Monthly Archives: December 2011

FOFOA: Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! FOFOA has given us a surprise present for the new year and can be found at Happy New Year! on the FOFOA blog. I for one cannot wait to see Aristotle back on the Trail and I … Continue reading

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Zerohedge: As ’11 Ends, 11 Charts Of 11 Disturbing 11 Year Trends

As ’11 Ends, 11 Charts Of 11 Disturbing 11 Year Trends As we pop the corks of our proverbial champagne this weekend with an eye to a better year ahead, perhaps it is worth thinking about these 11 incredible trends … Continue reading

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Gold – 29 Dec

Paper gold may be placing a bottom, although it will be hard to call it in the traditional manner because the volume is so light due to the holidays. A nice looking intraday reversal occurred and painted the chart with … Continue reading

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Turd Ferguson: The Moment of Truth

Excellent posting tonight from the Turd, I couldn’t say it any better. The Comex controls the price of gold and it is dying. TA is useless because the rules that applied earlier in the 3 plus year trend no longer … Continue reading

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Jim Willie: Comex: The March To Irrevelence

COMEX: The March To Irrelevance By Jim Willie CB Dec 27 2011 12:43PM Divergence between paper gold and physical gold price is happening, the process begun. Actual physical shortages have kept the price up. Various tactics have kept the paper … Continue reading

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Dan Norcini: Long Term Gold Chart Views

Excellent charting by Dan Norcini. I feel your pain paper gold traders, all I can say is when you have had enough pain there is always the righteous and LESS STRESSFUL road traveled, physical gold. I am sorry, I just … Continue reading

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JS Kim: Did Bankers Deliberately Crash MF Global to Crash Gold and Silver Prices?

Anybody that is still “playing” in paper gold is playing with fire. Ann Barnhardt has rung the bell regarding the danger of the futures market. I for one will be watching closely the open interest numbers early this next year … Continue reading

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Summarizing The Global Balance Sheet’s Negative Feedback Loop Of Debt

Excellent summarization of a debt negative feedback loop. The author rightly concludes that the solution to the global debt predicament will take a coordinated effort of all countries, with the critical pillar support provided by the US, Europe, China, and … Continue reading

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Gold – 20 Dec

Surprise surprise, paper gold closed right at resistance on the 200 day moving average. So far the bottom looks like a bottom and support at 1562. Resistance is still the 200 day moving average that needs to cleared on a … Continue reading

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Is the ECB’s balance sheet “far greater” than the Fed’s, less transparent?

Is the ECB’s balance sheet in worse shape and “far greater” than the Fed’s? Is the ECB being less transparent than than the Fed? First, is $3.2 trillion on the balance sheet a distinction that makes the ECB a whole … Continue reading

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