - The Mother of Madness - Bart Through the Revolving Door

“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”

“A toast to the proud Lannister children: the dwarf, the cripple, and the mother of Madness.”

Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones

(Reuters) - Bart Chilton, an outspoken former regulator who spent more than six years as a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will join the law firm DLA Piper, the company said on Monday.

Chilton, a Democrat who left the CFTC last month, witnessed its transition from a little-watched overseer of futures markets into a powerful body put in charge of the $690 trillion swaps market after the credit crisis.

"Bart will be an invaluable resource for clients who will be subject to increased regulation over the next few years," the firm said in a statement...