The Fed: "Damned if they do, damned if they don't"

Where is the Money Growth?

How's the Economy REALLY doing? The Real Deal from Shadowstats

Commentaries by Date

• At An 18-Year Low, 2012 Real Median Household Income Was Below Levels Seen in 1968 through 1974
• 2012 Income Variance Hit Record High,Suggestive of Greater Financial and Economic Crises Ahead
• Systemic Instabilities That Led to 2008 Crisis Still Have to Be Worked Through
• Housing Starts Continued in Renewed Downturn or Stagnation


Made all the more poignant, and credible, by today's Fed decision to scotch tapering....

Only (a very, very few) hard money types got this one right; everyone else blindsided by Ben

The Taper That Wasn't

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Options Trading: The Sheridan Method

Options Trading: The Sheridan Method

Commercials continue refraining from shorting gold

DATE                  vs
Comm_Positions_Short_All minus Comm_Positions_Long_All

5/31/13	59,221
5/24/13	84,122
5/17/13	84,146
5/10/13	87,719
5/3/13	95,563
4/26/13	104,388
4/19/13	141,929
4/12/13	143,802
4/5/13	142,522
3/29/13	158,473
3/22/13	162,364
3/15/13	142,121
3/8/13	133,798
3/1/13	137,620
2/22/13	132,082
2/15/13	160,653
2/8/13	174,607
2/1/13	167,097
1/25/13	195,950
1/18/13	185,113
1/11/13	178,472
1/4/13	188,659

Commercials are the least short now that we have seen in recent times.  Many say this is setting up a powerful rally.  There are reports in the media of moguls getting long millions of calls on mining shares.   Others say gold is heading to $1000.  How will this resolve?

Writer makes case for $100-$1,000 Daily Gold Moves Becoming "Statistically Normal"

Upside Volatility In Gold Cometh; With $100-$1,000 Daily Moves Being "Statistically Normal" | Bull Market Thinking