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"I'm not saying let's go kill all the stupid people. I'm just saying let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out."

Okay, Candide, break out the shampagnee! This is once again the best of all possible worlds with the best of all possible Rulers. Europeans including Ferkel and Howling made a deal with the Russians to replace the September cease-fire in Ukraine that failed with another cease-fire. No more'n a nat'ral born durn fool from Tennessee, it looks like to me like the Rooshuns got everything they wanted. But then, after poking 'em in the eye fifty times, maybe the Europeans & the US ought to give 'em a little somethin'. And Ukraine might as well get prepared for dismemberment. (On top of everything, the US senate confirmed Mr. Magoo as Secretary of Defense today. Secretary, my foot! I bet he don't even know shorthand.)

The Deal That Wasn't A Deal. The Euros & the Greeks made a deal, but it's not really a deal. Greeks agreed to meet for talks with their creditors, but the EU finance ministers made no statement after their meeting. Then the Euro Central Bank said it would give Greece cash to operate one more week, until 18 February. Finance ministers meet again on Monday, when they will dither further & throw more bones & scraps to the Greeks. Not likely the Greeks will bite. Ain't got no teeth.

Candide moved into stocks heavily today. Dow shot up 110.24 (0.62%) to end at 17,972.38, its highest level since 2015 began. S&P500 leapt 19.95 to close 2,088.48, it's loftiest since 29 December 2014. Ain't dat sumthin'! May reach higher still. Stocks are a big market & take a long time to turn 'round.

Dow in gold rose, but only 0.42% to G$304.29 (14.72 troy oz). Beginning to wonder if it won't rise to the top gator jaw (G$313.29 or 15.35 oz). Got to remind yourself that Gator Jaws are frustrating formations that take a long time to complete. Like fishin' -- you got to be patient.

Dow in silver rose 0.56% to S$1,383.65 silver dollars (1,070.17 tr. Oz). Don't bother me none - I am patient & I can take it.

Still appears to me that the Dow in Metals peaked and turned down in December/November. That still implies the price lows for gold & silver lie behind us, as well as stocks' relative highs against metals.

US dollar index' actions today finally revealed its heart: it sank like a drunk in a 55 gallon rain barrel. Chart's here, http://scharts.co/1DKT3HE

Sure, the trumpeted but bogus good news from Europe ought to have pulled the plug on the dollar, but it dropped 96 basis points (1.01%) at 94.22 & cut clean through the 20 DMA at 94.31. That never looks good no matter who does it. Turns out yesterday's breakout was a fakeout. Odds suggest as strongly as fixed dice that the dollar will experience lower altitude soon.

Don't think the dollar's bad day was the euro's good day. Don't work that way for what has become the Sorry Mangy Yeller Dog of sorry, scrofulous fiat currencies. It did rise 0.55$% to $1.1407, but so what? Barely poked its head above the 20 DMA & needs to comb above $1.1800 to earn any credibility a-tall,.

Yield fell on US 10 year treasury note. Still odd. WTIC oil rose 3.58% to $51.21 a barrel, & has a little rally running.

Yen surprised with a 1.17% rise to 84.04c/Y100, but that likely is just a touchback to breakdown. Sequel will probably be lower yen.

Hot zig! Gold rose $1.1o to $1,220.10 today, just a-blowin' & goin' on the Comex. And silver rose 3.3 cents to 1677.8. Be still, my beatin' heart!

Y'all settle down! I'm just teasin' with you. I have good news.

Gold bounced up off that neckline smartly. Hit 1,232.80 today, higher than the 50 DMA (1,229.40). Didn't stay there, but it reversed upward after striking bottom Bollinger Band yesterday. Another higher close yesterday would clinch a trend change (to upward). Chart: http://scharts.co/1E5CFzk

Here's silver. It jumped today clean to the falling wedge's top boundary & above (barely) the 50 DMA. Breakout tomorrow back above that neckline would be strong evidence Silver has turned up, too.

In other words, silver & gold may have turned up today. I'm not positive, and it's hard to be, out here on this limb sawing the way I am, but I reckon there's a good chance they've turned. Something unexpected, say, some real heel-digging by Greece, would put some rocket fuel in 'em.

On 12 February 1733 James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia, at the site that became Savannah. Now if y'all EVER get a chance to visit Savannah, grab it. Even all the cheesy tourist attractions can't obscure the wondrous architecture and live-oak shaded squares. No place in North America like it.

On 12 February 1873 and probably without realizing the import of the Act, President Grant signed into law the Coinage Act of 1873, better known as the "Crime of '73." By not providing for minting dollar coins, the law by the sneaky back door demonetized silver. Gertrude Coogan reports that English bankers had sent agents with half a million in gold to buy passage of the act (congressmen were cheaper in those days, remember). If you don't understand the scope of this fraud or the cosmic significance of bimetallism, Please read my short article, "Bimetallism, the Only Enduring Standard" at http://bit.ly/170kC2p

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— Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger

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12-Feb-15 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,220.10 1.10 0.09%
Silver, $/oz 16.78 0.03 0.20%
Gold/Silver Ratio 72.720 -0.078 -0.11%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0138 0.0000 0.11%
Platinum 1,203.50 5.90 0.49%
Palladium 773.95 -7.10 -0.91%
S&P 500 2,088.48 19.95 0.96%
Dow 17,972.38 110.24 0.62%
Dow in GOLD $s 304.50 1.59 0.53%
Dow in GOLD oz 14.73 0.08 0.53%
Dow in SILVER oz 1,071.19 4.47 0.42%
US Dollar Index 94.22 -0.96 -1.01%
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