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Wednesday, 15 November a.d. 2017 Browse the commentary archive

Meant to tell y'all yesterday about another one of those mysterious gold dumps. According to Bloomberg, somebody sold almost 40,000 contracts or nearly 4,000,000 oz of gold over a 10 minute span after 11:10 on Comex. Gold dropped from $1,284 to $1,275 in one minute.

That might dishearten some, but when you see a market hit with selling equal to 10% of the daily volume -- in minutes -- and falling only 0.8%, what does it tell you? That underneath $1,275 crowd buyers eager to buy at those prices. The raid revealed hidden strength, not weakness -- good news, not bad.

The European Central Bank is proposing to remove bank deposit insurance & solidify the "bail-in" method of dealing with insolvent banks, i.e., robbing the depositors before the taxpayers. If Europe goes that direction, can America be far behind? We have almost as many rotten banks as they do. Upshot is, you need some SAFE storage for your savings. Bail-ins -- taking depositors money for a failing bank -- haven't been done in the US Yet, but have in Europe. Handwriting is on the wall. Only safe way to store savings is physical gold or silver that you have in your own hot little hands. Longer article at http://bit.ly/2iWS2ay

US dollar index has posted a Key Reversal downward on its weekly chart, http://schrts.co/nkMgKA That promises lower prices soon. Today the Dollar index dropped 3 basis points (0.03%) to 93.71. Euro didn't move much, down 0.06% to $1.1792, but the yen took the occasion to shoot up 0.52% to 88.61. Dollar has broken down, at least for a correction.

A couple of considerations about stocks. The Dow Industrials index, though not other indices, has posted a Key Reversal downward on the weekly chart, http://schrts.co/R7oQ9C Key reversals confirmed, as this one is, usually do not lie. Note also the Volatility Index, http://schrts.co/Kg5sHT Recently it has reached multi-decade lows, but in the last few days it has shot up to resistance and is about to break through skyward. Japanese Nikkei Stock index is also in trouble, with a top and Key Reversal, http://schrts.co/9jbRqd And the blue chip General Electric has been struggling all year and three days ago announced it was not paying a dividend. That was quite enough to pull the plug, http://schrts.co/M2MzbY

Today was a bad hair day for stocks. Dow fell 138.19 (0.59%) to 23,271.28. S&P500 subtracted 14.25 (0.55%) to end at 2,564.62.

S&P500 chart is here, http://schrts.co/tKz3wL The S&P has traced out and completed a rising wedge (green) since early 2016, then another rising wedge within that (purple). One more down day takes it out of that greater wedge & shooting toward the 50 DMA at 2,542.59.

Stocks are cracking.

Bitcoin today is at $7,237.59, up 9.68% since yesterday but down 6.28% from the 8 November high at $7,721.98.

I find myself in the unwelcome position of the little boy watching the emperor's parade. I look at the cryptocurrencies and all I can see is parabolic charts, which always indicate blow off buying manias, and never mind my other as yet unanswered questions about them. I look at stocks, levitated on waves of central bank money creation to higher and more unrealistic valuations, and I can only think "Classic debt bubble product." So here I am, ignorant nat'ral born durn fool from Tennessee watching the cryptocurrency and stock parades march by, and all I can say is, "They ain't got no durned clothes on!" But what do I know?

Meanwhile, back to the hibernating metals. Today they undid all they gained yesterday. Gold fell $5.00 (0.4%) to $1,276.50 while silver rocked back 10.2¢ (0.6%) to 1695¢. Sigh. Gold/silver ratio closed Comex at 75.310.

The one day chart shows that gold reached $1,290 by 11:00, then about 11:30 was hit by selling that left it gapping down to $1,277 in about an hour. Big seller?

We have now reached mid-November, by which time I expected the picture would have cleared and silver & gold would have resolved upwards to confirm a bottom. No such luck. Both remain rangebound. To prove a bottom is past, gold must close above $1,300, silver above 1725¢. Till then a chance remains open that both will yet spike a low.

Y'all just gnaw your nails and be patient. Seasonally silver & gold generally finish strong -- that's what the 30 year seasonal chart shows -- although they made lows in December 2015 and December 2016.

I ask myself if I would have married Susan and lived with her nearly 49 years if I had known how badly it would hurt losing her. I can only answer yes. Only way to avoid the pain of losing a beloved is never to love, which is truly never to live.

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
15-Nov-17 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,276.50 -5.00 -0.39%
Silver, $/oz 16.95 -0.10 -0.60%
Gold/Silver Ratio 75.310 0.157 0.21%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0133 -0.0000 -0.21%
Platinum 929.90 5.80 0.63%
Palladium 986.50 -0.45 -0.05%
S&P 500 1,564.62 -14.25 -0.90%
Dow 23,271.57 -138.19 -0.59%
Dow in GOLD $s 376.86 -0.76 -0.20%
Dow in GOLD oz 18.23 -0.04 -0.20%
Dow in SILVER oz 1,372.95 0.11 0.01%
US Dollar Index 93.71 -0.03 -0.03%
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