PAINTING THE TAPE: I saw the headline & immediately understood why stocks had to rise today: "Wall Street ends worst quarter in four years with a rally." The Nice Government Men have been of course, unable to stem the tidal wave smashing stocks, but they could paint the tape just a little to make it seem better somehow -- and to suck in more of the Main Street rubes in to their financial destruction.

It's okay. Those cheap tricks work at the margin, for a day, then they fade. King Canute never could command the sea to turn back. Neither can the NGM.

I thought it might instruct us to see how everything did over the last month. Silver barely moved, gold lost 1.45, but the Dow lost 243.33 or 1.5% while the S&P500 lost 52.15 or 2.6%. US dollar index gained 68 basis points or 0.7%. Platinum took a beating, down 10.2%, but palladium jumped up 8.2%.

Stocks today, as noted, rallied. Dow rose 235.37 or 1.47% to 16,284.70. S&P500 rose 35.94 (1.91%) to 1,920.03. On a chart this less than impressive performance doesn't even reach the 20 DMA, but for both it is a confirmed key reversal, so we will probably see higher stock prices tomorrow. I reckon the Big Fellers still had some stock they wanted to fob off on the turnipseeds.

US dollar index rose 49 basis points (0.51%) to 96.48. It is jumping back & forth over its 50 day moving average (96.32), but today was merely a lower high in a series of lower highs, i.e., more downtrend. Still following stocks day by day.

I am interested to note that WTIC (Light Crude Oil) has risen the past two days. It's in a long pennant which cold be a consolidation, but could also be a continuation. Copper Jumped 3.7% today and looks like it's made a double bottom. Wonder why these inflation markets would be trying to turn up?

Gold broke support around $1,125 and tumbled $11.60 (1.03%) to $1,115.50. Silver dropped only 5.6 cents (0.4%) to 1451.3 cents.

Silver's chart today is quite strange. It range-traded from 1470c to 1460c until a little before 10:00 a.m., when it dropped down to 1450c. But about 11:30 it went crazy and jumped straight up to 1475c, and just as quickly fell again below 1460c. Rest of the day flatlined, except for one more attempt to break down at 1450c, which silver fought off. On the longer term chart silver lodged right on the lower boundary of that even-sided triangle. Must hold there. http://schrts.co/ixvchl

Gold traded in a tiny tight range just under $1,125, until 10:00 when it broke $1,120 and slid to a low at $1,110. Rest of the day slept. On the longer term chart, this brings gold to rest near the lower triangle boundary. http://schrts.co/Fbvwmx

Nothing for it but to wait patiently. Large plunge still stands across stocks' future.

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