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Wednesday, 10 January a.d. 2018 Browse the commentary archive

What a difference a day makes, when evil central banks are up to their shenanigans!

What's that? You object to my calling official/quasi-official/sometimes-privately-owned- masquerading-as-official central banks "evil"? Mercy, what word describes a parasitic institution imposed upon a country like a giant vampire bat to suck out its blood and feed off its labor and its future? What word describes an institution that attempts to manipulate economy, money supply, and interest for policy aims of the state or groups of elite plutocrats? If others are blind and mute, I am not, nor are the facts. So if wicked don't sit with ye, then substitute the word of your choice: Devilish, mischievous, nasty, naughty, vicious, villainous, abandoned, abominable, atrocious, degenerate, depraved, fiendish, flagitious, foul, heartless, impious, iniquitous, lowdownwhitetrash, nefarious, reprobate, corrupt, shameless, sinful, or vile. He'p yourself.

Yesterday it was the Bank o' Japan announcing it would be buying fewer long dated bonds -- Surprise! (I erred saying it was stopping purchases. It's only slowing.) That cranked interest rates right up into a breakout. Today the Bank o' China accelerated the breakout by rumors it would slow or halt its US Treasuries acquisitions Surprise! Look at the yield on the US 10 year T-note, http://schrts.co/vUJO4G Next look how much it helped the 30 year T-bond, http://schrts.co/IoR0Nw

China is one of the largest holders of US treasuries with about $1.2 trillion worth. Japan's right up there with China. Both countries use US treasury purchases to launder dollars from the US trade deficit. China & Japan send the US stuff, the US pays for the stuff with dollars, more than Japan or China need, so they buy Treasuries with them, financing the trade deficit and the US government deficit at the same time. Few minds are willing to ponder even for a nanosecond what would happen if these two stopped buying US Treasuries, let alone began to sell them. Interest rates would ride a rocket to the moon.

What did that do to the US dollar index? Took it down 14 basis points -- 19 bps on this chart, http://schrts.co/LckWQg to end at 92.07. Looks like 92.25 resistance has whupped the dollar index again.

Stocks took offense, too, and limped off with hurt feelings. Dow fell 16.67 (0.7%) to 25,369.13 and the S&P500 dropped 3.06 (0.11%) to 2,748.23.

Bubbles remain intact until they pop. Nobody's sure in advance which needle will pop them, & usually its one largely unexpected: like central bank reducing Treasury purchases. I am NOT saying this is the needle, only alerting you to the bubble's existence and its attraction to needles. Maybe it's static electricity.

Gold like today's events and inched up $5.70 (0.4%) to $1,317.40 on Comex. Less enthusiastic and sleepier silver lollygagged up 2.7¢ to 1696.3¢.

If you will weigh this chart http://schrts.co/sKqkUu you will mark that although Gold hit a new intraday high today, it still close below resistance at $1,325. They don't hand out seegars for "nearly" and "almost." Thus it was a good day, but worked no change in our expectations. Now a close above $1,330 tomorrow would do that.

I'll be switched if today's action didn't bounce silver off both its uptrend line and the 200 DMA, http://schrts.co/o96FnV with a nice leap in value as well. "Still,"" he carpeth, "'tain't pierced 1725¢ & stayed up thar yit."

Today's activity could be no more than the B leg up of an A-B-C correction. I need proof the next advancing leg has begun, and that means higher closes above resistance.

Call me small-minded. I'm used to being scorned. Don't bother me a-tall. I'll jes' quietly cry myself to sleep tonight.

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

— Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger

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10-Jan-18 Price Change % Change
Gold, $/oz 1,317.40 5.70 0.43%
Silver, $/oz 16.96 0.03 0.16%
Gold/Silver Ratio 77.663 0.213 0.27%
Silver/Gold Ratio 0.0129 -0.0000 -0.27%
Platinum 971.40 -0.95 -0.10%
Palladium 1,080.05 -20.75 -1.88%
S&P 500 2,748.23 -3.06 -0.11%
Dow 25,369.13 -16.67 -0.07%
Dow in GOLD $s 398.08 -1.99 -0.50%
Dow in GOLD oz 19.26 -0.10 -0.50%
Dow in SILVER oz 1,495.56 -3.37 -0.22%
US Dollar Index 92.24 0.15 0.16%
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