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Ahh, Someone did it again, trashed the gold market. At 4:00 a.m. Eastern time, just as Europe was opening, "somebody" entered an order for 18,149 contracts with a notional value of $2.2 billon. Reach "Gold Flash Crashes as "Someone" Dumps $2 Billion" on Zerohedge at http://bit.ly/2tPo2ll

Bloomberg tried to pass it off as "Fat Finger" error. Sure, that's possible, but not plausible. More likely is the Nice Government Men are chewing nails and sweating iron filings because the biggest Spanish bank is sinking and two big Italian banks turned hooves up this weekend. Couldn't let the gold price strengthen under those conditions, could they?

A friend also points out to me that India and Turkey are the biggest gold buyers right now, and both countries were closed today for a holiday. Convenient: fewer buyers to support gold.

Sure, I am disgusted, but I interpret this as GOOD news. If 'tis the Nice Government Men, it implies they are scared enough to pull a very obvious and way too traceable play -- they really are scared of gold. Interesting also that the flash crash drove gold a low as $1,236.50 but it quickly regained $10 of that loss. Silver barely moved, down 5.6¢ (0.3%) at Comex close to 1657.2¢. Gold closed Comex at $1,246.30, $9.90 (0.8%) lower than Friday. Considering that today's sale was greater than the selling after Trump's election, that's not a bad rebound.

Other markets today were quiet. US dollar climbed 19 basis points (02%) to 97.13, its feet still stuck in the same quicksand. Stocks barely augmented. Dow rose 14.79 (0.7%) to 21,409.55 & the S&P rose 0.72 (0.03%) to 2,439.07. No big changes there

Read an article from David Stockman, whom I respect, entitled "A Great big Coup Is on the Way." Thrust of the article is that the US Establishment -- what he calls the "Deep State/Democratic/Neoconservative/mainstream media" -- is setting Trump up for a coup. Worth y'all's time to read it, as I suspect it is substantially accurate. Go see http://bit.ly/2tfPRpR

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Sorry, no commentary tomorrow as I will be finishing my monthly Moneychanger for paid subscribers. Back on Wednesday, God willing. Psalm 68:19-20.

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26-Jun-17 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,256.20 -9.90 -0.78%
Silver, $/oz 16.63 -0.06 -0.34%
Gold/Silver Ratio 75.547 -0.340 -0.45%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0132 0.0001 0.45%
Platinum 916.60 -11.90 -1.28%
Palladium 880.85 6.30 0.72%
S&P 500 2,438.30 3.80 0.16%
Dow 21,409.55 14.74 0.07%
Dow in GOLD $s 352.31 3.00 0.86%
Dow in GOLD oz 17.04 0.14 0.86%
Dow in SILVER oz 1,287.56 5.21 0.41%
US Dollar Index 97.13 0.19 0.20%
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US 40% silver 1/2s 0.30 4,709.68 4,864.68 16.49
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1 oz .999 round 1.00 16.37 16.97 16.97
Am Eagle, 200 oz Min 1.00 18.07 19.57 19.57
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