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Weekly Commentary
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Here's the weekly scorecard:
  5-Dec-14 12-Dec-14 Change % Change
Silver, cents/oz. 1,619.60 1,701.90 82.30 5.1
Gold, dollars/oz. 1,190.10 1,222.00 31.90 2.7
Gold/silver ratio 73.481 71.802 -1.679 -2.3
Silver/gold ratio 0.0136 0.0139 0.0003 2.3
Dow in Gold Dollars (DIG$) 311.94 292.33 -19.61 -6.3
Dow in gold ounces 15.09 14.14 -0.95 -6.3
Dow in Silver ounces 1,108.84 1,015.38 -93.46 -8.4
Dow Industrials 17,958.79 17,280.83 -677.96 -3.8
S&P500 2,075.37 2,002.33 -73.04 -3.5
US dollar index 89.36 88.33 -1.03 -1.2
Platinum 1,219.00 1,231.00 12.00 1.0
Palladium 803.20 816.55 13.35 1.7

Last week I made that horrifying simile comparing the stock market to a meth addict. I said then the collapse was not far off. Well, the cops showed up this week. Dow lost 3.8%, S&P500 skidded 3.5%. Lo, the dollar index weakened as well, off 1.2% weakened as well, off 1.2% for the week. Silver shone with a 5.1% gain (go, silver!) and gold climbed 2.7%. White metals rose slightly.

West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil fell another 2.81% today to $57.49/barrel. Ouch. Bad news for the shale oil industry. Bad news for stocks.

Stocks fell from the open & never recovered. S&P500 lost 315.51 (1.79%) to 17,280.83. S&P500 lost 33 (1.62%) to 2,002.33. Mercy. These are not happy charts. Both skidded to a stop just above their 50 DMA and closed on the low. That tells you it is bad and getting worse. Dow remains below the uptrend line from the 2009 lows. When it reaches 1,975, the S&P500 will be below the same line. All indicators negative & getting negativer.

Jaws of Death or megaphone pattern in the Dow in Gold & Dow in Silver has snapped shut like a gator.

Dow in gold chart is here, http://scharts.co/1soU67t

The broadening top (Jaws of Death) has been confirmed by a sharp breakdown that today took the Dow in Gold way below its 50 DMA (G$296.85 or 14.36 troy oz.). It fell 1.34% to close at G$292.30 gold dollars (14.14 oz). No support stands ready to catch it between here and the 200 DMA (G$274.93 or 13.3 oz). Will keep falling.

Dow in silver kept plunging. Lost 1.57% to S$1,309.89 silver dollars (1,013.12 oz) & stopped at the uptrend line from July of this year. Some support may occur around the last low at S$1,196.81 (925.56 oz). 200 DMA stands at S$1,158.26 (895.84).

Dow in silver chart is at http://scharts.co/1BELwKb

As long as these indicators continue plunging, they are witnessing that (1) the lows on 1 December were THE lows for the 3-1/2 year correction, and (2) stocks have peaked & turned down.

US dollar index dropped today (down 29 basis points to 88.33) but has not yet broken down although it has walked through the bottom boundary of the rising wedge. Close below 87.50 will break it.

Gold lost $3.10 on Comex to close at $1,222. Silver shaved off 4 cents to 1701.9 cents.

To last week's higher weekly close, silver & gold added another this week. Both need a little higher prices to close above their 20 week moving averages.

Both silver & gold flatlined today as most of the last three days. Short term traders closing out positions before the weekend suffice to explain today's losses. Next week both ought to rise -- "ought" means they must do that or evidence that they have lost steam. I expect to see higher prices next week and for gold to challenge $1,255. I also expect this stock plunge to snowball.

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Market Snapshot See more charts and market data
12-Dec-14 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,222.00 -3.10 -0.3
Silver, $/oz 17.02 -0.04 -0.2
Gold/Silver Ratio 71.802 -0.180 -0.3
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0139 -0.0000 -0.2
Platinum 1,231.00 -10.70 -0.9
Palladium 816.55 -3.05 -0.4
S&P 500 2,035.33 9.19 0.5
Dow 17,280.83 -315.51 -1.8
Dow in GOLD $s 292.33 -4.55 -1.5
Dow in GOLD oz 14.14 -0.22 -1.5
Dow in SILVER oz 1,015.38 -16.11 -1.6
US Dollar Index 88.33 -0.29 -0.3
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