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Here's the weekly scorecard:
  31-Jan-14 7-Feb-14 Change % Change
Silver, cents/oz. 1,910.50 1,992.00 81.50 4.3
Gold, dollars/oz. 1,240.10 1,263.30 23.20 1.9
Gold/silver ratio 64.910 63.419 -1.491 -2.3
Silver/gold ratio 0.0154 0.0158 0.0004 2.4
Dow in Gold Dollars (DIG$) 261.69 258.44 -3.25 -1.2
Dow in gold ounces 12.66 12.50 -0.16 -1.2
Dow in Silver ounces 821.71 792.88 -28.84 -3.5
Dow Industrials 15,698.85 15,794.08 95.23 0.6
S&P500 1,782.59 1,797.02 14.43 0.8
US dollar index 81.37 80.74 -0.63 -0.8
Platinum 1,374.10 1,377.60 3.50 0.3
Palladium 703.00 708.60 5.60 0.8

That shoe's on the other foot now. Gold & silver rose strongly this week, stocks tumbled and only came back the last two days. US dollar index is floundering while even platinum & palladium rose.

Still not clear to me whether we've seen the ultimate top in stocks or not. Either way, you can expect these countertrend rallies to be strong as a garlic milkshake. That bullish mentality still reigns o'er stocks, & will buy at the drop of a hat, and they'll drop the hat.

Yesterday stocks had their best day of 2014, and didn't slouch today,. Dow climbed 165.55 (1.06%) to 15,794.08. S&P500 scaled 23.59 (1.33%) to 1,797.02. Rally might carry to the top channel boundary, now about 16,000 where also today the 20 DMA lies (1,001) or to the 50 DMA (16,101.34). Not much higher. Analogues for those numbers on the S&P500 are 1804.25 & 1809.35.

Y'all ought to pause to remember that a bear market likes to pull the maximum number of victims into his den before he mauls them at his leisure.

Whoops, the debt limit fight is back. Aww, SHOOT! The yankee government's gonna run out of money unless congress acts by end February to let it borrow more. What if congress did nothing & the whole blasted thing shut down. Hush! I reckon I can dream, can't I?

US dollar index lost 0.30% (24 basis points) to 80.74, below the 20 DMA and barely above the 50 DMA. The dollar is doing nothing until it breaks out of the 81.50 - 79.50 range. Internally the dollar has an uptrend line at about 80.40, so breaking that would send it lower. Dollar's must-hold line is 80.

The Frankencurrency (euro) climbed back to the top of its downtrend channel and to its 50 DMA, which spot also coincides with the uptrend line the euro crashed through back in January. I am not impressed.

The Yen is atoning for its recent rally. Fell 0.24% to 97.49, but still in rally mode.

Gold refuses to yield, and gained another $5.70 today to close Comex at $1,263.30 after a $1,272 high. Silver gained 1.2 cents (why bother?) to 1992c.

Gold has literally WALKED through it downtrend line from last April, just steadily trading sideways till it crossed that downtrending line. Gold wants badly to close above $1,267.50, the December low, but can't quite get through. Ended today at $1,267. Mercy.

Since December 23 gold has closed every week higher than the last, except for last week. Very promising.

Silver remains above its 20 & 50 DMA, but without attacking 2050c can go nowhere. It must break out of that range.

Gold/Silver ratio has been dropping all this month, hinting of higher metals' prices.

Other markets remain hopeful for silver & gold. Gold/Bank Stocks is falling (gold is gaining strength against banks). Gold stock indices HUI, GDX, & XAU have all turned up after a puking-sick year.

One final spike down for silver & gold cannot be ruled out until gold climbs above $1,267.50 AND $1,314, the 200 day moving average -- and stays there. Still, this is the best horizon for metals we've seen in a year.

On 7 February 1947 the main cache of the Dead Sea Scrolls, dating to 150 BC - 68 AD was found in caves by the Jordan River.

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Market Snapshot See more charts and market data
7-Feb-14 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,263.30 5.70 0.5
Silver, $/oz 19.92 0.01 0.1
Gold/Silver Ratio 63.419 0.286 0.5
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0158 0.0000 0.1
Platinum 1,377.60 4.30 0.3
Palladium 708.60 -1.55 -0.2
S&P 500 1,797.02 23.59 1.3
Dow 15,794.08 165.55 1.1
Dow in GOLD $s 258.44 1.58 0.6
Dow in GOLD oz 12.50 0.08 0.6
Dow in SILVER oz 792.88 7.84 1.0
US Dollar Index 80.97 -0.11 -0.1
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