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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Friday, December 14, 2012
HUI Weekly Chart still looks heavy
One month ago, the HUI managed a nice bounce off of an important chart level of support coming in near the 440 level. The following two weeks it then respected that support with the market finding buyers on any approach towards the region. Last week that all changed with those former buyers apparently on strike as they did not show up in sufficient size to offset the selling pressure on the sector. The result was a downside close below 440 last week. This week the market looked as if it was going to finally get something going to the upside on Wednesday but by the close of the week it appears that those buyers on the back of the QE4 news had wavering convictions.
So where are we for now? While the market did hold above the previous week's low it still did not manage to regain that former support level of 440 as it ended the week at 437. Next week therefore will be critical for the sector. If it cannot attract enough value based buying to take the index back above 440 to end the week, it is likely to drift lower to close out the year with the very real possibility that we might see a move to 420. That would basically move the index down to revisit the downsloping trendline, which the index did manage to breach this summer. Ideally, if it were to move this low, the index would then bounce from this line (near 420) and go on to recapture 440. That would be a pretty reliable sign that the selling is exhausted.
For this index to have any chance of actually improving the technical posture, it would need to push above 460 to end a week.
One has to hope, for the sake of the long suffering share bulls, that 420 can stem the bleeding if last week's low does give way.
So where are we for now? While the market did hold above the previous week's low it still did not manage to regain that former support level of 440 as it ended the week at 437. Next week therefore will be critical for the sector. If it cannot attract enough value based buying to take the index back above 440 to end the week, it is likely to drift lower to close out the year with the very real possibility that we might see a move to 420. That would basically move the index down to revisit the downsloping trendline, which the index did manage to breach this summer. Ideally, if it were to move this low, the index would then bounce from this line (near 420) and go on to recapture 440. That would be a pretty reliable sign that the selling is exhausted.
For this index to have any chance of actually improving the technical posture, it would need to push above 460 to end a week.
One has to hope, for the sake of the long suffering share bulls, that 420 can stem the bleeding if last week's low does give way.
Putting things in Perspective
The horrible news out of Connecticut this morning should help us all to put things in their proper perspective. It is not possible to find the words to describe the anquish, pain, despair, anger, grief and desolation that has now engulfed the families of all those impacted by the contemptible actions of a worthless maggot whose warped mind somehow convinced himself that the methodical slaughter of innocent human beings, especially little children, was nothing of consequence.
"...Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes". (Matt 18: 6-7).
Just the other day it was another senseless shooting in an Oregon mall. Not all that long ago we remember the terrible shooting at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.
These tragedies remind us of the brevity and uncertainty of life and of our own mortality. They are also a sad testimony to the decay in our culture and the decline of our nation. We are witnessing a breakdown in ethics, virtue, and morality, as well as the loss of the sense of righteousess versus sin, and the blurring of the lines between good and evil that has marked the fall of every great civilization throughout history.
Sadly, there is NOTHING politicians can do to deal with the moral rot that has now infected this land. Changing the human heart lies solely in the province of the Almighty. But as more and more He is banished to the outskirts of society, as His laws are treated with contempt if not indifference or even mockery, what can one expect? Human nature, left to itself is no different than a dead fish - it cannot swim upstream but always follows the path of least resistance and that path always tends towards corruption.
I fear for our nation's future in a way I have never feared for it before at any point in my life. What area of our society has not been coarsened? Whether it is in the financial realm where far too often these days it seems we witness fraud, decadence, vice, etc. or in the culture, in its music, which seems to become more degraded with the passing of each year, or in so many of its movies which empitomize the empty souls of an increasingly larger and larger share of our population. Everywhere one looks it seems as if the nation is spiraling downward.
"Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people" says the Scripture. Nothing further can be added to that except this:
"The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.; they are MORE DESIRABLE THAN GOLD, YEAH, THAN MUCH FINE GOLD; sweeter also than the honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Thy servant is warned, in keeping them there is great reward." (Psalm 19: 7-9).
Please keep these things in mind as we are reminded that it was at this season the Son of God came into this earth, to suffer and to die in the place of guilty sinners and to thereby offer His own spotless life as the REDEMPTION for all those who believe in Him. At times like this we are made mindful of the fact that we are all sinners and only but for the grace of God, there is no level to which we all might stoop were we left to ourselves.
Sadly, one wonders if that is not EXACTLY what the MOST HIGH is indeed doing to this nation. As He turns HIS BACK on us, in response to the nation turning its back on Him, I see no hope for any restoration of this once great nation's future.
"...Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes". (Matt 18: 6-7).
Just the other day it was another senseless shooting in an Oregon mall. Not all that long ago we remember the terrible shooting at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.
These tragedies remind us of the brevity and uncertainty of life and of our own mortality. They are also a sad testimony to the decay in our culture and the decline of our nation. We are witnessing a breakdown in ethics, virtue, and morality, as well as the loss of the sense of righteousess versus sin, and the blurring of the lines between good and evil that has marked the fall of every great civilization throughout history.
Sadly, there is NOTHING politicians can do to deal with the moral rot that has now infected this land. Changing the human heart lies solely in the province of the Almighty. But as more and more He is banished to the outskirts of society, as His laws are treated with contempt if not indifference or even mockery, what can one expect? Human nature, left to itself is no different than a dead fish - it cannot swim upstream but always follows the path of least resistance and that path always tends towards corruption.
I fear for our nation's future in a way I have never feared for it before at any point in my life. What area of our society has not been coarsened? Whether it is in the financial realm where far too often these days it seems we witness fraud, decadence, vice, etc. or in the culture, in its music, which seems to become more degraded with the passing of each year, or in so many of its movies which empitomize the empty souls of an increasingly larger and larger share of our population. Everywhere one looks it seems as if the nation is spiraling downward.
"Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people" says the Scripture. Nothing further can be added to that except this:
"The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.; they are MORE DESIRABLE THAN GOLD, YEAH, THAN MUCH FINE GOLD; sweeter also than the honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Thy servant is warned, in keeping them there is great reward." (Psalm 19: 7-9).
Please keep these things in mind as we are reminded that it was at this season the Son of God came into this earth, to suffer and to die in the place of guilty sinners and to thereby offer His own spotless life as the REDEMPTION for all those who believe in Him. At times like this we are made mindful of the fact that we are all sinners and only but for the grace of God, there is no level to which we all might stoop were we left to ourselves.
Sadly, one wonders if that is not EXACTLY what the MOST HIGH is indeed doing to this nation. As He turns HIS BACK on us, in response to the nation turning its back on Him, I see no hope for any restoration of this once great nation's future.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Whoops - that Didn't Last Long!
Watching the late session price action in the Emini S&P 500 is quite disconcerting if you were expecting the market to greet the Fed's announcement of another $45 BILLION/Month in Bond purchases with a hearty round of wild-eyed buying.
It sure looked like that is exactly what it did when the news came out but from that point onward, it has been SELLING and not buying which is dominating. I am not sure whether this is a classic case of "BUY THE RUMOR; SELL THE FACT" since it was no secret that the Fed was going to announce a replacement program for the expired Operation Twist and since the number had already been in the market for the previous couple of weeks.
The bulls had better hope that is all that this is (BUY THE RUMOR; SELL THE FACT) because if it is not, and IF this is the market basically yawning in the face of what amounts to a relatively open-ended HALF A TRILLION in Dollar creation over the next year from this round of QE4, then we are perhaps witnessing something that should be sending tremors into the FOMC.
Keep in mind that each successive burst of QE has had less and less of an impact on the markets and particularly on the economy in general as those rounds have made their impact. One has to wonder if this is the case.
Again, it is too early to speak too dogmatically about any bearish reaction but the bulls had better get a strong close in the S&P in tomorrow's session and especially on Friday of this week or we are going to see a good sized round of profit taking by longs emerging, especially with the end of the year fast approaching and the window to realize any paper profits under this year's lower tax rates rapidly closing.
By the way, gold and silver are both undergoing some tremendous selling pressure in Asian trading as I write this. It seems to me there is a similar reaction in the metals to the reaction in the equities on the QE 4 announcement.
When the sum of another TRILLION DOLLARS (combined QE3 and QE4) over the next year (it will last at least that long) is announced and gold cannot take out its overhead resistance, that is all the excuse that some needed to head for the exits and take what profits they had from any longs put on ahead of the FOMC release or at the very least, cut short their paper losses on a trade gone sour.
I have to wonder also if some of the same suspects that had been beating gold down in the aftermarket hours early last week are surfacing once again to try a repeat of that same stunt. We will have to see whether or not that selling is met with improved physical market takeoff.
It sure looked like that is exactly what it did when the news came out but from that point onward, it has been SELLING and not buying which is dominating. I am not sure whether this is a classic case of "BUY THE RUMOR; SELL THE FACT" since it was no secret that the Fed was going to announce a replacement program for the expired Operation Twist and since the number had already been in the market for the previous couple of weeks.
The bulls had better hope that is all that this is (BUY THE RUMOR; SELL THE FACT) because if it is not, and IF this is the market basically yawning in the face of what amounts to a relatively open-ended HALF A TRILLION in Dollar creation over the next year from this round of QE4, then we are perhaps witnessing something that should be sending tremors into the FOMC.
Keep in mind that each successive burst of QE has had less and less of an impact on the markets and particularly on the economy in general as those rounds have made their impact. One has to wonder if this is the case.
Again, it is too early to speak too dogmatically about any bearish reaction but the bulls had better get a strong close in the S&P in tomorrow's session and especially on Friday of this week or we are going to see a good sized round of profit taking by longs emerging, especially with the end of the year fast approaching and the window to realize any paper profits under this year's lower tax rates rapidly closing.
By the way, gold and silver are both undergoing some tremendous selling pressure in Asian trading as I write this. It seems to me there is a similar reaction in the metals to the reaction in the equities on the QE 4 announcement.
When the sum of another TRILLION DOLLARS (combined QE3 and QE4) over the next year (it will last at least that long) is announced and gold cannot take out its overhead resistance, that is all the excuse that some needed to head for the exits and take what profits they had from any longs put on ahead of the FOMC release or at the very least, cut short their paper losses on a trade gone sour.
I have to wonder also if some of the same suspects that had been beating gold down in the aftermarket hours early last week are surfacing once again to try a repeat of that same stunt. We will have to see whether or not that selling is met with improved physical market takeoff.
Gold up on FOMC news but fails to clear Resistance
Gold is thus far responding to news coming out of the FOMC meeting as could have been expected. It is moving higher as traders build in a more inflationary scenario due to the addition (not at all unexpected by now) of a $45 billion/month Treasury purchase program by the Fed to replace the expired Operation Twist.
Again, this is old news as most pundits were already anticipating exactly this amount for last few weeks now. My guess is that the FOMC was afraid of disappointing the markets with anything lower as the last thing they want heading into the end of the year is a disappearing equity market, which is exactly what they would have gotten had they done anything less than $40 billion.
With the $40 billion in MBS buying from QE3 and this $45 billion in what amounts to QE4, the Fed has now committed to $85 billion/month worth of dollar creation out of thin air for the foreseeable future. Annualized that comes out to $1.02 TRILLION in magic money. Any wonder why the Dollar is dropping today? The only marvel is that the thing has not disappeared into the abyss already. Were it not for the fact that the Japanese are planning on adulterating their Yen into the nether regions and that the Southern Euro Zone is a basket case, the Dollar would have already dropped through 76 on the charts on its way to the all time low.
Either way, what we are getting in the way of cheers for a further continuation of this monetary madness from our Central Bank reminds me of a scene from the old Sci-Fi "Logan's Run". In that mid-seventies movie, there is a scene in which all those whose time is up and whose palm red light is flashing (meaning that they are scheduled for ascension) cheer as their bodies float upwards into the termination zone where they explode and fizzle away into nothingness.
It sure seems to me like Wall Street is cheering while the collective red lights of the palms of the US citizenry are blinking. Make no mistake about it - it is the average citizen who is going to pay the price of this folly in banking madness as the hedge fund crowd will now have a green light to further plow money into "risk assets". That means higher prices lie ahead as the Dollar is further eroded by its keepers.
The only thing that really matters however to our monetary lords is that the equities market will continue to take the path of least resistance and that means higher. Don't forget the level of the US stock markets are now national security issues to our central planners meaning that they will not permit bear markets, ever, even if it means creating trillions in funny money and making it almost impossible for seniors and those living on fixed income investments to earn a decent rate of return on their life's savings. What the Fed believes it can do, and thus far one would have to agree that it has, is to permanently prevent BEAR MARKETS in equities. Mourn for what is left of "free market capitalism". It no longer exists having died in 2008 when the monetary madness sprang into being.
Yes, welcome to the investing generation, forced by the Fed to shove its money into the stock market even if there are some who do not want anything at all risky and seek only conservative investments. Finding such investment vehicles in such an environment is a challenge to all but those who have the good fortune to be able to qualify for products offered only to those whose wealth meets a certain criteria. The rest of them are screwed. Love those high yields on one year CD's at the bank? Glad to hear it because that is all you are going to get for at least another full year and beyond!
The only thing keeping the commodity sector as a whole from powering sharply higher is the unpleasant fact that the economy is stagnant and going nowhere in a hurry. The moribond employment situation and small business fears over the future are preventing it from gaining any significant traction. All the while a rapacious central government continues to swallow up more and more capital in order to sustain itself. Just today the news was reported that the Federal Budget deficit for the month of November was an amazing $172.11 BILION. Try annualizing that and you come up with a number over $2 TRILLION. No worries though; everything is just fine as Ben and da boyz have spiked the punch bowl once again.
I have a big question for Bernanke and company - today they came out and stated that they have a target rate of 6.5% UNEMPLOYMENT that will give them a reason to change course on the interest rate front. Here is the question:
Does that mean if the size of the labor force continues to shrink, bringing the unemployment rate lower without necessarily translating to any true gains in the overall employment picture, that the Fed will raise interest rates if the unemployment number magically drops to 6.5%? What data are they going to use? Keep in mind that the labor force here in the US continues to shrink as more and more people simply have given up looking for a job. You get enough of this long enough and before long, the unemployment rate magically moves lower.
The other thing that Beranke and company stated was that they had a target inflation rate of being below 2.5% for "one to two years ahead" to maintain the current near zero interest rate policy. Which numbers are they going to use (we all know the answer to this already), the doctored and useless government's CPI or something more realistic with an actual connection to reality?
In my opinion everyone on that FOMC Committee should be unceremonially canned with the exception of Richmond Fed Governor Lacker who is in opposition to this idiocy of endless money creation. As I have stated many times before, if creating lasting prosperity was as easy as printing money into existence out of thin air, other nations, kingdoms or empires would have figured it out years before we did. History however has a way of clarifying such things and its verdict will be devastating to this band of elitists at the Fed.
Back to gold - the metal moved up on the news but could not clear resistance at the 50 day moving average near $1728. Until it does, rallies will be sold. If it can power through that level, some of the funds who had been shorting the market will cover. There will also be new money flows coming in from the momentum crowd that will let the market make a run at $1740. It will have to take that out before it can test $1760.
Downside support should be firm now in gold since the Fed is basically attempting to foster an inflationary environment and stave off the deflationary fallout from the excessive debt levels that still plague this economy.
As we enter further into the holiday period, look for liquidity at the Comex to begin shrinking as players square positions and take off for the holidays. We might get some pretty wild price swings as a result. Just be forewarned.
Next year promises to be interesting to say the least with over $1 TRILLION in freshly minted money looking for a home.
The mining shares are doing the same thing they did way back when the first round of QE was introduced in late 2008 - they are outperforming the metal to the upside. The HUI is currently up more than 3% as I type these comments having cleared not only resistance at 440, but also at 450. It has improved its poor chart by so doing but has yet to clear a big batch of overhead selling resistance that will come in near 461 - 464. It will take a weekly push through that level to confirm a solid bottom. For now, it appears that the floor is in with the most likely outcome moving forward being a range trade unless we get some more nervous shorts seeking to cover in the mining sector.
One last chart I will leave you with - if you think the Fed is debauching our own Dollar by design, you are of course correct. As bad as that it, is apparently is nothing compared to what the Japanese are doing to their currency. Take a look at this chart of Gold priced in Yen terms. It is closing in on a lifetime high. Kiss Japan goodbye - its aging population and failure to honestly address its fiscal excesses have taken their inevitable toll on its currency. The standard of living for the poor citizenry there will continue to decline, as of course will that of the average US citizen here. I will caution the readers with a bit of history - in such environments DEMAGOGUES always arise and find a captive audience more than ready to accept their rantings.
Again, this is old news as most pundits were already anticipating exactly this amount for last few weeks now. My guess is that the FOMC was afraid of disappointing the markets with anything lower as the last thing they want heading into the end of the year is a disappearing equity market, which is exactly what they would have gotten had they done anything less than $40 billion.
With the $40 billion in MBS buying from QE3 and this $45 billion in what amounts to QE4, the Fed has now committed to $85 billion/month worth of dollar creation out of thin air for the foreseeable future. Annualized that comes out to $1.02 TRILLION in magic money. Any wonder why the Dollar is dropping today? The only marvel is that the thing has not disappeared into the abyss already. Were it not for the fact that the Japanese are planning on adulterating their Yen into the nether regions and that the Southern Euro Zone is a basket case, the Dollar would have already dropped through 76 on the charts on its way to the all time low.
Either way, what we are getting in the way of cheers for a further continuation of this monetary madness from our Central Bank reminds me of a scene from the old Sci-Fi "Logan's Run". In that mid-seventies movie, there is a scene in which all those whose time is up and whose palm red light is flashing (meaning that they are scheduled for ascension) cheer as their bodies float upwards into the termination zone where they explode and fizzle away into nothingness.
It sure seems to me like Wall Street is cheering while the collective red lights of the palms of the US citizenry are blinking. Make no mistake about it - it is the average citizen who is going to pay the price of this folly in banking madness as the hedge fund crowd will now have a green light to further plow money into "risk assets". That means higher prices lie ahead as the Dollar is further eroded by its keepers.
The only thing that really matters however to our monetary lords is that the equities market will continue to take the path of least resistance and that means higher. Don't forget the level of the US stock markets are now national security issues to our central planners meaning that they will not permit bear markets, ever, even if it means creating trillions in funny money and making it almost impossible for seniors and those living on fixed income investments to earn a decent rate of return on their life's savings. What the Fed believes it can do, and thus far one would have to agree that it has, is to permanently prevent BEAR MARKETS in equities. Mourn for what is left of "free market capitalism". It no longer exists having died in 2008 when the monetary madness sprang into being.
Yes, welcome to the investing generation, forced by the Fed to shove its money into the stock market even if there are some who do not want anything at all risky and seek only conservative investments. Finding such investment vehicles in such an environment is a challenge to all but those who have the good fortune to be able to qualify for products offered only to those whose wealth meets a certain criteria. The rest of them are screwed. Love those high yields on one year CD's at the bank? Glad to hear it because that is all you are going to get for at least another full year and beyond!
The only thing keeping the commodity sector as a whole from powering sharply higher is the unpleasant fact that the economy is stagnant and going nowhere in a hurry. The moribond employment situation and small business fears over the future are preventing it from gaining any significant traction. All the while a rapacious central government continues to swallow up more and more capital in order to sustain itself. Just today the news was reported that the Federal Budget deficit for the month of November was an amazing $172.11 BILION. Try annualizing that and you come up with a number over $2 TRILLION. No worries though; everything is just fine as Ben and da boyz have spiked the punch bowl once again.
I have a big question for Bernanke and company - today they came out and stated that they have a target rate of 6.5% UNEMPLOYMENT that will give them a reason to change course on the interest rate front. Here is the question:
Does that mean if the size of the labor force continues to shrink, bringing the unemployment rate lower without necessarily translating to any true gains in the overall employment picture, that the Fed will raise interest rates if the unemployment number magically drops to 6.5%? What data are they going to use? Keep in mind that the labor force here in the US continues to shrink as more and more people simply have given up looking for a job. You get enough of this long enough and before long, the unemployment rate magically moves lower.
The other thing that Beranke and company stated was that they had a target inflation rate of being below 2.5% for "one to two years ahead" to maintain the current near zero interest rate policy. Which numbers are they going to use (we all know the answer to this already), the doctored and useless government's CPI or something more realistic with an actual connection to reality?
In my opinion everyone on that FOMC Committee should be unceremonially canned with the exception of Richmond Fed Governor Lacker who is in opposition to this idiocy of endless money creation. As I have stated many times before, if creating lasting prosperity was as easy as printing money into existence out of thin air, other nations, kingdoms or empires would have figured it out years before we did. History however has a way of clarifying such things and its verdict will be devastating to this band of elitists at the Fed.
Back to gold - the metal moved up on the news but could not clear resistance at the 50 day moving average near $1728. Until it does, rallies will be sold. If it can power through that level, some of the funds who had been shorting the market will cover. There will also be new money flows coming in from the momentum crowd that will let the market make a run at $1740. It will have to take that out before it can test $1760.
Downside support should be firm now in gold since the Fed is basically attempting to foster an inflationary environment and stave off the deflationary fallout from the excessive debt levels that still plague this economy.
As we enter further into the holiday period, look for liquidity at the Comex to begin shrinking as players square positions and take off for the holidays. We might get some pretty wild price swings as a result. Just be forewarned.
Next year promises to be interesting to say the least with over $1 TRILLION in freshly minted money looking for a home.
The mining shares are doing the same thing they did way back when the first round of QE was introduced in late 2008 - they are outperforming the metal to the upside. The HUI is currently up more than 3% as I type these comments having cleared not only resistance at 440, but also at 450. It has improved its poor chart by so doing but has yet to clear a big batch of overhead selling resistance that will come in near 461 - 464. It will take a weekly push through that level to confirm a solid bottom. For now, it appears that the floor is in with the most likely outcome moving forward being a range trade unless we get some more nervous shorts seeking to cover in the mining sector.
One last chart I will leave you with - if you think the Fed is debauching our own Dollar by design, you are of course correct. As bad as that it, is apparently is nothing compared to what the Japanese are doing to their currency. Take a look at this chart of Gold priced in Yen terms. It is closing in on a lifetime high. Kiss Japan goodbye - its aging population and failure to honestly address its fiscal excesses have taken their inevitable toll on its currency. The standard of living for the poor citizenry there will continue to decline, as of course will that of the average US citizen here. I will caution the readers with a bit of history - in such environments DEMAGOGUES always arise and find a captive audience more than ready to accept their rantings.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Silver still Mirroring the CCI
Silver continues to mirror the CCI with traders unsure of what direction to take things next.
Mining Shares Eroding further Against Gold
When I normally lay out a chart detailing the ratio of the mining shares to the price of an ounce of gold, I use the HUI. I will still put up one of those further below but wanted to show you a ratio chart using the XAU to illustrate just how cheap these mining shares have become relative to gold itself.
The chart is simply staggering. I have gone back as far as my data will allow me with this and cannot find a reading so low.
I cannot overemphasize how critical it is that the CEO's of these mining companies listen to the message of the market and make the necessary changes to their organizations.
The two biggest things I can read in this message is to:
1.) Get a handle on expenses and cut them
2.) this follows on #1 - return those savings to the shareholders in the form of higher dividends.
Do this, and investors will react positively. Why? Where else can you buy so much gold at such a discounted price to the current market value? Relative to gold, some of these shares are as cheap as they have ever been, period.
Checking in with the HUI, some of the shares that comprise that index are as cheap, relative to gold itself, as they have been in ELEVEN years.
The chart is simply staggering. I have gone back as far as my data will allow me with this and cannot find a reading so low.
I cannot overemphasize how critical it is that the CEO's of these mining companies listen to the message of the market and make the necessary changes to their organizations.
The two biggest things I can read in this message is to:
1.) Get a handle on expenses and cut them
2.) this follows on #1 - return those savings to the shareholders in the form of higher dividends.
Do this, and investors will react positively. Why? Where else can you buy so much gold at such a discounted price to the current market value? Relative to gold, some of these shares are as cheap as they have ever been, period.
Checking in with the HUI, some of the shares that comprise that index are as cheap, relative to gold itself, as they have been in ELEVEN years.
YenGold near all time Highs
TAke a look at the following chart of gold, priced in terms of the Japanese Yen, and then tell me that the Japanese monetary authorities and political leaders are not deliberately debauching their currency. "PRINT, PRINT, PRINT; BANSAI, BANSAI, BANSAI"! They are killing their own currency in terms of its purchasing power.
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