Weekend Reading

"...Surely, there is at this day a confederacy of evil, marshalling its hosts from all parts of the world, organizing itself, taking its measures, enclosing the church of Christ as in a net, and preparing the way for a general apostasy from it. Whether this very apostasy is to give birth to Antichrist, or whether he is still to be delayed, we cannot know; but at any rate this apostasy, and all its tokens, and instruments, are of the Evil One and saviour of death.

Far be it from any of us to be of those simple ones, who are taken in that snare which is circling around us! Far be it from us to be seduced with the fair promises in which Satan is sure to hide his poison!

Do you think he is so unskillful in his craft, as to ask you openly and plainly to join him in his warfare against the truth? No; he offers you baits to tempt you. He promises you civil liberty; he promises you equality; he promises you trade and wealth; he promises you a remission of taxes; he promises you reform.

This is the way in which he conceals from you the kind of work to which he is putting you; he tempts you to rail against your rulers and superiors; he does so himself, and induces you to imitate him; or he promises you illumination, he offers you knowledge, science, philosophy, enlargement of mind. He scoffs at times gone by; he scoffs at every institution which reveres them.

He prompts you what to say, and then listens to you, and praises you, and encourages you. He bids you mount aloft. He shows you how to become as gods. Then he laughs and jokes with you, and gets intimate with you; he takes your hand, and gets his fingers between yours, and grasps them, and then you are his."

J.H.Newman, The Times of Antichrist

Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Release from the Year End Clamp Down

There was quiet trading as the northeastern US was digging its way out of Winter Storm Hercules.

Gold and silver have been rallying since the end of the December clamp down, but they most certainly have not yet broken out on the charts.

About 2700 ounces found their way out of the deliverable Comex inventory, bringing it back down to the 480,440,000 ounce level which is historically quite low.  This ought not to be an issue until the February delivery period arrives.  

There is sufficient gold in the Comex, but it might require higher prices to shake it loose.  As for the overall global supply situation for bullion, that is another story altogether.

See you next week.  Once again, Happy New Year!

SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Low Volume

Very low volume and somewhat boring day, as the end of year exuberance continued to drip off the tape.

One area of interest was the minor divergence between the SP and Big Tech. The SP is the locus of stock market
propping by the ESF, so we'll have to see how it deals with key support levels next week.

Have a pleasant weekend.