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Thursday, 15 December a.d. 2016 Browse the commentary archive

Yikes! My children are coming over tonight to help me decorate for Christmas, & it's getting late. I have way too much to talk about.

One of the newsletters I pay close attention to reported today of the Fed's press conference yesterday that Yellen said she would unwind the Fed's bloated $4.5 trillion balance sheet. I checked & couldn't find that anywhere in the press release (just the opposite) but didn't watch Yellen's press conference (I puke too easily). Nor did I find other articles about that.

Observe minutely: When the Fed BUYS bonds, it INCREASES the money supply. When the Fed SELLS bonds, it DECREASES the money supply, as in "deflation." Were the fed to unwind from its balance sheet all those trillions, say, $3.5 trillion, it bought for QE, it would shrink the money supply, & trigger a deflation that would make the Great Depression look like a printing spree.

'Twould be death to the economy. Is even Janet Yellen that stupid? That evil?

Stocks bounced, but did not indicate they have not entered a correction. Dow rose 59.71 (0.3%) to 19,852.24. S&P500 rose 8.75 to 2,262.03 (up 0.39%). Regardless whether stocks continue to rise, a correction will come first. Stocks' Relative Strength Indicator stands at a 20 year high, begging for a correction.

US dollar index rose 139 basis points, a huge 1.32% to 103.11. That certainly looks like an upside breakout, so it aims for at least 108. Yen & Euro were wrecked today; both broke down way below support, with gaps. Sick, puking sick.

Comex gold plunged $33.50 (2.9%) to $1,127.80. Ahh, but silver collapsed 125.5¢(7.3%) to 1589.7¢.

End of the world? Put you razor away, don't slit your wrists just yet.

No sudden selling occurred today, silver & gold just eroded all the day long. Look at the 13 month gold chart right here, http://schrts.co/GuPXnA

That bright blue line runs horizontally at about $1,115. It marks the point where in February 2015 gold broke out to the upside. Markets frequently break out, then retrace to the breakout point. Right important that gold holds around $1,110, which y'all will probably see tomorrow.

Go see the silver chart, too, at http://schrts.co/vgOkrk

That pink line reaches back to the 1583¢ low last June. That's a number we've been watching a while. Support analogous to gold's (February 2015 breakout) stands about 1450¢, should silver not find its footing here.

I've been cogitatin', ruminatin', wondering how in the tarnation thunder the economy will improve with Trump? By his spending more money & fattening the already obese federal deficit? Can real growth come by government spending? Can the tooth fairy make change?

My mind reels on: has the gigantic debt been fixed? Doubt it not, both government & private debt around the globe WILL default, because it is simply too huge to pay. Default will take the shape of an outright default or they will inflate the debt away. But so far, the debt remains, dragging down the economy.

Has the banking or financial system been reformed since 2008? Not that I can see.

So I jes' sit here musin', wondering how Trump could possibly pull it off. Can't figure it, but then I'm just a nat'ral born durn fool from Tennessee, not a Big Thinkin' New York Fuhnancyier like Trump's Goldman Sachs buddies.

Point is, I ain't throwin' away my silver & gold jist yet.

Wait, wait: can't leave this out. 10 year treasury yield has broken upside out of a 34 year downtrend. Interest rates are rising, yet another boon to the economy.

Tomorrow is my 49th wedding anniversary. I married Susan on 16 December 1967.

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Market Snapshot See more charts and market data
15-Dec-16 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,127.80 -33.50 -2.88%
Silver, $/oz 15.90 -1.26 -7.32%
Gold/Silver Ratio 70.944 3.238 4.78%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0141 -0.0007 -4.56%
Platinum 892.40 -47.20 -5.02%
Palladium 706.30 -25.25 -3.45%
S&P 500 2,262.03 8.75 0.39%
Dow 19,852.24 59.71 0.30%
Dow in GOLD $s 363.88 11.56 3.28%
Dow in GOLD oz 17.60 0.56 3.28%
Dow in SILVER oz 1,248.80 94.86 8.22%
US Dollar Index 103.11 1.39 1.37%
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