Dow reached 23,000 today but did not close above it, ending up 40.48 (0.18%) at 22,997.44. S&P500 rose 1.72 (0.07%) to 2,559.36. Y'all should have been expecting this. Stocks are topping, little as y'all may believe it.

US dollar index is filling out that right shoulder, seen here, http://schrts.co/9jJsLG It rallied today 23 basis points (0.25%) to 93.38. Nothing new to add here. Assuming that is indeed an upside-down head and shoulders and that it pierces the neckline at 94, it should rally to 97 or about the 200 day moving average before it throws a rod and reverses. Right now betters seem to be hoping that the Fed will get a new member who will favor raising rates. Four of 7 board members must be appointed. Seems doubtful to me that the always chicken-livered Fed will raise interest rates in November. Remains to be seen also what will happen as the Fed attempts to shrink its balance sheet, an operation never before tried by any central bank in history. Good luck.

Silver & gold followed yesterday's busts with by sinking further. Gold had its worst day in a month, peeling off $16.90 (1.3%, owch!) and closing at $1,283.00 on Comex, near enough the $1,282.80 low to scare it to death. Silver tumbled worse, sliding 32.8¢ (1.9%) to 1698.7¢. Low was 1693.5¢.

Gold's daily chart is right here, http://schrts.co/qLd1mH

I feel like I'm looking at a bleeding Gold up on a pool table after a shootout saying, "Gold, how many times you been hit?" Maybe gold is simply filling that gap it left behind when it broke out of that falling wedge, but it looks weaker than that. It has fallen below that support from $1,295 - $1,305, which now transmogrifies into resistance above. Logical target becomes the 200 day moving average around $1,256 today or maybe support just above $1,260. 20 & 50 day moving averages are lined up bearishly, that is, with the 20 below the 50 now. RSI points down, MACD is rolling over downward, volume rose with today's fall. All that adds up to lower prices coming.

Silver's end of day chart hides here, http://schrts.co/o96FnV

Silver's chart differs from gold in that it has now fallen to the uptrend line from the December 2015 low. If it falls through that, it will move much lower, maybe back to 1600¢. As with gold, the indicators all point down and volume rose on today's fall. Pretty much a recipe for cheaper silver.

Long term nothing has changed. We're just waiting for a bargain buy a little lower.

Bitcoin closed today at $5591.15, up from $1938.34 on 16 July 2017. Here's a chart from 2010 to today, http://bit.ly/2x3PfCe

This is a parabolic rise. If you own Bitcoin, you'd better set some sell stops, even if only mental sell stops, and keep on pulling them up as it rises.

I wish I could trust this. I've tried, but it's simply too ethereal, too ungrounded, for me to love. Sorry -- I will crawl back into the cave where I dwell, where the most advanced technology is fire. Well, we do have flint knives, too.

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

— Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger

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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).

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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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