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If you saw a fellow installing a lighting rod on his house, you'd say "I reckon he expects lightening."

If you saw a fellow installing a bomb shelter, you'd say, "I reckon he expects a nuclear war."

And if you saw the SEC adopt "reforms" that relieve money market funds of maintaining a $1.00 per share price and call this a "reform" and say they aim to "mitigate the risks of a run in money market funds & limit further contagion should a run occur," you would say, "I reckon they expect another Panic like 2008, and another run on money market funds."

SEC made that "reform" today. Draw your own conclusion. Why would they be closing the gates against a bank run -- IN ADVANCE? Simple: so that when the runs come, they can deny you your money.

While I've got y'all thinking for yourselves, y'all might like to ask yourself the all-important "Cui bono?" question about the downing of that Malaysian airliner over Ukraine: Who benefits? Would Putin or Russia benefit? Just the opposite. Is Putin stupid? Just the opposite. Who has the most to lose? Putin.

Here's another question: Why was that airliner 300 miles away from the typical flight path? See http://bit.ly/1rnxDvh

Finally, who benefits by fomenting war between Russia and the rest of the world?

Now let your mind wander back over some of the "false flag" operations of the last 150 years, and about this latest incident, ask yourselves, "Is it real, or Memorex?"

A sort of spooky calm hovers over markets. Stocks had an up and down day. The Dow & S&P500 gainsaid each other. S&P500 closed up 3.48 (0.2%) to 1,987.01,a new high, while the Dow fell 0.16% (26.91 to 17,086.63. Today's results bring no resolution: the S&P500 merely moved a step closer to its upper trading range boundary line, the Dow backed away from the top boundary of its bearish rising wedge. Only testimony from today's trading is "confusion." Investors are confused, causing indices to disagree.

Dow in Metals hardly changed enough to talk about. Dow in gold rose 0.15, Dow in silver rose 0.13%. Expect higher prices here.

US dollar index rose to an 8 month high against the puking sick euro today. Dollar index rose 4 basis points (0.06%) to 80.89. It needs to close above 81.10 to pierce that neckline I wrote about yesterday. Dollar is steadily rising.

Euro backed down 0.04% to $1.3461. Apparently it lacks the courage of convictions already expressed, namely, a journey to the earth's core.

Yen has twice, nay, thrice failed to break through the top boundary of a long narrow triangle. Today it lost 0.04% to 98.53. No strength showing in the currency of the Rising Sun.

Gold and silver went sideways with no excitement or flurry. Silver mislaid 1.3 cents to 2905.2c after a narrow range of 2110c to 2094c. Dullsville. Gold traded from $1,303.50 to $1,311.80 and gave up $1.60. Wake me up when something happens.

Both metals closed right at their uptrend lines, without much change from yesterday. If they break that line, which I expect, they'll spike down and give y'all a chance to BACK UP THE TRUCK, MORTGAGE YOUR KIDS, & BUY A TRUCKLOAD.

Till then, I am patiently watching.

Argentum et aurum comparanda sunt —
Silver and gold must be bought.

— Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger

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23-Jul-14 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,304.50 -1.60 -0.12%
Silver, $/oz 20.95 -0.01 -0.06%
Gold/Silver Ratio 62.261 -0.038 -0.06%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0161 0.0000 0.06%
Platinum 1,485.00 -2.60 -0.17%
Palladium 873.30 -0.55 -0.06%
S&P 500 1,987.01 3.48 0.18%
Dow 17,086.63 -26.91 -0.16%
Dow in GOLD $s 270.76 -0.09 -0.03%
Dow in GOLD oz 13.10 -0.00 -0.03%
Dow in SILVER oz 815.51 -0.78 -0.10%
US Dollar Index 80.89 0.04 0.05%
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1 oz .999 round 1.00 21.04 21.54 21.54
Am Eagle, 200 oz Min 1.00 22.69 23.94 23.94
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