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Here's the weekly scorecard:
  24-Jan-14 31-Jan-14 Change % Change
Silver, cents/oz. 1,947.30 1,910.50 -36.80 -1.9
Gold, dollars/oz. 1,264.50 1,240.10 -24.40 -1.9
Gold/silver ratio 64.936 64.910 -0.026 -0.0
Silver/gold ratio 0.0154 0.0154 0.0000 0.0
Dow in Gold Dollars (DIG$) 260.29 261.69 1.40 0.5
Dow in gold ounces 12.59 12.66 0.07 0.5
Dow in Silver ounces 817.66 821.71 4.06 0.5
Dow Industrials 15,922.27 15,698.85 -223.42 -1.4
S&P500 1,794.23 1,782.59 -11.64 -0.6
US dollar index 80.46 81.37 0.92 1.1
Platinum 1,427.10 1,374.10 -53.00 -3.7
Palladium 733.90 703.00 -30.90 -4.2

Looking at the weekly scorecard forces me to ask whether the stock market's dive means that the peak we have seen is the final one, marking a 300 year top. I'm thinking. I'll let y'all know. Picture in precious metals has not yet cleared. US dollar index has resumed rising.

Let's talk hard and fast today. Stocks bounce yesterday was probably engineered by the NGM, since they lost yesterday's gains and then some today. Milestone comes when the Dow crosses below its 200 DMA (15,466) -- and stays there. Same marker for the S&P500 is 1706.44.

Today the Dow scraped off another 149.76 (0.94%) to end at 15,698.85. S&P500 gave back 11.6 (0.65%) to 1,782.59.

Both silver & gold fell today but stocks fell more, pulling down the Dow measured in metals. Dow in gold ended the day at 12.66 oz, down 0.67% Dow in silver lost 7.62 oz (0.92%) to 821.07%. Still above 20 & 50 DMA, reflecting silver's weakness against gold.

US dollar index jumped 53 basis points yesterday, and another 18 (0.22%) to 81.37 today. This brings it back to the 200 DMA at 81.51. Indicators have turned up, so maybe the dollar can breach that 200 DMA this time.

Euro looks puking sick. Gapped down two days running, lost another 0.49% today to $1.3489. Yen resumed its rise, up 0.68% to 98.01 cents/Y100.

Gold lost $2.10 today to close at $1,240.10. Silver lost 6/10 cent to end on Comex at 1910.5c.

Gold closed lower this week than last, breaking a five week winning streak. Also stopped short of the 20 week moving average. Best I can say is that on the daily chart gold remains above its 50 DMA ($1,235.41). Frankly, I can't parse this divergence between gold and silver. Which is right, the stronger gold or the weaker silver? Gold's MACD is about to flash a sell signal, so maybe gold will catch up with silver.

Silver also closed lower on a weekly basis, down three of the last six weeks, & the last two weeks running. Today's silver low came at 1907c, and really doesn't tell us much after yesterday's close. Any break below 1897c will carry silver lower. Next week gold needs to hold on above $1,210.00. Platinum and palladium are tying an anchor around gold's ankles so they need to turn up, too, before gold can rally.

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31-Jan-14 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,240.10 -2.10 -0.2
Silver, $/oz 19.11 -0.01 -0.0
Gold/Silver Ratio 64.910 -0.110 -0.2
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0154 -0.0000 -0.0
Platinum 1,374.10 -6.60 -0.5
Palladium 703.00 -3.65 -0.5
S&P 500 1,782.59 -11.60 -0.6
Dow 15,698.85 -149.76 -0.9
Dow in GOLD $s 261.69 -2.02 -0.8
Dow in GOLD oz 12.66 -0.10 -0.8
Dow in SILVER oz 821.71 -7.58 -0.9
US Dollar Index 81.37 0.18 0.2
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