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Russ Winter has been an active investor for 40 years, and a stockbroker for 15 of those years. He writes on diverse topics ranging from actual trading and investing strategies, to economic trends and indictors, to thoughts on precious metals, and more. Lately, he has been focusing on the “end game ...more

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Steve St Angelo: Gold / Silver Mines, Transportation, Refineries, Mints – All Shut Down
TalkMarkets Contributor Steve St. Angelo discusses the implications of what is happening with precious metal supply chains being shuttered. We also discuss the quiet war with shale oil underway between the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Abe Calls Election Because Of Revolt In Ruling Coalition
The real reason for the election is that Abe is facing a mutiny against him inside the ruling Liberal Democratic and Komeito parties.
Muppets' Pants Catching On Fire
Comex precious metal action has the look of a patsy-muppet set-up operation
Iamgold Conference Call Take Aways
I have covered Iamgold’s successful cost cutting effort at length (all-in cost reduced $114/oz. over last year), so there is no need to repeat it here. CEO Letwin did confirm that the company is “starting to see benefits of lower fuel costs.” He stated IAG will be free cash flow positive in 2015.
In Search Of The Elusive, Precious Metal, Capitulation Sellers
GDXJ has 68.54 million shares outstanding. During the last five days, it traded about 110 million shares.
The Yen Doomsday Machine
The Bank of Japan decided to increase the pace at which it expands base money to ¥80 trillion per year.
Precious Metals Positioning: Nobody Seems To Be Blinking
The huge Japanese pension fund and world’s No. 1 patsy GPIF dropped its allocation in JGB from 53% to 35%, putting this difference into domestic and global equities.
Show Me The Real Sellers
GOFO rates even more negative indicating shortages of physical metal: 1 Month Rate: -.0775% 2 Month Rate -.0425%
US Treasury Quid Pro Quo Arrangements With Criminal Cabals
The chart of U.S. Treasury holdings since August 2011 is very revealing. It shows the great majority of its growth is due to purchases by the Fed. Starting in November — and barring some FOMC change plan — that number goes to zero.
Gold Shares Heavy Liquidation: Really?
GDXJ traded 13.9 million shares in an awful session. GDXJ is a $2.2 billion vehicle. Twenty percent of the total market cap in one day, seriously?
S&P Minis Futures Are Introduced To Slinger
Gold investors know this drill well. It’s familiar handiwork: 4,492 contracts dumped in 28 milliseconds. If the slinger is moving on to greener pastures, stock market participants are going to become familiar with a whole new concept.
The Fracking Ponzi Scheme Is Fracturing
A shale gas well produces for a year or two, and then a new one is drilled. The key to the longevity of this Ponzi is debt finance.
Lower Fuel Costs Driving Down Mining Cash Costs
Yet another bullish-yet-ignored factor on the cost side for miners is lower fuel costs of late. As a rule of thumb, gold miners use $100 of diesel per ounce of gold produced.
An Examination Of Recent Crimex Forensics
Yet again, the Friday swoon in precious metals was accompanied by another uptick in open interest (OI). In gold contracts in particular, OI increased 7,730 to 387,742 contracts. Silver increased 808 to 172,686. And yet again, these are hardly the hallmarks of normal liquidation.
Trading Patterns In Key Juniors, Or Rather Lack Thereof
It should be apparent that the function of market makers is to maintain some trading integrity even in small cap stocks. The fact that these market makers are not on the scene was demonstrated in spades on Friday.
Precious Metal Notes
Another rough day in precious metals, and yet open interest increased in silver futures by 3903 to 173,778 and in gold by 3058 to 381,370.
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