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Okay, we got the signals we needed. We're on the road, pot-holed though it be.

US dollar index, scrofulous parasite on world prosperity, dropped 12 basis points (0.14%) to 85.76. This ain't as much as I'd like, but it is a lower close, & that's all that's needed. The lethargic euro rose 0.13% to $1.2670, & looks none too pert still. 20 DMA floats above at $1.2783. Yen, on the other hand, burst through its 20 DMA (92.20) and added 0.57% for a close at 92.47 cents/Y100. Yen appears to be rallying seriously. Euro appears to be cataleptic or deeply depressed.

Fear sent investors racing out of stocks & into US bonds, driving the price up and the yield down. 10 year treasury note yield fell 3.09% to 2.350%.

Put on black and weep & mourn, stocks! Another triple digit down day for the Dow, its fifth out of eight triple digit days since the 19 September high. Dow dove 272.52 (1.6%) to 16,719.39. S&P500 plunged 29.62 (1.51%) and perched on the low at 1,935.10. For both indices, this is the lowest close, but not the lowest price, for this move. They left their 20 and 50 day moving averages behind so long ago there's no point in mentioning them. All indicators are working for Sir Isaac Newton -- gravity-ward.

Dow in Gold & Dow in Silver are feeding my fire. Dow in gold ended the day at G$285.89 gold dollars (13.83 oz.), below the 20 DMA at 13.96 & down a choking 1.72%! All indicators down, all systems go for "a stock top and gold & silver bottom behind us." Yet humility and the still-remembered bruises of earlier episodes constrain me to await more confirmation.

Dow in silver fell 0.69% to S$1,258.63 silver dollars (973.47 oz), lower than the last low. Also, the MACD turned down today. Rate of change has crashed.

The white metals are also rallying with us. Platinum made a key reversal yesterday and today, and added 1.12% today for a $1,260.70 close. Palladium made a key reversal and rose 2.51% today to $787.30. Both platinum & palladium had collapsed after September 1, and both fell through their 200 DMAs. It strengthens the case for silver & gold to have the white metals rallying, too.

Gold closed Comex higher by $5.00 (0.41%) at $1,211.70. Siler rose 11 cents (0.64%) to a 1719.1c close.

Both metals gave us a key reversal's second half, a higher close today. Gold now must climb through that 20 DMA above at $1,220.89, but in fact needs to close above $1,224, the last high, and $1,237, the high before that. The great barrier in front of gold is $1,300.

Silver today traded up to the downtrend line (from the end-August high) but stopped there. MACD indicator is about to turn up. Silver must keep on progressing, moving through 1775c then 1800c.

So far, so good, but a mere common correction might do all this, especially after as long as metals have been oversold. They need to keep making steady progress.

'Twould be a good idea to buy some here. ALSO, if you are ever going to swap gold for silver, now is the time. Call us.

On 7 October 1571 in the Battle of Lepanto off western Greece the fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European states, destroyed the Ottoman Empire's fleet. The victory help keep the Turks out of western Europe. It was the last great naval battle fought by galleys.

On 7 October 1849 died Edgar Allen Poe, one of America's few first rate literary critics and imaginative poet and author of macabre mystery tales. He virtually invented the detective story. Although born in Boston he was orphaned at age two and raised by the Allens of Richmond, Virginia, where he grew up. In 1835 at age 26 he married his 13 year old cousin, & they remained happily married until she died 11 years later.

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Market Snapshot See more charts and market data
7-Oct-14 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,211.70 5.00 0.41%
Silver, $/oz 17.19 0.11 0.64%
Gold/Silver Ratio 70.485 -0.161 -0.23%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0142 0.0000 0.23%
Platinum 1,261.10 12.70 1.02%
Palladium 786.15 20.90 2.73%
S&P 500 1,935.10 29.72 1.56%
Dow 16,719.39 272.52 1.66%
Dow in GOLD $s 285.24 3.49 1.24%
Dow in GOLD oz 13.80 0.17 1.24%
Dow in SILVER oz 972.57 9.69 1.01%
US Dollar Index 85.76 -0.12 -0.14%
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French 20 franc 0.19 227.54 230.65 1,235.41
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1 oz .999 round 1.00 17.31 17.81 17.81
Am Eagle, 200 oz Min 1.00 18.96 20.21 20.21
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PLATINUM Fine Tr.Oz. BID ASK $/oz
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