29 July 2014

SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - #paper asset bubble


Twitter is tweeting after the bell on 'better than expected' adjusted earnings and revenue.

Stocks sold off today, after have been weak most of the day on lackluster housing prices.

GDP tomorrow morning and the FOMC in the afternoon.

Have a pleasant evening.






NAV Premiums of Certain Precious Metal Trust and Funds


Premiums are subdued the day after a Comex option expiration, and ahead of the big economic news this week.

Sprott Silver shows some spark.  Its cash level continues to decline suggesting a secondary offering at some point.



28 July 2014

Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - Very Quiet Option Expiration


"Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited."

Robert F. Kennedy

You would almost forget it was a Comex options expiry if you did not look at the calendar.

Trade in the precious metals was very quiet. We *might* get a gut check tomorrow in order to test the resolve of any new contract holders, and in an advance welcome for the FOMC meeting and GDP numbers on Wednesday.

Nothing fundamental has changed. The Fed and the government are blowing monetary and fiscal policy decisions completely.  There was intraday commentary that touched on that subject here.

There was nothing happening of significance at Madame Tussaud's last Friday, so I am not bothering to show the Comex warehouse and clearing reports tonight.

One can speculate as to their motives, but I think that their errors will become increasingly painful and apparent with time.

Have a pleasant evening.







SP 500 and NDX Futures Daily Charts - Calm Before the News


Stocks opened weakly on the slightly worse than expected home sales numbers this morning.

They tended to drift higher, back to nearly unchanged, on light volume.

The markets are waiting for the more significant economic news that starts rolling out on Wednesday.

Have a pleasant evening.