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There are some people who mean what they say, & others don't mean nothing. If some folks I know tell you they're gonna hit you in the mouth with a ball peen hammer, you might as well go ahead & make an appointment with the oral surgeon. They mean it. Others talk big but do little, like Mario Draghi, currently Head Criminal at the European Criminal -- whoops, Central -- Bank. He huffs and puffs and blows & generally jawbones about what they might do, but he just don't know how to pull a trigger. And why should he, or the Bank of Japan? All they have to do is jawbone & markets react.

Them boys wouldn't make it in Tennessee.

Mercy, those Nice Government Men in the Plunge Protection Team must've spent a worried weekend, sweating bullets & trying to work out how they would float the stock market again today. Wasn't particularly impressive. Dow gained 146.49 today (0.91%) to 16,173.24. S&P trailed along at 0.82% (14.92) with a 1,830.61 close.

Both indices look mighty green around the gill, the S&P500 worse than the Dow, and don't even talk about the Nasdaq Composite. Here are some milestones to watch for. S&P500 about 1,800 breaks down out of its uptrend channel. Dow's 200 DMA awaits at 15,752.41. Nasdaq-composite's 200 DMA is at 3,939.36, and today it closed at 4,022.69. Dow's March low came at 16,047 but Friday its low was 16,015. S&P500's March low touched 1834.44 & Friday it hit 1,814.36. Lower prices coming.

Dow in Gold has now fallen into its 200 DMA (12.16 oz), but today rose 0.22% to 12.18 oz (G$251.78 gold dollars). March low was 11.62 oz (G$240.21). Dow in silver has not fallen as far. Gained 0,66% today to close at 808.26 oz (S$1,045.02 silver dollars). It is headed lower like the DiG, but not as fast.

Pressure is rising on the ECB to do something as the euro rises against the US dollar, squeezing European importers. That's why HC Mario Draghi jawboned that the ECB should print more money. On that hint alone the Euro lost 0.41% to $1.3821. It had been nigh to an upside breakout, but the mouthing sent it gapping down. Yen, too, is faltering at the top boundary of its downsloping channel. Remains above its 20 & 50 DMAs. US dollar index climbed 26 basis points (0.33%) to 79.83. What a dog. But it might have found a bottom for this move down. I don't want to own it, even if the US does have an army to invade you and an air force to bomb you if you question the supremacy of the buck.

Gold jumped up as much as $12.70 over Friday's close, but backed off to close Comex at $1,327.20, up only $8.50. A big jump came on Sunday our time, about $10. In European trading gold traded $1,325 - $1,330, but about 7:00 a.m. Eastern time somebody started selling & by noon had driven gold down to $1,331. It double bottomed there about 1:00 p.m,. and shot straight up to $1,330. In the aftermarket it's trading at $1,326.70.

Silver gained 6.6 cents to end Comex at a tape-painting 1999.9c. Sure. It traded the whole weekend over 2000c the about 7:00 a.m. Eastern time the mystery seller began going his work, pouring on enough sales to gap silver down twice. Silver refused to budge at 1972c, then began a relentless climb, leaving behind a V bottom.

Gold has posted a steady, relentless rise & now stands above its 200, 50, and 20 day moving averages, with indicators pointing up. Meanwhile silver remains barely below its 20 DMA (2001c) and can't push through 2015c. Assuming we are watching a precious metals rally, silver should pop straight up soon.,

This is Holy Week and I won't be publishing after tomorrow, or on Easter Monday.

On 14 April 1865 John Wilkes Booth allegedly shot Abraham Lincoln. What followed was the first practiced government cover-up. Booth was cornered in a barn, but instead of coaxing him out, they burned up the barn with him in it. Witness No. 1 gone. Then they arrested a group of "conspirators" and tried them in a blazing hurry before a military tribunal that quickly hanged them all. Exit dangling, rest of witnesses. There were many who suspected at the time that a dead Lincoln was worth more to the Republicans than a live one. It was certainly no secret that even his Cabinet members and many Republicans hated him, but with all the witnesses barbecued or wearing hemp neckties, who could point a finger?

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14-Apr-14 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,327.20 8.50 0.64%
Silver, $/oz 20.00 0.07 0.33%
Gold/Silver Ratio 66.363 0.207 0.31%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0151 -0.0000 -0.31%
Platinum 1,466.80 5.20 0.36%
Palladium 811.75 4.70 0.58%
S&P 500 1,830.61 14.92 0.82%
Dow 16,173.24 146.49 0.91%
Dow in GOLD $s 251.91 0.67 0.27%
Dow in GOLD oz 12.19 0.03 0.27%
Dow in SILVER oz 808.70 4.67 0.58%
US Dollar Index 79.83 0.26 0.33%
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French 20 franc 0.19 249.55 252.54 1,352.68
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Am Eagle, 200 oz Min 1.00 21.45 22.65 22.65
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