Silver & gold gave us good news today, stocks continued to levitate (well, some indices did), while the dollar rose & the euro took a hit. Italian government tried to sell bonds today, but had to pay the highest yield since last December. That pulled on the euro like lead galoshes, so it sank 0.54% to $1.2959. That's the euro's lowest close so far in this move, and edges the Euro down toward its 200 DMA at $1.2842. From here $1.2600 seems virtually a given. Yen meantime was - actually- unchanged at 104.11 cents per 100 yen. I suspect the Japanese will jawbone it lower. Although the US dollar today rose 29.7 basis points to 82.874 (up 0.38%), it appears to have peaked day before yesterday. If so, it will soon fall & break that sharp uptrend. It has already practically hit my 83 target with an interday high at 82.94. Stock indices argued with each other today, some up, some down. The two stars, the Dow & S&P500 both eked out gains. Dow rose 5.22 to 14,455.28. S&P500 rose 2.04 to 1,554.52, but 2007's 1,565.15 high still eludes it. But let's glance at the Dow in Gold & the Dow in Silver. What, ho? Dow in Silver did not follow through yesterday's breakdown from a rising wedge, but didn't disprove it, either. As overbought as perfume among a bunch of 13 year old girls. Dow in Gold performed about the same, but still lower than the wedge's peak. Way overbought & MACD is rolling over downwards. Hopeful. Silver & gold edged down today, but without damaging anything. Gold lost $3.20 & closed Comex at $1,588.30. Silver lost 20.9 cents to 2892.2c. Today gold punched higher through its 1,590.83 twenty day moving average, but closed a little lower than yesterday. However, the breakout from the pennant has not been gainsaid, so unless gold closes lower than $1,575, gold has a breakout & uptrend. Today's range was $1,596.41 to $1,585.52 on the low side. Don't forget that gold gapped up yesterday, & trading back into the gap, as it did today, is normal. Picture with silver differs just a little, without a clear breakout above its pennant, but poked its head through the upper boundary yesterday and today. First tripwire of a rally, the 20 DMA at 29.09, isn't far above. Like gold, silver traded back into its gap, but filled it altogether. These are all hopeful signs that silver & gold have indeed reversed & turned up, but hopeful only. Silver must scuttle above 2950c and gold above $1,600 to confirm that reversal. Watching. Waiting. Soon. No fun in that, just caution. As if we needed more proof that American culture has probably probed a nadir from which it will ne'er recover, a headline in the LA Times today read, "Are Sheryl Sandberg [Facebook Executive] & Nate Silver [statistician] America's greatest thinkers?" Other nominees, like NYT economy columnist Paul Krugman, are too egregiously dopey to mention. And this happens in a nation that used to boast minds like Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, PT Barnum, & Bozo the Clown. Lo, how have the mighty fallen! SPECIAL OFFER: DINGED MAPLE LEAVES Throughout history one reason that no country ever minted pure gold (24 karat) coins is gold's softness. It won't wear well in handling, and dings (flattens slightly) when dropped, so generally coin gold has been alloyed. But since 1979 Canada has issued the Maple Leaf in 24 karat, and others have since followed. To further confuse matters, a few years ago Canada stopped issuing Maple Leaves in 0.999 (99.9%) fineness and began issuing them in 0.9999 (99.99% or "four nines") fineness. A customer sold me six of the three-nines (99.9%) fine Maple Leaves that turned out to be dinged. Somebody dropped them on their rim & slightly flattened that spot. One has a little red copper spot on it. No big deal, as gold is gold & over time all premium disappears. Selling them to a wholesaler, I'll take a discount. I figure I might as well pass that discount on to one of y'all, and we both get a better deal. I have only these six coins, and will sell them as Two lots of three coins each at $1,620 (2% premium) each plus $25 per order shipping, or a total of $4,885.00 for a three coin lot. Price based on today's closing gold price at $1,588.30. Sorry, no re-orders at this price, just these two 3-coin lots. Special Conditions: First come, first served, and no re-orders at these prices. I will write orders based on the time I receive your e-mail. We will not take orders for less than the minimums shown above. All sales on a strict "no-nag" basis. We will ship as soon as your check clears, but we allow Two weeks (14 days) for your check to clear. Calls looking for your order two days after we receive your check will be politely and patiently rebuffed. If you want faster shipping, please send a wire (wire instructions will appear on your trade confirmation). ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS: 1. You may order by e-mail only to offers@the-moneychanger.com. No phone orders, please. 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Argentum et aurum comparanda sunt —
Silver and gold must be bought.
— Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger
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