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Thursday, 25 September a.d. 2014 Browse the commentary archive

Sorry, dear readers, you may get two copies of this today. The first I sent neglected to update prices to today's. Please forgive my error.

Occasionally I read an article so apt, so pointed, that I want to share it with y'all. Go read Mark Lundeen's article, Monetary Inflation & the Stock Market on Gold-Eagle.com, http://bit.ly/YeS9BM I quote, "[T]he one factor that has impacted share prices more than any other is usually ignored: monetary inflation flowing from the Federal Reserve." Read the whole article -- his numbers run back to 1920.

Speaking of the stock market, it dove off a cliff today. Dow lost 264.26 (1.54%) and ended at 16,945.80. S&P500 lost 32.31 (1.62%) & closed at 1,965.99.

A few footnotes: Monday was the aftermath of the Alibaba IPO which became the world's largest -- sure sign of a top. The last four days have seen three digit moves in stocks, down, down, up, down. That extreme volatility characterizes topping markets. That turns the current trend unarguably down.

(First a note about the RSI. Relative Strength indicator measures speed and change of price, and oscillates between zero & 100. However, it's overbought when above 70 and oversold when below 30.)

Look inside. The Dow sliced through its 20 DMA (17,100.57) and fell nearly to its 50 DMA (16,936.47). RSI fell below 50 (momentum is downward). MACD turned down. Gravity is wholly engaged & operational.

Inside the S&P500 looks even worse. It opened at the 20 DMA & plummeted through the 50 DMA (1976) and just kept on sinking. RSI reads 41.26, MACD dropping. The S&P500 is approaching the uptrend line that has held it up since mid 2013, and today it fell through its last low.

Dow in gold zagged down again, losing 1.91% and closing at 13.87 oz (G$286.72 gold dollars). First tripwire confirming a downward reversal is the 20 DMA at 13.74 oz (G$284.03). RSI is plunging, down from 78.90 a few days ago to 57.08 today. MACD MA has turned down, & the rate of change has double peaked and turned down.

Dow in silver hooked down, but only 0.25% to 971.77 oz (S$1,256.43 silver dollars). Remains grossly oversold with the RSI at 78.77, but won't stay there long with stocks dropping like a piano out of a third story window.

Gold/silver ratio today hit a new high at 70.269. This takes it back about to where the great drop began in 2010. This is either the very BEST place in the world to swap gold for silver, or the very worst. I am inclined strongly to think it is the best. What would make it the worst? For gold to stop and rally here while silver keeps on sinking. Highly unlikely. How might that occur? Another 2008 style financial panic.

The US dollar index is monstrously overbought (RSI at 77.25) but still rose 19 basis points (0.23%) to 85.35. Euro dropped to a new low for the move at $1.2746, down 0.26%. Yen is showing some sign of life, rose 0.29% to 91.98 today. MACD trying to turn up.

Ten year treasury yield fell today, probably cutting off that embryonic desire to rally. Scared money flooding out of stocks into treasuries would have driven their price up and the yield down. Looks set to drop further.

Gold rose $2.60 today on Comex and ended at $1,221.20. Silver dropped 26.4 cents to 1737.9c, taking the ratio to 70.269 (swap gold for silver time).

Silver is egregiously oversold; RSI stands at 14.95. Yet silver also stands just above its 13 year uptrend line, which ought to catch and hold it. Silver tentatively has made a double bottom around 1730c. Watch that number.

Other metals are beaten down as well. Palladium broke below its 200 DMA today after seven months above it, yet its not nearly as oversold as silver. Now platinum, it's as oversold as silver, but hasn't broken to a new low for the correction, as silver has.

Gold has established a two-legged bottom Monday and Thursday, and it climbed back over $1,220 today -- on rising volume. RSI has climbed above 30 and out of overbought-land (now 32.67), MACD is straining to turn up, Rate of Change has turned up but remains negative.

Meanwhile the whole galaxy plus a couple of planets in other galaxies are negative on silver & gold. Frankly, that's the best thing that could happen, because it would mean we have run out of sellers.

Watch for a sharp upward reversal in silver. That will be your signal to buy.

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25-Sep-14 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,221.20 2.60 0.21%
Silver, $/oz 17.38 -0.26 -1.50%
Gold/Silver Ratio 70.269 1.199 1.74%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0142 -0.0002 -1.71%
Platinum 1,315.70 -5.20 -0.39%
Palladium 802.20 -17.30 -2.11%
S&P 500 1,965.99 -32.31 -1.62%
Dow 16,945.80 -264.26 -1.54%
Dow in GOLD $s 286.85 -5.09 -1.75%
Dow in GOLD oz 13.88 -0.25 -1.75%
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US Dollar Index 85.15 0.36 0.42%
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