Crude oil is currently experiencing a rather sharp rally as it is being led higher by the products, based on recent data suggesting the steep drop in prices is stimulating demand. Throw in a weaker Dollar, a weaker Yen ( no safe haven trade), a pop in grain and bean prices, and even a bump in cattle, and you have some buying hitting the general commodity sector. From what I can see right now, a goodly portion of this is short covering, with some bottom picking occurring across the sector. This is serving to lift gold from its worst levels of the session, along with silver.
Let's see where the dust settles by day's end to draw some conclusions.
"To Big To Fail" banks now making new 52-wk. highs:
ReplyDeleteBAC
JPM
MS
No sign of an "Endgame" anywhere among the Fed-approved sectors.
Zero.
Nada.
Zip.
Mark
ReplyDeleteTotally correct,
Quite the correction yesterday....it went on for the whole day !
Had me worried for at least 30 seconds. LOL
Mark
ReplyDeleteAlong with the bad news that is propelling the XRT higher today I realized there has to be other bad news that is causing the DOW and general market to rally hard today.....I found it:
Data on factory activity in November in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region indicated the economy continues to struggle to gain traction. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank on Thursday reported its business activity index fell to its lowest level since May.
Although this news in itself does not seem bad enough to cause upside movement in the markets perhaps there is other bad news that I have not found yet. LOL
Jim Sinclair says gold is in total absolute and utter complete capitulation now:
ReplyDeleteJim Sinclair now Executive Chairman of Singapore Gold Exchange
I'd really like to know where the bottom will be. I guess it's anyone's best guess but I'm thinking it's an easy slide well below $1,000. People just cannot afford this kind of investment. It's certainly not for the average investor.
Seems the general consensus around this site is somewhere in the vicinity of $800 or so.
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ReplyDeleteI really don't think it will get that low. Martin Armstrong figures in the 1000 area but he said that once it gets close to the ultimate low everyone will be calling for 800.00 etc.
If we are in capitulation it is a good thing…get it over with.