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Wednesday, 14 October a.d. 2015 Browse the commentary archive

Sorry I have missed y'all the last two days, but I had to finish my monthly newsletter for paid subscribers.

This morning early Susan & I stopped at Hardee's on the way down to Alabama to pick up some seed for winter pasture. Hardee's is about the only fast food place that sells anything like a gluten-free meal. To their slogan, "Eat like you mean it," hardly an encouragement to self-control, they have added, "Make it a complete meal: enjoy complete happiness." What a dope I am! All these years I was complicating my life & tying my mind in knots trying to grasp true happiness, and all I had to do was order a complete meal. Ain't the modern world (& advertising) marv'lous clever to cut thru the Gordian Knot of philosophy with the razor of self-indulgence?

I didn't watch the Democratic debates last night because I had a household emergency straightening my sock drawer and driving the dust bunnies out from under my bed, HOWEVER, if I were a suspicious person (perish the thought) after Bernie Sanders said the campaign ought to be about issues & not about Hillary's emails, I would suspect that Bernie was a ringer, running to make life easier for Hillary, & would wonder how much that softball cost had cost. But I am a trusting person.

A reader kindly sent me a news item from today about Walmart's 10% plunge today when the company slashed its growth outlook. Walmart stock's worst ever one day decline, and he biggest percentage fall since 1988. My friend asks, right trenchantly, "If folks can't afford to spend money at Walmart, what does that mean for the rest of retail?"

Stocks held up one day longer than I expected, but the Dow eased off 50 points yesterday and tumbled 157.14 (0.92%) today to 16,924.75. S&P lost 9.45 (0.47%) today for a 1,994.24 close.

I wish I wasn't such a nat'ral born durn fool from Tennessee, cause then I could look at stock charts like this http://schrts.co/Q6KUW0 and this http://schrts.co/vtdPMb & I could see what them Wall Street smarties see. They see a market about to fly to the moon, while a fool can only see a broken market that rallied back to its breakdown point & now is fixing to have its chain pulled again. I just don't have what it takes, cuz I look and all I see is that market falling on rising volume, & it makes my teeth chatter.

But I don't know sic 'em from come here.

Dow in silver closed at a new low since the July peak, 1,050.12 oz. against the lowest low, 1,068.65. Mercy, y'all, it's fixin' to sink out of sight! http://schrts.co/ohwLZP

Dow in Gold isn't quite as dramatic, but closed today down 1.87% at 14.35 oz, against the August low at 13.74 oz. Both the Dow in Gold and Dow in Silver are firmly headed downward, as their position below their 200 day moving averages screams. http://schrts.co/8Sv0tc

I expected the US dollar index to move lower, but I didn't expect it to jump off a cliff. Lost 88 basis points (0.92%) to 93.92 today. That's below the last intraday low at 94.19 About the only dignity it hasn't left in the gutter is that last panic low at 92.52. It looks plumb broke now, but a close below that 92.52 will break its back sure enough.

Euro made some headway in a rally today, up 0.77% to $1.1470. Yen jumped 0.76% to 84.14. Both have turned up against the dollar. Both.

Gold jumped up $14.30 (1.2%) to $1.180.10 while silver vaulted 20.5 cents 1.3% to 1610.2c.

Couldn't look better: gold shot through its 200 DMA AND the downtrend line from Oct. 2012. This is not the end, but the beginning of the move. Must bust through $1,205 next, then head for $1,232. Go, behold, look! http://schrts.co/2V5G86

Silver has formed a flag, and flags always fly at half staff. That implies a silver move to 1786 cents before it quits to breath hard. Today closed above the 200 dma.

If y'all have been waiting to buy, stop waiting and buy. I ain't kiddin'.

Argentum et aurum comparanda sunt —
Silver and gold must be bought.

— Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger

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Market Snapshot See more charts and market data
14-Oct-15 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,180.10 14.30 1.23%
Silver, $/oz 16.10 0.21 1.29%
Gold/Silver Ratio 73.289 -0.046 -0.06%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0136 0.0000 0.06%
Platinum 991.50 2.70 0.27%
Palladium 684.05 15.55 2.33%
S&P 500 1,994.25 -9.45 -0.47%
Dow 16,924.75 -157.14 -0.92%
Dow in GOLD $s 296.47 -6.42 -2.12%
Dow in GOLD oz 14.34 -0.31 -2.12%
Dow in SILVER oz 1,051.10 -23.44 -2.18%
US Dollar Index 93.92 -0.88 -0.93%
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US 40% silver 1/2s 0.30 4,559.23 4,809.23 16.30
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10 oz .999 bar 10.00 162.55 167.55 16.76
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Am Eagle, 200 oz Min 1.00 17.61 19.11 19.11
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