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Samb=I got this from ZH readers:

Posted by Richard640 @ 19:20 on December 13, 2017  
The standard answer is that rate hikes make the dollar stronger and are a head wind for the dollar price of gold.
Gold rose from $35 to $197.50 between 1970 and the end of 1974, an increase of more than four times. During that period, the Bank of England’s base rate rose from 5% to 13%. The Fed’s discount rate was 4.5% in 1972 and rose to 8% in August 1974. So, a rising gold price was accompanied by a rising interest rate, contradicting the conventional wisdom of today. Gold went on to hit a peak price of $850 at the afternoon fix of 21 January 1980, when the Fed’s discount rate was at an elevated 12%.
The current belief that rising interest rates are bad for gold was disproved by those events. The reason gold rose had little to do with interest rates, and everything to do with accelerating price inflation.
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The moment when the majority of folks believe the market cannot correct is precisely when it will.  Those who believe the central banks are all powerful will be sadly mistaken to have worshiped such false idols..
Love,  
The Black Swan
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Rally Program #1 run today.  No matter what the FRB does, it will be “good” for the market.  If you want to know why, simply review the liabilities of our public pension system. 
Pensions are severely underfunded after a decade of 0% interest rates.  The saving grace has been this engineered bull market.  Poor stock performance as a result of a recession would be a disaster.  Remember, pension fund success depends on 8% returns per year, FOREVER.  A never ending bull market is a requirement, not an option left to free market forces.
And don’t forget that over $2 Trillion in taxes are due by Baby Boomers on their 401K’s. Uncle Sam can’t collect what he needs if the market crashes.
Our financial system simply cannot withstand another downturn. So there won’t be one.
Why else do you think bad news is always “shrugged off” or turned into something “good”. 
The stock market is just another Federal Program.  Think of it as a Social Security fund for the rich.
 

Maddog – agree

Posted by Buygold @ 18:14 on December 13, 2017  

The rig makes things nearly impossible to figure.

Also agree bigly that the next couple of days are crucial for pm’s if we’re going to make some kind of a bottom here.

I was a little surprised that we didn’t get hit harder into the close. 1% rule for gold was clearly in force though.

Samb R640

Posted by Maddog @ 17:00 on December 13, 2017  

Rates are under full Rig control…..which I never thought we wud see…

Tdy the PM’s misbehaved….the next few days will be the big tell imho, as for once shares led.

Buygold

Posted by Maddog @ 16:45 on December 13, 2017  

Ya know, in the 30+ years I’ve been watching markets I never knew rising rates were good for the SM.

U ain’t wrong…it’s the Rig that has made a mockery of all previous experience/knowledge….

Have to say nice to see shares lead…..but nervous of any real bottom…but that may be due to non stop p&l beatings.

samb – maybe the backstory

Posted by Buygold @ 16:29 on December 13, 2017  

is that they know rates can’t rise above a certain level without busting the interest on the $20 Trillion in debt. So they buy bonds to keep real rates down?

Seems like we’ve seen this happen a few times after they’ve raised rates, except without gold going higher.

Tomorrow is the real test. We either build on the gains today or get smacked right back down.

The Pilbara Gold Rush Nuggets Conundrum

Posted by ipso facto @ 16:12 on December 13, 2017  

http://www.miningandmoney.com/

Sweet day for the good guys! 🙂

Richard 640

Posted by Samb @ 16:12 on December 13, 2017  

Makes no sense to me: It was anticipated that the Fed would increase by 1/4 point…which is just what they did. So, this rate increase should have been priced into the markets. Instead $gold blasts upward as if the Fed did not increase the interest rate. There has to be a backstory in here…somewhere.

Everything is cock-eyed!! Interest rates are falling fairly big time…is this some ass-backwards clue that stocks are about to roll over??

Posted by Richard640 @ 15:46 on December 13, 2017  

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/marketquotes/ZB.html

More perversity=how does a rate rise pop gold and cause the $ index to be down .661 ???

Posted by Richard640 @ 15:40 on December 13, 2017  

no wonder no one gets on board…

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/marketquotes/DX.html

Buygold

Posted by ipso facto @ 15:16 on December 13, 2017  

Whoo Hoo! emoji_1f601

Farmboy-Buygold=I should probably take my $4k profit on this trade but I’ll probably take em home with me

Posted by Richard640 @ 15:15 on December 13, 2017  
SLV JAN19  $15 CALLS – 10:56:26
Bought to Open 259c @ $0.29 – Total: $7,699.25

I picked up these jewels this a.m. when silver was up 6 cents–the big money is made by catching a move, not day scalping…as I have written many times before, to catch a bottom in PMs is EXTREMELY difficult–did u see the gyrations in G&S after 2pm? It is sooooo easy to get shaken out…as u say, let’s see the close and what manana brings…the gold mkt is so perverse…

I Just Got Back Here, Left Early This Morning

Posted by Mr.Copper @ 15:14 on December 13, 2017  

I see the PMs liked what Janet Yellin said. What ever it was. She’s on CNBC blabbing or complaining about not enough inflation. Huh??

Those idiots running the economy are lame, dumb as a stump. Food and shelter and fuel is higher. Stocks are higher. Medical insurance higher.

They SAY they want the Dollar to lose value. Do you believe that? According to what they say, they want our purchasing media to LOSE MORE value?? They REFUSE to say minimum wage is TOO low for this fake system, and its holding down all the other skilled labor values.

 

Richard640 @ 12:25 That Was Close !

Posted by Farmboy @ 15:08 on December 13, 2017  

I was just about to take my Kbar, bust open a few cans of Campbell’s Cream of Chicken soup, split open the feather pillow and dose myself with feathers before throwing self into Floridagold’s Gator pond.  Last couple of weeks has been brutal for the trading account. Today was some much needed relief! Phew! 🙂

Scariest hour of the day

Posted by Buygold @ 15:06 on December 13, 2017  

would sure like to have seen the bottom for the year.

Need follow thru tomorrow if this sticks

Silver should have NEVER went to $15

Posted by eeos @ 14:37 on December 13, 2017  

So I call it just another scam, out in the open for all to witness

So far Ipso was right

Posted by Buygold @ 14:36 on December 13, 2017  

Yellen speaking now, let’s see how it finishes

Well R640

Posted by Buygold @ 13:17 on December 13, 2017  

If I’m actually right about anything, it will be the first time in a very long time.

I don’t trust this move in the shares. I guess we’ll know in about an hour.

Farmboy-the SLV jan19 2018 $15 call has a huge 7079 calls of volume–Buygold, u may be right.

Posted by Richard640 @ 12:25 on December 13, 2017  

R640

Posted by Buygold @ 11:29 on December 13, 2017  

I can hear the siren call now:

“c’mon in, the water is fine”

Then BAAMM

SIL is flying up 32–SLV is frozen in place down a penny

Posted by Richard640 @ 10:41 on December 13, 2017  

Ipso

Posted by Buygold @ 10:39 on December 13, 2017  

I guess anything can happen, just not great odds.

Ya know, in the 30+ years I’ve been watching markets I never knew rising rates were good for the SM.

I guess an old dog can learn new tricks. 🙂

Buygold

Posted by ipso facto @ 10:28 on December 13, 2017  

“Looks like the old playbook today, let pm’s be stable until the Fed announcement and then trash them.”

Maybe it’ll be a “sell the news” type deal and gold will go up …. hey it could happen!

Stunning! and BTW shut the Gov’t down on Dec. 22nd

Posted by Buygold @ 10:22 on December 13, 2017  

Chuck Schumer wants GOP to delay tax vote until Doug Jones is seated

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chuck-schumer-wants-gop-to-delay-tax-vote-until-doug-jones-is-seated/ar-BBGGQpa?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=ientp

Bob Moriarty on Bitcoin, The South Sea Bubble, Ponzi Schemes, and The Pilbara Gold Rush

Posted by ipso facto @ 10:17 on December 13, 2017  

Bob Moriarty on Bitcoin, The South Sea Bubble, Ponzi Schemes, and The Pilbara Gold Rush

Ipso

Posted by Buygold @ 10:04 on December 13, 2017  

Yeah, peace would be a good thing, a lot of risk in that region especially for South Korea not to mention it would be unwinnable for the US.

I’d much rather see the whole system collapse without a war.

Looks like the old playbook today, let pm’s be stable until the Fed announcement and then trash them.

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