Nov 19.2014

total customer deposits : nil  oz

Today, 0 notices was issued from  JPMorgan dealer account and 0 notices were issued from their client or customer account. The total of all issuance by all participants equates to 0 contracts  of  which 0 notices were stopped (received) by JPMorgan dealer and 0  notices were stopped (received) by JPMorgan customer account.

To calculate the total number of gold ounces standing for the November contract month, we take the total number of notices filed for the month (1392) x 100 oz to which we add the difference between the OI for the front month of November (20) – the number of gold notices filed today (0)  x 100 oz  =  the amount of gold oz standing for the November contract month.

Thus the  initial standings:

139,200  (notices filed today x 100 oz + (  20) OI for November – 0 (no of notices filed today)= 141,200 oz or 4.39 tonnes.

We gained 100 oz of gold standing for the November contract month.

And now for silver

Today, we had 0 deposits into the dealer account:

 total dealer deposit: nil oz

we had 1 dealer withdrawal:

i) Out of CNT:  602,665.13 oz

total  dealer withdrawal: 602,665.13  oz

We had 3 customer withdrawals:

i) Out of CNT:  40,208.85 oz

ii) Out of  Delaware:  14,687.705 oz

iii) Out of Scotia:  103,220.96  oz

total customer withdrawal  158,117.515  oz

We had 2 customer deposits:

i) Into Scotia:  488,472.100 oz

ii) Into CNT:  596,403.500 oz

total customer deposits: 1,084,875.600      oz

we had 1 adjustment

Out of the Delaware vault:

72,532.413 oz was adjusted out of the customer and this landed into the dealer account of Delaware/

Total dealer inventory:  64.820 million oz

Total of all silver inventory (dealer and customer)   178.329 million oz.

The total number of notices filed today is represented by 0 contract or nil oz.  To calculate the number of silver ounces that will stand for delivery in November, we take the total number of notices filed for the month (156 ) x 5,000 oz to which we add the difference between the total OI for the front month of November88) minus  (the number of notices filed today (0) x 5,000 oz =   the total number of silver oz standing so far in November.

Thus:  156 contracts x 5000 oz  +  (88) OI for the November contract month – 0 (the number of notices filed today)  = amount standing or 1,220,000 oz of silver standing.

we neither gained nor lost any silver ounces standing today.

It looks like China is still in a holding pattern ready to pounce when needed.

For those wishing to see data on the currencies and bourse closings you can see it on my site at harveyorgan.wordpress.com

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The two ETF’s that I follow are the GLD and SLV. You must be very careful in trading these vehicles as these funds do not have any beneficial gold or silver behind them. They probably have only paper claims and when the dust settles, on a collapse, there will be countless class action lawsuits trying to recover your lost investment.

There is now evidence that the GLD and SLV are paper settling on the comex.

***I do not think that the GLD will head to zero as we still have some GLD shareholders who think that gold is the right vehicle to be in even though they do not understand the difference between paper gold and physical gold.  I can visualize demand coming to the buyers side:

i) demand from paper gold shareholders

ii) demand from the bankers who then redeem for gold to send this gold onto China

vs no sellers of GLD paper.

And now the Gold inventory at the GLD:

Nov 19.2014: we lost 2.1 tonnes of gold/Inventory back to 720.91 tonnes.  No doubt physical gold is heading to China.

Nov 18.2014: no change in inventory/ Inventory level 723.01 tonnes

Nov 17.2014; we had a huge addition of 2.39 tonnes of gold added to the GLF inventory/inventory rests tonight at 723.01 tonnes. They may be running out of metal to give China!!!

Nov 14. we had no change in gold inventory at the GLD/inventory 720.62 tonnes

nov 13. we lost another 2.05 tonnes of gold at the GLD/Inventory at 720.62 tonnes

Nov 12.2014; we lost another 1.79 tonnes of gold at the GLD/Inventory at 722.67 tonnes

This gold left the shores of England and landed in Shanghai.

Nov 11.2014: we lost another 0.900 tonnes of gold at the GLD/Inventory 724.46 tonnes

Nov 10. we lost another 1.79 tonnes of gold at the GLD/Inventory 725.36 tonnes

Nov 7 wow!! we lost another huge 5.68 tonnes of gold at the GLD/inventory 727.15 tonnes

Nov 6.2014: we had another huge withdrawal of 2.99 tonnes of gold. Inventory 732.83 tonnes

This gold is also heading to Shanghai.  If I was a shareholder of GLD I would be quite concerned as there will be no real gold inventory left per outstanding shares.

Nov 5 we had another huge withdrawal of 3.000 tonnes of gold.  This gold will be heading to Shanghai/GLD inventory 735.82 tonnes

Nov 4.2014: a huge withdrawal of 2.39 tonnes of gold/GLD inventory/738.82 tonnes

Nov 3.2014: no change in gold inventory at the GLD/741.21 tonnes

Oct 31.2014: no change in gold inventory at the GLD despite the raid/inventory at 741.21 tonnes

October 30.2014: we had another 1.2 tonnes of gold leave the GLD and heading to Shanghai/Inventory 741.21 tonnes

October 29.2014: we had another .99 tonnes of gold removed from the GLD/inventory 742.40 tonnes

Today, Nov 19. a loss of 2.1 tonnes of gold  inventory

inventory: 720.91 tonnes.

The registered  vaults at the GLD will eventually become a crime scene as real physical gold  departs for eastern shores leaving behind paper obligations to the remaining shareholders.   There is no doubt in my mind that GLD has nowhere near the gold that say they have and this will eventually lead to the default at the LBMA and then onto the comex in a heartbeat  (same banks).

GLD :  720.91 tonnes.

It has been pointed out that John Paulson owns 13.4 million oz or  323 tonnes. He thus owns almost 45% of the entire GLD.

He is a solid supporter of gold and has so far refused to liquidate any of his gold. I am sure that this will be a problem for our bankers if they continue to sell physical gold to China as at some point the shorts will have to supply the real metal as the GLD will be void of gold along with the Bank of England.

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And now for silver:

Nov 19.2014: a huge addition of silver inventory to the tune of 2.396 million oz/inventory 349.296 million oz

Nov 18.2014; no change in silver inventory  346.90 million oz

Nov 17.2014 .SLV inventories remain constant tonight at 346.90 million oz

Nov 14.2014; wow!! we had an addition of 2.012 million oz into the SLV/inventory at 346.900 million oz

Nov 13. no change in silver inventory at the SLV/344.888 million oz.

Nov 12.2014: no change in silver inventory at the SLV/inventory rests tonight at 344.888 million oz.  And please note that gold leaves GLD/silver does not.  Why? there is no physical silver at the SLV..just paper obligations.

Nov 11.2014: no change in silver inventory at the SLV/inventory rests tonight at 344.888 million oz.

Nov 10/ we had an addition of 1.438 million oz of silver into inventory at the SLV/Inventory 344.888 million oz  (again note the difference between gold and silver)

Nov 7/ 2014/no change in silver inventory/inventory rests at 343.45 million oz.  (please note the difference between silver (SLV) and gold  (GLD)

Nov 6.2014: no change in silver inventory/(as of 6 pm est) inventory rests at 343.45 million oz.

Nov 5  today, the total silver inventory drops of 2.074 million oz/SLV inventory: 343.45 million oz

Nov 4.2014: wow!! we had another addition of 1.151 million oz of silver inventory/SLV inventory rises to 345.524

Please note the difference between GLD and SLV.  The GLD has physical gold to send on its way to Shanghai/SLV has no silver to offer to the participants to give to various players..

Nov 19.2014  an addition of 2.396 million oz of silver inventory at the SLV/349.296 million oz

Note the difference between GLD and SLV.  GLD falls in inventory and SLV rises. Why? because SLV has no physical silver for the participants to raid to supply mints and China.

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And now for our premiums to NAV for the funds I follow:

Note:  Sprott silver fund now deeply into the positive to NAV

Sprott and Central Fund of Canada.
(both of these funds have 100% physical metal behind them and unencumbered and I can vouch for that)

1. Central Fund of Canada: traded  at Negative 10.4% percent to NAV in usa funds and Negative   10.6% to NAV for Cdn funds!!!!!!!

Percentage of fund in gold  61.5%

Percentage of fund in silver:38.00%

cash .5%

( Nov 19/2014)   

2. Sprott silver fund (PSLV): Premium to NAV rises to positive 4.18% NAV (Nov 19/2014)  

3. Sprott gold fund (PHYS): premium to NAV  falls to negative -0.38% to NAV(Nov 19/2014)

German gold repatriation movement is going strong, Peter Boehringer tells KWN

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I am glad that we are getting some traction after Bill Holter’s open letter to the industry last month:

(courtesy Jim Otis/GATA)

Jim Otis: An open letter to monetary metals mining executives

Gold & Silver Surge, Recover Swiss Gold Poll Losses As EURCHF Hits Lows

It appears the FX and Precious Metals markets have as much faith in the pre-Swiss Gold Referendum polls as the Scots did before their referendum. The clearly leaked results sparked considerable weakness in gold and silver (and EURCHF surge), but once the data was released, markets began to creep back – perhaps questioning the plausibility of such a big swing in such a short amount of time. This surge was also helped by some unusually frank comments on Russian gold buying from the Russian Central Bank.  Gold, Silver, and EURCHF have all recovered the moves with the latter pressing towads cycle lows…

And EURCHF has roundtripped to cycle lows…

Charts: Bloomberg

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(courtesy Ben Davies/Kingworldnews/Eric King/Gata)

Gold is being pounded to discourage support for Swiss initiative, Davies tells KWN

Koos Jansen speculates on the reason for the gold sales from the Washington accord of 1999:

(courtesy Koos Jansen)

Koos Jansen: Why did European central banks sell gold?

Ransquawk/Bloomberg/Deutche bank/Jim Reid
(courtesy zero hedge/your early morning trading from Asia and Europe)

All Eyes On The Freefalling Yen Which Just Plunged To Fresh 7 Year Lows

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 11/19/2014 06:55 -0500

Once again all eyes are on the carry-trade driving Yen, whose avalance into oblivion is picking up speed, and where the formerly unimaginable USDJPY level of 120 aspresented here in September, is now looking like this week’s business, with the only question how long until Albert Edwards’ next target of 145 is hit leading to nuclear currency warfare between Japan, Korea, China and ultimately, the US and Europe. Unfortunately, for Japan, at this point the terminal currency collapse will do nothing to incrementally boost exports or its economy, and the former Japan finmin was on the tape warning again that the Japanese recession will persist as USDJPY over 115 is now hurting Japan, something which should by now have been clear to most.

Then again with a money-printing Keynesian lunatic in charge, for whom there is now no turning back, Japan really has no options. The good news, at least for the US which is now openly pulling the strings behind Japan’s monetary policy, is that the soaring Yen will continue to drag correlation algos higher, and send the S&P500 to fresh all time highs even as the Japanese economy is devastated.

In other news, the much hyped Stock Connect between China and Hong Kong is a dud with volumes plunging and CLSA calling it a ghost traing. According to Bloomberg, about 2.6 billion yuan, or 20%, of the 13 billion yuan northbound daily quota was taken on day 3 of the link vs 100% and 37% on the 2 opening days. Of the Shanghai connect stocks, 242 were up, and 249 down; of the Hong Kong connect stocks only 81 were up, while 159 down.

Worse, the commodity rout continues, with the slide in iron ore prices has been a particular focus in the commodity complex with Dalian iron futures hitting a second consecutive record low as data in China continues to fail to impress. Nonetheless, precious metal prices have continued to see support with spot gold managing to break out of its tight overnight range to touch the USD 1,200/oz level

European equities enter the North American crossover mostly in the green after picking up off their worst levels which were seen earlier in the session following overnight weakness in Asian equities and pulling back some of yesterday’s gains. In terms of the rebound, nothing fundamental has been attributed the move higher, although it does coincide with the Gilt-led softness seen in fixed income products following the less dovish than expected BoE minutes release, which also saw short-sterling reverse its earlier flattening pattern. Despite the upside for European stocks, the FTSE 100 trades in the red as the continuing decline in iron prices has placed weight on the mining-heavy FTSE index, with names such as Rio Tinto and Antofagasta seeing a bout of underperformance.

Bulletin Headlines Summary

• GBP/USD pulls off session lows following a less dovish than anticipated BoE minutes release, which has also placed pressure on fixed income products.
• European equities trade mostly in the green with no sustained direction, although the FTSE 100 underperforms as Iron ore miners continue to feel the squeeze of the slide in iron ore prices.
• Looking ahead, attention turns towards the release of US housing starts, building permits, DoE crude oil inventories and of course the FOMC minutes release.
• Treasuries decline with core euro zone sovereigns amid heavy corporate issuance calendar and as investors awaits release of minutes from Fed’s October meeting.
• Bank of England policy makers voted 7-2 to keep the key interest rate at a record low this month as some of the majority began to raise concerns about potential inflation pressures
• Obama plans to issue a reprieve for undocumented immigrants whose children were born in the U.S., part of an order that would shield between 4m and 5m from deportation, according to people familiar with the proposal
• Prime Minister Shinzo Abe invoked the American Revolution in calling a snap election and shelving a further increase in a tax that sank Japan into recession
• BOJ’s Kuroda secured a wider majority today and warned inflation could fall below 1% after the world’s third- largest economy slid into recession
• Keystone XL pipeline backers came up one vote short in the Senate and vowed to try again in January, when they expect to have enough support to send a bill to Obama
• Sovereign yields mostly higher. Asian stocks mostly lower. European stocks gain, U.S. equity-index futures lower. Brent crude and gold higher, copper falls

One of the more notable movers in FX markets has been GBP following the BoE minutes. Despite residing at session lows in anticipation of an overtly dovish release, GBP saw a sharp move higher as the report revealed a 7-2 split and was not as dovish as some had expected. More specifically, particular focus was paid on comments that a tighter labour market is likely to lead to wage growth soon and the fact that the MPC majority said there is a risk of inflation overshooting the 2% target. Furthermore, CAD has continued to weaken with weakness being attributed to the failure of the Keystone pipeline bill to be passed in the Senate which would have seen the construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to US gulf refineries. Additionally, the decline in iron ore prices has filtered through to FX markets, with AUD seen lower throughout overnight and European trade with yesterday’s jaw-boning of the AUD and cross-related selling in AUD/JPY also placing further weight on the Antipodean currency. Elsewhere, overnight, USD/JPY broke back above 117.00 to trade at its highest since

COMMODITIES

The slide in iron ore prices has been a particular focus in the commodity complex with Dalian iron futures hitting a second consecutive record low as data in China continues to fail to impress. Nonetheless, precious metal prices have continued to see support with spot gold managing to break out of its tight overnight range to touch the USD 1,200/oz level. In the energy complex, despite opening lower following last nights API inventories which revealed a build of 3700k vs. Prev. drawdown of 1500k, energy prices have ebbed higher throughout European trade as participants look ahead to today’s DoE inventories with the headline expected to reveal a drawdown of 1500k, a number which is higher than initially forecasted.

DB’s Jim Reid Concludes the Overnight Recap

So after much excitement yesterday following Prime Minister Abe’s snap election announcement, sales-tax delay and planned stimulus package all eyes have turned to the BoJ meeting this morning. In terms of the headlines, as expected QE has remained steady at ¥80tn annually with the board having voted 8-1 in favour. After last month’s 5-4 vote it seems consensus has been built around the new measures which will be a relief to policy makers, especially after the measures announced this week. Taking a closer look at the details, the central bank notes that the outlook in Japan’s economy is ‘expected to continue its moderate recovery trend, and the effects including those of the subsequent decline in demand following the front-loaded increase prior to the consumption tax hike are expected to dissipate gradually’. CPI is expected to remain at the current level for the time being whilst there is some mention that QQE is so far exerting its intended effects with the Bank expected to continue with stimulus for as long as necessary to achieve the 2% target. The result is certainly a positive for Kuroda following what was largely a split decision last month on extending QE. The press conference takes place as we go to print so this is worth keeping an eye on for Kuroda’s take on this week’s fiscal events.

In terms of how markets are reacting post BoJ, the Nikkei is currently trading -0.14% having opened around +0.7% stronger and then declining to trade -0.3% lower post the decision. The JPY has weakened a further 0.37% versus the Dollar to now trade at 117.29 and mark a seven year low. Elsewhere bourses are mixed around Asia. The CSI 300, Hang Seng and Kospi are +0.11%, -0.41% and -0.01% respectively.

As well as the BoJ news to digest today, we’ve also got the FOMC minutes to look forward to later. It’s easy to make an argument either way with regards to what we might expect. On the one hand, we could make a case that the details could be something of a non-event with the focus shifting immediately to the December meeting. On the other hand DB’s Joe Lavorgna summed it up well at the start of the week, commenting that the statement from the October 28th- 29th meeting was notably more hawkish than expected, particularly with regards to the economy and upgrading its assessment of the labour market. Joe also mentions the lack of commentary around a stronger dollar or recently tightening financial conditions, so conceivably these could be mentioned. All in all the key will be whether the minutes rubber stamp the edging up in hawkishness or whether it will throw the doves an olive branch.

Whilst on the US, the S&P 500 continues to extend its record closing highs (+0.51%) after trading in a relatively narrow range over the past week. As well as being supported from the positive tone extending from Abe’s announcement, macro data did little to dampen sentiment. The NAHB housing market index surprised to the upside with the 58 print ahead of expectations of a 55 reading. Digging deeper into the details, all three subcomponents of the index – present conditions, expectations and buyers traffic – rose along with gains in all four regions of the country to cause the index to print just short of September’s post recession high (59). Our US colleagues point out that the NAHB series leads housing construction by around six months and so they expect a marked improvement in residential construction over the next couple of quarters, boosting total housing-related spending which they feel is enough to sustain a 3%-plus real GDP growth over next year. – a pretty bold call. Meanwhile the PPI reading for October was relatively strong. The headline (+0.2% mom) reading and ex. food and energy print (+0.4% mom) beat expectations of -0.1% and +0.1% respectively. Away from the macro prints, the Fed’s Kocherlakota was in the press once again, this time commenting that the Fed is risking its credibility by not acting aggressively enough to bring inflation back up to its 2% target. He also reiterated that inflation will not rise back to this target until 2018 with the potential for a turnaround in inflation through 2015 ‘very unlikely’. Treasuries were generally stronger across the board, the 10yr rallying 2bps whilst the DXY closed down 0.33% at the end of play.

Turning our focus to Europe yesterday, the Stoxx 600 closed +0.61% and the Euro rallied +0.67% versus the Dollar following an unexpectedly stronger German ZEW survey print with the 11.5 reading (0.5 expected) marking the first rise in German investor confidence for eleven months. Closer to home, UK CPI data was largely in line. The +1.3% yoy headline figure a touch higher than the +1.2% consensus although the core print came in slightly under expectations at +1.5% yoy (vs. +1.6% yoy expected). DB’s George Buckley noted that despite yesterday’s print showing a slight rise, he is revising his forecasts down to +0.9% by year end, rising to +1.6% in 2015 and then +1.9% in 2016, highlighting in particular that December will be a likely flashpoint for the CPI given the +6.4% rise in household energy bills last year not being repeated and thus taking 0.3% off the headline rate. Interestingly George also points out a move in sterling could take over three years to fully impact CPI inflation, suggesting that the annual rise in Sterling to peak in July this year will likely impact CPI towards the end of 2016. Elsewhere the RPI print came in line at +2.3% yoy whilst PPI input was softer at -8.4% yoy (-8.3% yoy expected). Gilts closed flat and elsewhere 10y Bunds ended 0.5bp firmer. Credit markets generally underperformed, Xover finished 4bps wider over the day although we highlight that this was perhaps due to more technical factors around significant new issuance. New issuance in the US market is also causing some indigestion.

Just wrapping up the market moves yesterday, WTI and Brent extended declines, down 1.68% and 1.21% respectively and have continued to trade weaker overnight. Ahead of the OPEC meeting next week, the FT has reported the apparent lack of consensus between members which is underlying the struggles the group is facing given surging US output. In terms of an outcome for the meeting, a disagreement between members is surely a worst case scenario so it will be interesting to see if we hear any of the major producers align comments in the mean time.

In terms of the highlights today, we kick off in Europe this morning with the September construction output print (market looking for +1.5% mom) along with current account data whilst later in the day we expect to hear from the ECB’s Praet speaking on the ‘long-term financing of the economy’ in Frankfurt. As well as this, we will be keeping an eye on the BoE’s November minutes today. Over in the US and away from the highlighted FOMC minutes we have October building permits and housing starts data (DB expecting 1.1m versus 1.025m consensus) and the MBA’s new mortgage applications. Given the strong NAHB print yesterday it will be interesting to see whether today’s housing data confirms the trend.

Eur/USA 1.2514 up .0064