Several futures brokerages in the US and Europe -- NOT the exchanges -- have DOUBLED margins on silver, gold, and currencies. The change was scheduled to take place with yesterday's close, but after customers complained some brokers put it off until tonight. It's to be rescinded after Friday's close. This allegedly will prevent speculation on the Brexit outcome. Right. Sure. Some of the cynical say the real purpose is to suppress silver & gold. Me, I ain't got a cynical bone in my whole loose-jointed, raw-boned body.

Yesterday I neglected to observe something. Y'all remember that big jump in stocks that everybody was jubilatin' about? Truth is, the Dow shot up 271 points, but gave back half of that to end the day up only 129.71. Spongy, folks, spongy.

Today the Dow barely stayed above its intertwined 20 & 50 day moving averages. Rose 24.86 (0.14%) to 17,829.73. S&P500 added 5.65 (0.27%) to 2,088.90. Hurts me to think about the pain coming when stocks hit the skids. Soon.

Y'all ever notice that when there's a fly in the room, he's never content to mind his business & let you mind yours? Always has to buzz around your head & land on your head & fly into your face until finally, with all the philosophical humanitarianism in the world you have to pull out the swatter and SMACK him. I hate to do that, because the fly is the national bird of my county.

US dollar index found some go-juice today and rose 42 basis points (0.45%) to 94.11. That closes it right on the upper channel downtrend line, blowing hot & cold out of both sides of its mouth. Dollar index will prove nothing until it rises & soars above the June high at 95.905.

Sorry, scurvy euro, which rose 0.28% yesterday in the Fantasyland Frenzy, sobered up today with a 0.53% drop to 41.1251, just above the 20 DMA & looking ready to die. Japanese yen plumped down a massy 0.93% to close today at 95.38. Needs one more gap down to complete that island reversal, but it's trying hard.

Glance at Gold's chart here, http://schrts.co/JQ6RvS

Silver's chart hideth here, http://schrts.co/JQ6RvS

Big break came in metals today. Gold like a meteor swooped $19.50 (1.5%) nearer the earth. Silver tumbled 19.2¢ (1.1%) to 1731.1¢.

I expect this to be a shallow correction, say to $1,260 gold, where lieth roughly the 50 day moving average and a 50% correction of the last rise. For silver, look for 1685¢ to 1660¢, a little beneath the 50 DMA. If they exceed those marks, then we are dealing with a different sort of correction, and deeper. At most that might extend to 1600¢ & $1,250.

Don't fuss at me, I'm just the reader and trying hard to be a realist. This is the very short term (next week) outlook. Brexit might skew everything in a way we don't yet know to expect. A vote FOR Brexit surely wouldn't hurt silver & gold, but go or stay, the effect won't last long.

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To avoid confusion, please remember that the comments above have a very short time horizon. Always invest with the primary trend. Gold's primary trend is up, targeting at least $3,130.00; silver's primary trend is up, targeting 16:1 gold/silver ratio or $195.66; stock's primary trend is down, targeting Dow under 2,900 and worth only one ounce of gold or 16 ounces of silver. US$ and US$-denominated assets, primary trend down; real estate bubble has burst, primary trend down.

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Explanation of Terms

The US DOLLAR INDEX is the average exchange rate for the US dollar against the Euro, Yen, Pound sterling, Canadian Dollar, Swiss Franc, and Swedish Krona, weighted for each country's trade with the US. It gives a general measure of the US dollar's performance against all other currencies.

The DOW IN GOLD DOLLARS measures the Dow Jones Industrial Average in gold dollars (0.048375 troy oz. by law). The DiG$ depicts the Primary (20 year) Trend of stocks against gold. When the DiG$ is dropping, gold is gaining value against stocks in a trend that should last 15-20 years. The DiG$'s chart is identical to the Dow in ounces of gold, but gives us one unvarying measure all the way back to 1896. Because it shows the primary trend ("tide") of gold against stocks, for investors it is the single most important financial chart in the world today. Since its August 1999 high at G$925.42 (44.8 ounces), the DiG$ has trended down, targeting a G$80-G$20 (4-1 oz. of gold will buy the whole Dow).

The DOW IN SILVER OUNCES shows how many ounces of silver are needed to buy the entire Dow. The DiSoz is trending down with a target of under 36 ounces.

The GOLD/SILVER RATIO is the gold price divided by the silver price, and shows how many ounces of silver it takes to buy one ounce of gold. The Ratio shows us the Primary (20 year) Trend of gold's value against silver. When the Ratio's trend is dropping, silver is gaining value against gold. This trend targets a gold/silver ratio of 16 ounces of silver to one of gold within the next 5-10 years. That implies that silver will massively, vastly outperform gold before this bull market ends. When both metals are rallying, the ratio often (but not always) drops, confirming the rally.

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