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Thursday, 18 June a.d. 2015 Browse the commentary archive
Here's the weekly scorecard:
  12-Jun-15 18-Jun-15 Change % Change
Silver, cents/oz. 1,581.80 1,614.80 33.00 2.1
Gold, dollars/oz. 1,178.80 1,201.50 22.70 1.9
Gold/silver ratio 74.523 74.405 -0.117 -0.2
Silver/gold ratio 0.0134 0.0134 0.0000 0.2
Dow in Gold Dollars (DIG$) 313.88 311.68 -2.20 -0.7
Dow in gold ounces 15.18 15.08 -0.11 -0.7
Dow in Silver ounces 1,131.55 1,121.86 -9.69 -0.9
Dow Industrials 17,898.84 18,115.84 217.00 1.2
S&P500 2,094.11 2,124.24 30.13 1.4
US dollar index 94.99 94.24 -0.75 -0.8
Platinum 1,096.30 1,082.50 -13.80 -1.3
Palladium 738.15 718.60 -19.55 -2.6

I will be away at Lake Pickwick with my sons tomorrow, so I won't be here to write a commentary. Accordingly, I'm closing out the week with Thursday. Trends are clear enough: stocks have perhaps begun their last little rally, US dollar index confirmed its intent to tunnel to the earth's core, silver & gold are rallying.

At one point today the US dollar index, leprous king among scrofulous fiat currencies, had dropped to 93.3, 119 basis points below yesterday's close. However, it clawed its scrawny, repulsive self back up to 94.24, down only 25 basis points (0.26%) for the week. My o my, last week it closed 94.99, so for the week it's down a clean & perfect 75 bps. Them fingerprints look like the heavy hand of the Nice Government Men, Mama.

Euro finally is reaching for something. Closed $1.1368, up 0.29%, & nearer to the last high at $1.1469. Clearly the Fear of Greece hath left it. Maybe, but that goose ain't cooked through just yet.

'Bout the time you count a market out, it snaps back. Yen gapped up today and rose 0.38% to 81.34. Why, it's above its 20 day moving average.

Dow Industrials jumped 180.1 (1.00%) to an 18,115.84 close. S&P500 rose 20.8 (0.99%) to 2,124.24. Nasdaq Composite and Russell 2000 made new all time highs. Stocks may be making one last leg up, may even make a new all time high, but Lo, the end is certain, the time has come.

Dow in Gold fell away from the upper gator jaw again & ended the week below its 20 & 50 DMAs. Ended at G$311.73 gold dollars (15.08 troy ounces). Chart's at http://schrts.co/8Sv0tc

Dow in Silver remains above its moving averages, but has never reached the upper gator jaw on this latest rise. Ended at S$1,452.10 (1,123.11 troy ounces). http://schrts.co/ohwLZP

Oh, when it cometh, that fall shall be great!

When I awoke early this morning I checked silver & gold and gold stood at $1,208 and silver at 1648c. Quite right. Say, conservatively, I was gratified. However, they came under attack about 1:15 this afternoon. Gold ended Comex at $1,201.50, $25.10 (2.1%) higher. Silver rose 20.8 cents (1.3%) to 1614.8c.

The daily StockCharts chart I follow shows a lower high than $1,208, for some reason. That 200 day moving average stands at $1,207.93, so it's not much wonder gold didn't blow past that on the first try. However, it ended above its 50 & 20 day moving averages, and within easy striking distance of the 200 DMA. Add to this an uptrend in force since the 5 June low. Assuming gold finishes tomorrow above $1,200, next week ought to be hot for gold. Behold, the chart! http://schrts.co/9Z9EpF

Silver, it's true, punched into its 50 & 20 DMA's today, but in spite of its heroic rise to 1248c, finished the day only 1.3% better than it had started. I feel like somebody has shortchanged me, or the plastic gun I saved three weeks for broke the first time I played with it. Still, momentum indicators have turned up, and silver's 200 DMA stands only at 1674c. A 60 cent move is nothing for silver when it has its back up. Next week it should exploit today's gain.

I'm telling y'all, this is bottoming you are watching. This is the time you ought to be accumulating silver & gold. Low will coem between now & mid-July. Besides, would you prefer to leave your money in the bank making 0.25%?

On 18 June 1155 Frederick Barbarossa ("Red beard") was crowned Holy Roman Emperor. After an astounding life of accomplishment, he drowned during the Third Crusade while crossing a river in Turkey. The legend arose that he was only sleeping in a cave in Thuringia or Bavaria, and that when the ravens stop flying around the mountain he will awake and restore Germany to its greatness (like the legend of sleeping Arthur in England). His beard has grown through the table where he sits. Brother, if Europe ever needed Frederick Barbarossa, it's now. They'd better start shooting them ravens.

On 18 June 1815 French under Napoleon were defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by combined British forces, under Wellington, and Prussians under Bluecher. Bluecher arrived just in time to turn the tide in the allies favor. The loss ended Napoleon's career: the emperor became a prisoner.

Y'all enjoy your weekend.

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Market Snapshot See more charts and market data
18-Jun-15 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,201.50 25.10 2.1
Silver, $/oz 16.15 0.21 1.3
Gold/Silver Ratio 74.405 1.545 2.1
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0134 0.0002 1.3
Platinum 1,082.50 10.10 0.9
Palladium 718.60 -1.70 -0.2
S&P 500 2,124.24 20.80 1.0
Dow 18,115.84 180.10 1.0
Dow in GOLD $s 311.68 -3.45 -1.1
Dow in GOLD oz 15.08 -0.17 -1.1
Dow in SILVER oz 1,121.86 -3.34 -0.3
US Dollar Index 94.24 -0.25 -0.3
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