GOLD: $1284.60 UP $4.00 (COMEX TO COMEX CLOSING)
Silver: $14.77 DOWN 9 CENTS (COMEX TO COMEX CLOSING)
Closing access prices:
Gold : 1283.90
silver: $14.76
JPMorgan has been receiving gold with reckless abandon and sometimes supplying (stopping)
today RECEIVING: 3/5
EXCHANGE: COMEX
CONTRACT: MAY 2019 COMEX 100 GOLD FUTURES
SETTLEMENT: 1,279.400000000 USD
INTENT DATE: 05/08/2019 DELIVERY DATE: 05/10/2019
FIRM ORG FIRM NAME ISSUED STOPPED
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661 C JP MORGAN 3
737 C ADVANTAGE 5 2
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TOTAL: 5 5
MONTH TO DATE: 176
NUMBER OF NOTICES FILED TODAY FOR MAY CONTRACT: 5 NOTICE(S) FOR 500 OZ (0.0155 tonnes)
TOTAL NUMBER OF NOTICES FILED SO FAR: 176 NOTICES FOR 17600 OZ (.5474 TONNES)
SILVER
FOR MAY
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49 NOTICE(S) FILED TODAY FOR 265,000 OZ/
total number of notices filed so far this month: 3328 for 16,640,000 oz
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Bitcoin: OPENING MORNING TRADE :$6106 UP $107.00
Bitcoin: FINAL EVENING TRADE: $6136 UP $115
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Let us have a look at the data for today
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IN SILVER THE COMEX OI FELL BY A TINY SIZED 685 CONTRACTS FROM 199,497 DOWN TO 198,782 ACCOMPANYING YESTERDAY’S 3 CENT FALL IN SILVER PRICING AT THE COMEX. ,LIQUIDATION OF THE SPREADERS HAVE STOPPED FOR SILVER BUT IT NOW COMMENCES FOR GOLD. TODAY WE705RRIVED FURTHER FROM AUGUST’S 2018 RECORD SETTING OPEN INTEREST OF 244,196 CONTRACTS.
WE HAVE ALSO WITNESSED A LARGE AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL METAL STAND FOR COMEX DELIVERY AS WELL WE ARE WITNESSING CONSIDERABLE LONGS PACKING THEIR BAGS AND MIGRATING OVER TO LONDON IN GREATER NUMBERS IN THE FORM OF EFP’S. WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE HAD A FAIR SIZED NUMBER OF COMEX LONGS TRANSFERRING THEIR CONTRACTS TO LONDON THROUGH THE EFP:
0 FOR MAY, 0 FOR JUNE, 730 FOR JULY AND ZERO FOR ALL OTHER MONTHS AND THEREFORE TOTAL ISSUANCE 730 CONTRACTS. WITH THE TRANSFER OF 730 CONTRACTS, WHAT THE CME IS STATING IS THAT THERE IS NO SILVER (OR GOLD) TO BE DELIVERED UPON AT THE COMEX AS THEY MUST EXPORT THEIR OBLIGATION TO LONDON. ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE CAN BE A DELAY OF 24-48 HRS IN THE ISSUING OF EFP’S. THE 730 EFP CONTRACTS TRANSLATES INTO 3.650 MILLION OZ ACCOMPANYING:
1.THE 3 CENT FALL IN SILVER PRICE AT THE COMEX AND
2. THE STRONG AMOUNT OF SILVER OUNCES WHICH STOOD FOR DELIVERY IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS:
JUNE/2018. (5.420 MILLION OZ);
FOR JULY: 30.370 MILLION OZ
FOR AUG., 6.065 MILLION OZ
FOR SEPT. 39.505 MILLION OZ S
FOR OCT.2.525 MILLION OZ.
FOR NOV: A HUGE 7.440 MILLION OZ STANDING AND
21.925 MILLION OZ FINALLY STAND FOR DECEMBER.
5.845 MILLION OZ STAND IN JANUARY.
2.955 MILLION OZ STANDING FOR FEBRUARY.:
27.120 MILLION OZ STANDING IN MARCH.
3.875 MILLION OZ STANDING FOR SILVER IN APRIL.
AND NOW 18.225 MILLION OZ STANDING FOR SILVER IN MAY.
ACCUMULATION FOR EFP’S/SILVER/J.P.MOAN’S HOUSE OF BRIBES, / STARTING FROM FIRST DAY NOTICE/FOR MONTH OF MAY:
9538 CONTRACTS (FOR 7 TRADING DAYS TOTAL 9538 CONTRACTS) OR 47.69 MILLION OZ: (AVERAGE PER DAY: 1362 CONTRACTS OR 6.81 MILLION OZ/DAY)
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO THE HUGE SUPPLY THIS MONTH IN SILVER: SO FAR THIS MONTH OF MAY: 47.69 MILLION PAPER OZ HAVE MORPHED OVER TO LONDON. THIS REPRESENTS AROUND 6.81% OF ANNUAL GLOBAL PRODUCTION (EX CHINA EX RUSSIA)* JUNE’S 345.43 MILLION OZ IS THE SECOND HIGHEST RECORDED ISSUANCE OF EFP’S AND IT FOLLOWED THE RECORD SET IN APRIL 2018 OF 385.75 MILLION OZ.
ACCUMULATION IN YEAR 2019 TO DATE SILVER EFP’S: 788.52 MILLION OZ.
JANUARY 2019 EFP TOTALS: 217.455. MILLION OZ
FEB 2019 TOTALS: 147.4 MILLION OZ/
MARCH 2019 TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE: 207.835 MILLION OZ
APRIL 2019 TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE: 182.87 MILLION OZ.
RESULT: WE HAD A SMALL SIZED DECREASE IN COMEX OI SILVER COMEX CONTRACTS OF 685 WITH THE 3 CENT FALL IN SILVER PRICING AT THE COMEX /YESTERDAY... THE CME NOTIFIED US THAT WE HAD A FAIR SIZED EFP ISSUANCE OF 730 CONTRACTS WHICH EXITED OUT OF THE SILVER COMEX AND TRANSFERRED THEIR OI TO LONDON AS FORWARDS. SPECULATORS CONTINUED THEIR INTEREST IN ATTACKING THE SILVER COMEX FOR PHYSICAL SILVER (SEE COMEX DATA) . OUR BANKERS RESUMED THEIR LIQUIDATION OF THE SPREAD TRADES TODAY.
TODAY WE GAINED A TINY SIZED: 45 TOTAL OI CONTRACTS ON THE TWO EXCHANGES:
i.e 730 OPEN INTEREST CONTRACTS HEADED FOR LONDON (EFP’s) TOGETHER WITH DECREASE OF 685 OI COMEX CONTRACTS. AND ALL OF THIS DEMAND HAPPENED WITH A 3 CENT FALL IN PRICE OF SILVER AND A CLOSING PRICE OF $14.89 WITH RESPECT TO YESTERDAY’S TRADING. YET WE STILL HAVE A STRONG AMOUNT OF SILVER STANDING AT THE COMEX FOR DELIVERY!!
In ounces AT THE COMEX, the OI is still represented by JUST UNDER 1 BILLION oz i.e. 0.999 BILLION OZ TO BE EXACT or 143% of annual global silver production (ex Russia & ex China).
FOR THE NEW FRONT MARCH MONTH/ THEY FILED AT THE COMEX: 49 NOTICE(S) FOR 245,000 OZ OF SILVER
IN SILVER,PRIOR TO TODAY, WE SET THE NEW COMEX RECORD OF OPEN INTEREST AT 243,411 CONTRACTS ON APRIL 9.2018. AND AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN SET WITH A LOW PRICE OF $16.51.
AND NOW WE RECORD FOR POSTERITY ANOTHER ALL TIME RECORD OPEN INTEREST AT THE COMEX OF 244,196 CONTRACTS ON AUGUST 22/2018 AND AGAIN WHEN THIS RECORD WAS SET, THE PRICE OF SILVER WAS $14.78 AND LOWER IN PRICE THAN PREVIOUS RECORDS.
ON THE DEMAND SIDE WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING:
- HUGE AMOUNTS OF SILVER STANDING FOR DELIVERY (MARCH/2018: 27 MILLION OZ , APRIL/2018 : 2.485 MILLION OZ MAY: 36.285 MILLION OZ ; JUNE/2018 (5.420 MILLION OZ) , JULY 2018 FINAL AMOUNT STANDING: 30.370 MILLION OZ ) FOR AUGUST 6.065 MILLION OZ. , SEPT: A HUGE 39.505 MILLION OZ./ OCTOBER: 2,520,000 oz NOV AT 7.440 MILLION OZ./ DEC. AT 21.925 MILLION OZ JANUARY AT 5.825 MILLION OZ.AND FEB 2019: 2.955 MILLION OZ/ MARCH: 27.120 MILLION OZ/ APRIL AT 3.875 MILLION OZ/ AND NOW MAY: 18.225 MILLION OZ ..
- HUGE RECORD OPEN INTEREST IN SILVER 243,411 CONTRACTS (OR 1.217 BILLION OZ/ SET APRIL 9/2018) AND NOW AUGUST 22/2018: 244,196 CONTRACTS, WITH A SILVER PRICE OF $14.78.
- HUGE ANNUAL EFP’S ISSUANCE EQUAL TO 2.9 BILLION OZ OR 400% OF SILVER ANNUAL PRODUCTION/2017
- RECORD SETTING EFP ISSUANCE FOR ANY MONTH IN SILVER; APRIL/2018/ 385.75 MILLION OZ/ AND THE SECOND HIGHEST RECORDED EFP ISSUANCE JUNE 2018 345.43 MILLION OZ
AND YET, WITH THE EXTREMELY HIGH EFP ISSUANCE, WE HAVE A CONTINUAL LOW PRICE OF SILVER DESPITE THE ABOVE HUGE DEMAND. TO ME THE ONLY ANSWER IS THAT WE HAVE SOVEREIGN (CHINA) WHO IS ENDEAVOURING TO GOBBLE UP ALL AVAILABLE PHYSICAL SILVER NO MATTER WHERE, EXACTLY WHAT J.P.MORGAN IS DOING. AND IT IS MY BELIEF THAT J.P.MORGAN IS HOLDING ITS SILVER FOR ITS BENEFICIAL OWNER..THE USA GOVERNMENT WHO IN TURN IS HOLDING THAT SILVER FOR CHINA.(FOR A SILVER LOAN REPAYMENT).
IN GOLD, THE OPEN INTEREST ROSE BY A HUMONGOUS SIZED 12,786 CONTRACTS, TO 462,825 DESPITE THE FALL IN THE COMEX GOLD PRICE/(AN DECREASE IN PRICE OF $3.70//YESTERDAY’S TRADING).
THE CME RELEASED THE DATA FOR EFP ISSUANCE AND IT TOTALED A SMALL SIZED 3268 CONTRACTS:
APRIL 0 CONTRACTS,JUNE: 8232 CONTRACTS DECEMBER: 0 CONTRACTS, JUNE 2020 0 CONTRACTS AND ALL OTHER MONTHS ZERO. The NEW COMEX OI for the gold complex rests at 462,825. ALSO REMEMBER THAT THERE WILL BE A DELAY IN THE ISSUANCE OF EFP’S. THE BANKERS REMOVE LONG POSITIONS OF COMEX GOLD IMMEDIATELY. THEN THEY ORCHESTRATE THEIR PRIVATE EFP DEAL WITH THE LONGS AND THAT COULD TAKE AN ADDITIONAL, 48 HRS SO WE GENERALLY DO NOT GET A MATCH WITH RESPECT TO DEPARTING COMEX LONGS AND NEW EFP LONG TRANSFERS. . EVEN THOUGH THE BANKERS ISSUED THESE MONSTROUS EFPS, THE OBLIGATION STILL RESTS WITH THE BANKERS TO SUPPLY METAL BUT IT TRANSFERS THE RISK TO A LONDON BANKER OBLIGATION AND NOT A NEW YORK COMEX OBLIGATION. LONGS RECEIVE A FIAT BONUS TOGETHER WITH A LONG LONDON FORWARD. THUS, BY THESE ACTIONS, THE BANKERS AT THE COMEX HAVE JUST STATED THAT THEY HAVE NO APPRECIABLE METAL!! THIS IS A MASSIVE FRAUD: THEY CANNOT SUPPLY ANY METAL TO OUR COMEX LONGS BUT THEY ARE QUITE WILLING TO SUPPLY MASSIVE NON BACKED GOLD (AND SILVER) PAPER KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE NO METAL TO SATISFY OUR LONGS. LONDON IS NOW SEVERELY BACKWARD IN BOTH GOLD AND SILVER AND WE ARE WITNESSING DELAYS IN ACTUAL DELIVERIES.
IN ESSENCE WE HAVE AN ATMOSPHERIC SIZED GAIN IN TOTAL CONTRACTS ON THE TWO EXCHANGES OF 20,152 CONTRACTS: 12,786 OI CONTRACTS INCREASED AT THE COMEX AND 7366 EFP OI CONTRACTS WHICH NAVIGATED OVER TO LONDON. THUS TOTAL OI GAIN OF 20,152 CONTRACTS OR 2,015,200 OZ OR 62.68 TONNES. YESTERDAY WE HAD A LOSS IN THE PRICE OF GOLD TO THE TUNE OF ONLY $3.70….AND WITH THAT FALL, WE HAD A HUMONGOUS GAIN IN TONNAGE OF 62.58 TONNES!!!!!!.??????????????????????????????????????????
AS YOU WILL SEE, THE CROOKS HAVE NOW SWITCHED TO GOLD AS THEY INCREASE THE OPEN INTEREST FOR THE SPREADERS. THE TOTAL COMEX GOLD OPEN INTEREST WILL RISE FROM NOW ON UNTIL ONE WEEK PRIOR TO FIRST DAY NOTICE AND THAT IS WHEN THEY START THEIR CRIMINAL LIQUIDATION.
HERE IS HOW THE CROOKS USED SPREADING AS WE ENTER A NON ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH OF MAY HEADING TOWARDS THE VERY ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH OF JUNE.
AS I HAVE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS COMMENTARIES, HERE IS THE BANKERS MODUS OPERANDI:
“YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT THE COMEX OPEN INTEREST IS STARTING TO RISE IN THIS NON ACTIVE MONTH OF MAY BUT SO IS THE OPEN INTEREST OF SPREADERS. THE OPEN INTEREST IN GOLD WILL CONTINUE TO RISE UNTIL ONE WEEK BEFORE FIRST DAY NOTICE OF AN UPCOMING ACTIVE DELIVERY MONTH (JUNE), AND THAT IS WHEN THE CROOKS SELL THEIR SPREAD POSITIONS BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME OF THE DAY. THEY WILL USE THE SELL SIDE OF THE EQUATION TO CREATE THE CASCADE (ALONG WITH THEIR COLLUSIVE FRIENDS) AND THEN COVER ON THE BUY SIDE OF THE SPREAD SITUATION AT THE END OF THE DAY. THEY DO THIS TO AVOID POSITION LIMIT DETECTION. THE LIQUIDATION OF THE SPREADING FORMATION CONTINUES FOR EXACTLY ONE WEEK AND ENDS ON FIRST DAY NOTICE.”
ACCUMULATION OF EFP’S GOLD AT J.P. MORGAN’S HOUSE OF BRIBES: (EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICAL) FOR THE MONTH OF MAY : 41,650 CONTRACTS OR 4,165,000 OR 129.54 TONNES (7 TRADING DAYS AND THUS AVERAGING: 5950 EFP CONTRACTS PER TRADING DAY
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO THE STRONG SIZE OF THESE EFP TRANSFERS : THIS MONTH IN 7 TRADING DAYS IN TONNES: 129.54 TONNES
TOTAL ANNUAL GOLD PRODUCTION, 2018, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD EX CHINA EX RUSSIA: 3555 TONNES
THUS EFP TRANSFERS REPRESENTS 129.54/3550 x 100% TONNES =3.64% OF GLOBAL ANNUAL PRODUCTION SO FAR IN DECEMBER ALONE.***
ACCUMULATION OF GOLD EFP’S YEAR 2019 TO DATE: 1945.11 TONNES
JANUARY 2019 TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE; 531.20 TONNES
FEB 2019 TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE: 344.36 TONNES
MARCH 2019 TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE: 497.16 TONNES
APRIL 2019 TOTAL ISSUANCE: 456.10 TONNES
WHAT IS ALARMING TO ME, ACCORDING TO OUR LONDON EXPERT ANDREW MAGUIRE IS THAT THESE EFP’S ARE BEING TRANSFERRED TO WHAT ARE CALLEDRIAL FORWARD CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS AND THESE CONTRACTS ARE LESS THAN 14 DAYS. ANYTHING GREATER THAN 14 DAYS, THESE MUST BE RECORDED AND SENT TO THE COMPTROLLER, GREAT BRITAIN TO MONITOR RISK TO THE BANKING SYSTEM. IF THIS IS INDEED TRUE, THEN THIS IS A MASSIVE CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD AS WE NOW WITNESS A MONSTROUS TOTAL EFP’S ISSUANCE AS IT HEADS INTO THE STRATOSPHERE.
Result: A HUGE SIZED INCREASE IN OI AT THE COMEX OF 12,786 DESPITE THE FALL IN PRICING ($3.70) THAT GOLD UNDERTOOK YESTERDAY) //.WE ALSO HAD A HUGE SIZED NUMBER OF COMEX LONG TRANSFERRING TO LONDON THROUGH THE EFP ROUTE: 7366 CONTRACTS AS THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATED AND CONFIRMED. THERE OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE MUCH PHYSICAL GOLD AT THE COMEX. I GUESS IT EXPLAINS THE HUGE ISSUANCE OF EFP’S…THERE IS HARDLY ANY GOLD PRESENT AT THE GOLD COMEX FOR DELIVERY PURPOSES. IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 7366 EFP CONTRACTS ISSUED, WE HAD AN ATMOSPHERIC SIZED GAIN OF 20,152 CONTRACTS IN TOTAL OPEN INTEREST ON THE TWO EXCHANGES:
7366 CONTRACTS MOVE TO LONDON AND 12,786 CONTRACTS INCREASED AT THE COMEX. (IN TONNES, THE GAIN IN TOTAL OI EQUATES TO 62.68 TONNES). ..AND THIS HUGE DEMAND OCCURRED WITH A FALL IN PRICE OF $3.70 IN YESTERDAY’S TRADING AT THE COMEX. NO DOUBT THAT A STRONG PERCENTAGE OF OI GAIN WAS DUE TO THE CONTINUING OF THE SPREADING OPERATION AS I HAVE OUTLINED ABOVE.
we had: 5 notice(s) filed upon for 500 oz of gold at the comex.
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With respect to our two criminal funds, the GLD and the SLV:
GLD...
WITH GOLD UP $4.00 TODAY
NO CHANGE IN GOLD INVENTORY AT THE GLD//
INVENTORY RESTS AT 739.64 TONNES
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL FOR PHYSICAL GOLD BEING SUPPLIED TO THE CROOKS.
TO ALL INVESTORS THINKING OF BUYING GOLD THROUGH THE GLD ROUTE: YOU ARE MAKING A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AS THE CROOKS ARE USING WHATEVER GOLD COMES IN TO ATTACK BY SELLING THAT GOLD. IT SURE SEEMS TO ME THAT THE GOLD OBLIGATIONS AT THE GLD EXCEED THEIR INVENTORY
SLV/
WITH SILVER DOWN 9 CENTS TODAY:
NO CHANGE IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV//
/INVENTORY RESTS AT 316.582 MILLION OZ.
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First, here is an outline of what will be discussed tonight:
1. Today, we had the open interest in SILVER FELL BY A TINY SIZED 685 CONTRACTS from 199,467 DOWN TO 198,782 AND FURTHER FROM THE NEW COMEX RECORD SET LAST IN AUG.2018 AT 244,196 WITH A SILVER PRICE OF $14.78/(AUGUST 22/2018)..THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS SET ON APRIL 9/2018 AT 243,411 OPEN INTEREST CONTRACTS WITH THE SILVER PRICE AT THAT DAY: $16.53). AND PREVIOUS TO THAT, THE RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED AT: 234,787 CONTRACTS, SET ON APRIL 21.2017 OVER 1 1/3 YEARS AGO. THE PRICE OF SILVER ON THAT DAY: $17.89. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE RECORD HIGH OPEN INTERESTS IN SILVER ACCOMPANIED BY A CONTINUAL LOWER PRICE WHEN THAT RECORD WAS SET…..THE SPREADERS HAVE STOPPED THEIR LIQUIDATION IN SILVER BUT HAVE NOW MORPHED INTO GOLD..
EFP ISSUANCE:
OUR CUSTOMARY MIGRATION OF COMEX LONGS CONTINUE TO MORPH INTO LONDON FORWARDS AS OUR BANKERS USED THEIR EMERGENCY PROCEDURE TO ISSUE:
0 CONTRACTS FOR APRIL., 0 FOR MAY, FOR JUNE 0 CONTRACTS AND JULY: 730 CONTRACTS AND ALL OTHER MONTHS: ZERO. TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE: 730 CONTRACTS. EFP’S GIVE OUR COMEX LONGS A FIAT BONUS PLUS A DELIVERABLE PRODUCT OVER IN LONDON. IF WE TAKE THE OI LOSS AT THE COMEX OF 685 CONTRACTS TO THE 730 OI TRANSFERRED TO LONDON THROUGH EFP’S, WE OBTAIN A SMALL GAIN OF 45 OPEN INTEREST CONTRACTS. THUS IN OUNCES, THE GAIN ON THE TWO EXCHANGES: 0.225 MILLION OZ!!! AND YET WE ALSO HAVE A STRONG DEMAND FOR PHYSICAL AS WE WITNESSED A FINAL STANDING OF GREATER THAN 30 MILLION OZ FOR JULY, A STRONG 7.475 MILLION OZ FOR AUGUST.. A HUGE 39.505 MILLION OZ STANDING FOR SILVER IN SEPTEMBER… OVER 2 million OZ STANDING FOR THE NON ACTIVE MONTH OF OCTOBER., 7.440 MILLION OZ FINALLY STANDING IN NOVEMBER. 21.925 MILLION OZ STANDING IN DECEMBER , 5.845 MILLION OZ STANDING IN JANUARY. 2.955 MILLION OZ STANDING IN FEBRUARY, 27.120 MILLION OZ FOR MARCH., 3.875 MILLION OZ FOR APRIL AND NOW 18.225 MILLION OZ FOR MAY
RESULT: A TINY SIZED DECREASE IN SILVER OI AT THE COMEX WITH THE 3 CENT GAIN IN PRICING THAT SILVER UNDERTOOK IN PRICING// YESTERDAY. WE ALSO HAD A GOOD SIZED 730 EFP’S ISSUED TRANSFERRING COMEX LONGS OVER TO LONDON. TOGETHER WITH THE STRONG SIZED AMOUNT OF SILVER OUNCES STANDING FOR THIS MONTH, DEMAND FOR PHYSICAL SILVER CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AS WE WITNESS SEVERE BACKWARDATION IN SILVER IN LONDON.
BOTH THE SILVER COMEX AND THE GOLD COMEX ARE IN STRESS AS THE BANKERS SCOUR THE BOWELS OF THE EXCHANGE FOR METAL
(report Harvey)
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2.a) The Shanghai and London gold fix report
(Harvey)
2 b) Gold/silver trading overnight Europe, Goldcore
(Mark O’Byrne/zerohedge
and in NY: Bloomberg
3. ASIAN AFFAIRS
i)THURSDAY MORNING/ WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
SHANGHAI CLOSED DOWN 42.80 POINTS OR 1.48% //Hang Sang CLOSED DOWN 692.13 POINTS OR 2.39% /The Nikkei closed DOWN 200.46 POINTS OR 0.93%//Australia’s all ordinaires CLOSED UP .40%
/Chinese yuan (ONSHORE) closed DOWN at 6.8243 AS TRUCE DECLARED FOR 3 MONTHS /Oil UP to 61.92 dollars per barrel for WTI and 70.47 for Brent. Stocks in Europe OPENED RED// ONSHORE YUAN CLOSED DOWN // LAST AT 6.8243 AGAINST THE DOLLAR. OFFSHORE YUAN CLOSED DOWN ON THE DOLLAR AT 6.8483 TRADE TALKS STILL ON//TRUMP THREATENS A NEW 25% TARIFFS ON FRIDAY/MAJOR PROBLEMS AT HUAWEI /CFO ARRESTED : /ONSHORE YUAN TRADING ABOVE LEVEL OF OFFSHORE YUAN/ONSHORE YUAN TRADING WEAKER AGAINST USA DOLLAR/OFFSHORE YUAN TRADING WEAKER AGAINST THE DOLLAR /TRADE DEAL NOW DEAD..TRUMP THREATENS TO RAISE RATES TO 25%
3A//NORTH KOREA/ SOUTH KOREA
NORTH KOREA
b) REPORT ON JAPAN
3 China/Chinese affairs
i)China/USA/FED
Interesting: China is playing hardball because they read us: namely that the USA economy is not doing too good. Also the fact that Trump is asking the Fed’s Powell to lower interest rates is a powerful indicator that the uSA economy is waning.
( zerohedge)
ii)CHINA/FOREIGNERS
Foreigners are dumping Chinese stocks with reckless abandon as they are frightened ahead of the expected tariff increase.
( zerohedge)
4/EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
i)UK
This is serious stuff: The USA threatens the UK over their potential of Huawei in the 5G wireless space
( Mish Shedlock/Mishtalk)
ii)Europe/Iran/USA
Trump’s plan to issue sanctions on Iran’s base metals industry is a stroke of genius. The aim is to cripple their domestic industry as over 600,000 Iranians are employed in this sector. Europe is standing strong as they reject Iranian ultimatums on the nuclear deal. Iran had given Europe a 60 day notice that they need sanctions relief or else…
(courtesy zerohedge)
5. RUSSIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS
i)ISRAEL GAZA/WEST BANK/PALESTINIANS
Israeli Newspaper leaks terms of Trump’s new Middle East Peace Plan between Israel, Gaza and the Palestinians in the West Bank. It is interesting but I doubt if Hamas in Gaza will entertain such a project
( Middle East Monitor)
iii)TURKEY
The lira plummeted to 6.24 which causes citizens to bail on its currency as they desperate try to convert to dollars that which is in low supply.
Remember: Turkey has about 11 billion in ture asset reserves of which gold, at 511 tonnes is around 24 billion dollars. Turkey will never sell an ounce of gold contrary to the doorknob Maduro in Venezuela. Turkey must face China and Russia and then default on its western assets. This will break most of the European banks.
(courtesy zerohedge)
6. GLOBAL ISSUES
i)A good global Bellwether on the shape of economies and growth for the world.
( zerohedge)
7. OIL ISSUES
8 EMERGING MARKET ISSUES
VENEZUELA/USA
Trump now turns on Bolton for accusing him of trying to start a war in Venezuela according to the Washington Post
( zerohedge)
9. PHYSICAL MARKETS
10. USA stories which will influence the price of gold/silver)
MARKET TRADING//
a)Market trading: last night
“Trump last night: China broke the deal and they will be paying..”
(zerohedge)
ii)Market data
a)The Fed are just not getting the inflation traction that they need: core PPI records its slowest growth in 11 months
( zerohedge)
ii)USA ECONOMIC/GENERAL STORIES
SWAMP STORIES
So true: where the USA is headed as we enter the 2020 election cycle.. Will the electorate see through the chaos created by the Democrats.
( Theodore Schatt)
Let us head over to the comex:
THE COMEX DATA FOR SOME REASON HAS NOT BEEN SUPPLIED BY THE CME BY THE TIME I USUALLY PUBLISH
THE DATA IS IMPORTANT AND I WILL UPDATE AS SOON AS IT ARRIVES FROM THE CROOKS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE RATS ARE FLEEING A SINKING SHIP!
Gold withdrawals;
i) We had 0 withdrawals:
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GATA STORIES WITH RESPECT TO GOLD/PRECIOUS METALS.
We brought this story to you yesterday but it is worth repeating. China announces its 5th straight increase in reserves by 14.93 tonnes. However they are not including all of the gold that they produce which is around 33 tonnes per month. Eventually China will announce their true hoard.
(courtesy London’s Financial Times/Sanderson)
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5.RUSSIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS
ISRAEL/GAZA/WEST BANK/PALESTINIANS
Israeli Newspaper leaks terms of Trump’s new Middle East Peace Plan between Israel, Gaza and the Palestinians in the West Bank. It is interesting but I doubt if Hamas in Gaza will entertain such a project
(courtesy Middle East Monitor)
Israeli Newspaper Leaks Terms Of Trump’s “Deal Of The Century” Middle-East Peace Plan
The main points of US President Donald Trump’s much-derided plan for the Middle East, the so-called “deal of the century,” were leaked by a Hebrew-language news outlet in Israel yesterday. Israel Hayom published the main points of the deal from a leaked document circulated by the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
The US has said it will reveal its deal after the Muslim month of fasting comes to an end in early June.
The main points of the agreement put together by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner – who has extensive interests in Israel and its settlements – and proposed by the US administration are as follows:
- A tripartite agreement will be signed between Israel, the PLO and Hamas, and a Palestinian state will be established that will be called “New Palestine” and will be established in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, with the exception of the settlements. Israel would release Palestinian prisoners gradually over the course of three years under the deal.
- The settlement blocs in the occupied West Bank, which are illegal under international law, would form part of Israel.
- Jerusalem will not be divided but is to be shared by Israel and the “New Palestine” with Israel maintaining general control.
- Palestinians living in Jerusalem would be citizens of the Palestinian state but Israel would remain in charge of the municipality and therefore the land. The newly formed Palestinian state would pay taxes to the Israeli municipality in order to be in charge of education in the city for Palestinians.
- The status quo at the holy sites will remain and Jewish Israelis will not be allowed to buy Palestinian houses and vice versa.
Partition of Jerusalem? Let my people in! – Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor]
- Egypt will offer the new Palestinian state land to build an airport, factories and for agriculture which will service the Gaza Strip. Palestinians will not be permitted to live on this land.
- A highway would be built to connect the Gaza Strip to the West Bank 30 metres above Israel. Funding for the project will mainly come from China, which will pay 50 per cent of the cost, with South Korea, Australia, Canada, the US and EU each paying a ten per cent each.
Deal sponsors
The US, EU and Gulf states would fund and sponsor the deal for five years to establish the state of “New Palestine”, the leak claims.
This would be at a cost of $6 billion a year; the majority of which -70 per cent – would be paid by Gulf states, with the US contributing 20 per cent and the EU ten per cent.
When the Arab World sells the Holy City – Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor]
- “New Palestine” would not be allowed to form an army but could maintain a police force. Instead, a defence agreement will be signed between Israel and the “New Palestine” in which Israel would defend the new state from any foreign attacks.
- Upon signing the agreement, Hamas will hand over all its weapons to Egypt. The movement’s leaders would be compensated and paid salaries by Arab states while a government is established.
- Elections are expected to be held within one year of the establishment of the “New Palestine” state.
- All borders between the Gaza Strip and Egypt and Israel would remain open to people and goods and Palestinians would be able to use Israeli air and seaports.
- “New Palestine” will have two crossings into Jordan, these will be under the control of the “New Palestine” authorities.
- The Jordan Valley will remain in Israel’s hands and a four-lane toll road will be built through it.
What Ifs?
- If Hamas or any Palestinian bodies refuse this deal, the US will cancel all of its financial support to the Palestinians and pressure other countries to do the same.
- If, on the other hand, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signs the deal but Hamas and Islamic Jihad do not agree to it, a war would be waged on the Gaza Strip with the full backing of the US.
- However, if Israel refuses the deal the US would cease its financial support. The US currently pays $3.8 billion a year to support Israel.
Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln Passes Through Suez Canal On Route To Iran As Tensions Soar
the treaty’s signatories abide by their commitments to buy oil and offer other financial relief, something that American sanctions have rendered impossible.
But in what appears to be an attempt to show Tehran that it’s not bluffing, Washington has committed to another threatening display of force. Reuters reports that the USS Abraham Lincoln, which had been dispatched to the Mediterranean last week amid worsening tensions with Iran, has passed through the Suez Canal, the first stop in what appears to be a journey into Iranian waters.
- U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SENT AS WARNING TO IRAN, PASSES THROUGH EGYPT’S SUEZ CANAL – CANAL AUTHORITY
The report cited the Canal Authority as its main source.
Last night, Trump issued a statement affirming that the relationship with Iran is “broken beyond repair” and placed new sanctions on Iran’s industrial metals sector.
Meanwhile, the Iranians have dismissed Washington’s dispatching of the aircraft carrier and several B-52 bombers to the region.
The Iranians have warned that they would retaliate if US forces get too close – possibly by blocking off the critical Strait of Hormuz (vital to the global oil trade) or responding with violence. If the aircraft carrier is indeed heading for the Persian Gulf, the situation could swiftly spiral out of control.
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Europe/Iran/USA
Trump’s plan to issue sanctions on Iran’s base metals industry is a stroke of genius. The aim is to cripple their domestic industry as over 600,000 Iranians are employed in this sector. Europe is standing strong as they reject Iranian ultimatums on the nuclear deal. Iran had given Europe a 60 day notice that they need sanctions relief or else…
(courtesy zerohedge)
Europe Rejects Iran “Ultimatums” Following Tehran’s “60-Day Notice” On Sanctions Relief
The European Union says it rejects any ultimatums issued by Iran, saying in a statement that it won’t bend to threats that Tehran will break from the nuclear deal and begin enriching uranium unless European signatories uphold their commitments within 60 days.
Citing frustration that the EU is not pulling its weight in the face of tightening US sanctions, Iran’s leaders said Wednesday it would stop its disposal of excessive heavy water and uranium, a key compliance term under the JCPOA.
“We strongly urge Iran to continue to implement its commitments under the JCPoA in full as it has done until now and to refrain from any escalatory steps,” the EU officials said in a statement. The EU, UK, France and Germany said they have “great concern” over Iran’s move.
“We reject any ultimatums and we will assess Iran’s compliance on the basis of Iran’s performance regarding its nuclear-related commitments under the JCPoA and the NPT” (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons).
Iran has still made clear that its “goal is to strengthen the JCPOA and bring it back on track,” according to Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization, on Wednesday.
Earlier this year the EU announced a new special purpose transactions channel with Iran to bypass US sanctions. The launch of INSTEX — or “Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges” — by France, Germany, and the UK is to allow non-dollar trade with Iran and is being described as facilitating humanitarian goods-related transactions only, including food, medicine and medical equipment.
The “SWIFT-alternative” mechanism constitutes the most concrete action Europe has yet taken to thwart Washington sanctions after the US pullout of the 2015 nuclear deal last May, and after SWIFT caved to US pressure last year.
However, the alternative vehicle is not yet operational – its goal being the transaction of goods between Iran and foreign companies without direct financial transactions – while the Iranian economy is being gutted by sanctions, with the Iranian rial at record lows, and its annual inflation having quadrupled.
It now appears Tehran is extremely dubious of there being an EU lifeline on the horizon. And now things are about to get worse, given Trump’s announced new sanctions on Iran’s iron, steel, aluminum, and copper exports, which targets a sector that makes up 10% of Iran’s total export economy.
But more importantly is that Iran’s domestic industrial metals industry employs hundreds of thousands, thus it appears the newly imposed sanctions are aimed at fomenting domestic unrest in hopes of toppling the regime:
Metals and mining companies directly employ over 600,000 workers. The country’s automotive sector, the largest consumer of Iranian steel, directly employs a further 1 million workers. Combined, the two sectors account for 6 percent of the country’s total labor force.
This appears a calculated attempt to initiate an get Iranian local response, given the central importance that metal represents to the economy.
And this “maximum pressure” campaign now includes the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group en route to the Persian Gulf, where it’s now passing through the Suez Canal as of Thursday morning.
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TURKEY
There is no question that Turkey is in deep trouble. Firstly, Erdogan raised rates from 24% to 25.5% which just about kills off most corporates in Turkey.
The lira plummeted to 6.24 which causes citizens to bail on its currency as they desperate try to convert to dollars that which is in low supply.
Remember: Turkey has about 11 billion in ture asset reserves of which gold, at 511 tonnes is around 24 billion dollars. Turkey will never sell an ounce of gold contrary to the doorknob Maduro in Venezuela. Turkey must face China and Russia and then default on its western assets. This will break most of the European banks.
(courtesy zerohedge)
Is The Lira Doomed: Turkey Emergency Currency Intervention Fails In Under Two Hours
Turkey’s economic and currency implosion is getting worse by the day.
With investors increasingly concerned about Turkey’s level of FX reserves and ability to defend the currency, on Wednesday ABN-Amro analyst Nora Neuteboom poured gasoline on the fire saying what everyone else already knows, namely that “given the relatively low reserves, Turkey cannot afford to deplete its reserves further by defending the currency,”adding that “as investors are well aware of this fact, a little spark in, for example the tensions with the U.S., could easily trigger another lira sell-off.”
Of course, with the Turkish lira already in freefall, we may not even need a spark, as the rout gets worse with every passing day.
To wit: on Thursday, the lira fell for a fifth day against the dollar, touching the lowest level in eight months as investors bid up the price of Turkish CDS which insure against a default on the nation’s bonds. The lira weakened as much as 1% to 6.2456, sliding below 6 per euro, while the cost of five-year credit default swaps climbed above 490bps for the first time since September.
The lira – which Bloomberg reminds us has been the worst-performing currency in the world this quarter – shed more than 4% of its value over the past five trading sessions amid the fallout from Turkey’s decision to re-run municipal elections in Istanbul.
And then, out of the blue, an unexpected attempt to restore confidence in the lira took place, when just after 6am ET, Turkey’s central bank unexpectedly raised borrowing costs for the country’s lenders on Thursday in an attempt to bolster the crashing currency. The decision effectively raised the cost of funding for banks by 150 basis points without an official increase in its benchmark interest rate, with the central bank explaining in a statement that the decision was due to volatility in financial markets.
What happened next? Well, there was good news and bad news.
First the good news: moments after the central bank announced it was suspending one-week repo auctions once again, ceasing to provide liquidity to lenders at its cheapest rate of 24%, and effectively requiring banks to obtain their Central Bank funding at the overnight lending window at an interest rate of 25.5%, 150bp above the repo rate, the lira initially trimmed losses, with the USDTRY sliding as much as 300 pips.
In the press release, the Bank noted: “Considering the developments in financial markets, it has been decided to suspend the one-week repo auctions for a period of time.”
Immediately, however, the skeptics emerged: “It is an attempt to slow down the rapid ascent of the dollar-lira pair,”Rabobank’s Piotr Matys said. “But it will not change the underlying upside bias supported mostly by domestic factors – mainly political risk – with additional support coming from the negative external backdrop.”
Commenting on the move, Bloomberg economist Ziad Daoud agreed that the move would be futile, and at worst, accelerate the drop in the lira: “the tightening of monetary policy through the suspension of the one-week repo auction is unlikely to stem the decline in the lira – the problems today are more political than economic. And low interest rates on bank deposits limit the effectiveness of any hikes by the central bank.”
As a reminder, the TCMB stopped one-week repo funding on March 22 but restarted on April 8. Given that the tightening is not done through the main policy rate but through shifting the funding to a different window, such a move was destined to “not be very effective as it seems to signal that this tightening is only temporary” according to Goldman, which adds that “shifting the funding window frequently rather than adjusting the main policy rate could undermine the effectiveness of monetary policy.”
Well, for once Goldman was right, which also brings us to the bad news: not even two hours after the emergency central bank intervention, the attempt to restore confidence in the lira fizzled, as sellers returned in full force and sent the USDTRY back to where it was just before the central bank’s suspension of the one-week repo auction…
… confirming that the market is no longer afraid of any central bank actions, unexpected or otherwise.
Discussing what Turkey should do, Goldman FX strategists write that “the authorities will ultimately need to let the domestic financial conditions tighten and signal this by raising the main policy rate, with the size of the hike needed depending on the extent of its transmission to other rates in the economy, in particular domestic deposits rates.”
In our view, the TRY has recently been under pressure mostly due to the fall in local money demand that manifests itself in an increasingly dollarising deposit base; hence, higher deposit rates will be needed to safeguard financial stability.
There is just one problem with that prescription: just like Trump, Erdogan loathes higher rates. In fact, he recently hinted that it may be time for a rate cut. And sure, while the central bank may hike overnight rates to 1000%+ again, or even hike rates briefly, all that would lead to is an even faster collapse in the economy which is now Erdogan’s personal fiefdom, as not even an IMF bailout would be allowed as long as the Turkish “executive president” is in charge.
Which begs the question: with the lira be the first true “western” currency casualty? With the country’s reserves almost gone, we won’t have long to wait to find out.
6.GLOBAL ISSUES
A good global Bellwether on the shape of economies and growth for the world.
(courtesy zerohedge)
7 OIL ISSUES
8. EMERGING MARKETS
VENEZUELA/USA
Trump now turns on Bolton for accusing him of trying to start a war in Venezuela according to the Washington Post
(courtesy zerohedge)
Your early morning currency/gold and silver pricing/Asian and European bourse movements/ and interest rate settings THURSDAY morning 7:00 AM….
Euro/USA 1.1189 DOWN .0009 REACTING TO MERKEL’S FAILED COALITION/ REACTING TO +GERMAN ELECTION WHERE ALT RIGHT PARTY ENTERS THE BUNDESTAG/ huge Deutsche bank problems ///ITALIAN CHAOS /AND NOW ECB TAPERING BOND PURCHASES/JAPAN TAPERING BOND PURCHASES /USA RISING INTEREST RATES /FLOODING/EUROPE BOURSES /RED
USA/JAPAN YEN 109.78 DOWN 0.245 (Abe’s new negative interest rate (NIRP), a total DISASTER/NOW TARGETS INTEREST RATE AT .11% AS IT WILL BUY UNLIMITED BONDS TO GETS TO THAT LEVEL…
GBP/USA 1.2987 DOWN 0.0021 (Brexit March 29/ 2019/ARTICLE 50 SIGNED/BREXIT FEES WILL BE CAPPED/BREXIT EXTENDED TO OCT 31/2019//
USA/CAN 1.3476 UP .0003 CANADA WORRIED ABOUT TRADE WITH THE USA WITH TRUMP ELECTION/ITALIAN EXIT AND GREXIT FROM EU/(TRUMP INITIATES LUMBER TARIFFS ON CANADA/CANADA HAS A HUGE HOUSEHOLD DEBT/GDP PROBLEM)
Early THIS THURSDAY morning in Europe, the Euro FELL BY 9 basis points, trading now ABOVE the important 1.08 level FALLING to 1.1189 Last night Shanghai COMPOSITE CLOSED DOWN 42.80 POINTS OR 1.48%
//Hang Sang CLOSED DOWN 692.13 POINTS OR 2.39%
/AUSTRALIA CLOSED UP .40%// EUROPEAN BOURSES RED
The NIKKEI: this THURSDAY morning CLOSED DOWN 200.46 POINTS OR 0.93%
Trading from Europe and Asia
EUROPEAN BOURSES ALL RED
2/ CHINESE BOURSES / :Hang Sang CLOSED DOWN 692.13 POINTS OF 2.39%
/SHANGHAI CLOSED DOWN 42.80 POINTS OR 1.48%
Australia BOURSE CLOSED UP .40%
Nikkei (Japan) CLOSED DOWN 200.46 POINTS OR 0.93%
INDIA’S SENSEX IN THE RED
Gold very early morning trading: 1284.90
silver:$14.82
Early WEDNESDAY morning USA 10 year bond yield: 2.45% !!! DOWN 0 IN POINTS from WEDNESDAY’S night in basis points and it is trading WELL ABOVE resistance at 2.27-2.32%.
The 30 yr bond yield 2.87 DOWN 2 IN BASIS POINTS from YESTERDAY night.
USA dollar index early THURSDAY morning: 97.60 DOWN 3 CENT(S) from WEDNESDAY’s close.
This ends early morning numbers THURSDAY MORNING
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And now your closing THURSDAY NUMBERS \12: 00 PM
Portuguese 10 year bond yield: 1.12% UP 3 in basis point(s) yield from WEDNESDAY/
JAPANESE BOND YIELD: -.05% DOWN 0 BASIS POINTS from WEDNESDAY/JAPAN losing control of its yield curve/
SPANISH 10 YR BOND YIELD: 0.99% UP 3 IN basis point yield from WEDNESDAY
ITALIAN 10 YR BOND YIELD: 2.68 UP 7 POINT in basis point yield from WEDNESDAY/
the Italian 10 yr bond yield is trading 169 points HIGHER than Spain.
GERMAN 10 YR BOND YIELD: FALLS –.05% IN BASIS POINTS ON THE DAY//
THE IMPORTANT SPREAD BETWEEN ITALIAN 10 YR BOND AND GERMAN 10 YEAR BOND IS 2.73% AND NOW ABOVE THE THE 3.00% LEVEL WHICH WILL IMPLODE THE ENTIRE ITALIAN BANKING SYSTEM. AT 4% SPREAD THERE WILL BE A HUGE BANK RUN…
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IMPORTANT CURRENCY CLOSES FOR THURSDAY
Closing currency crosses for THURSDAY night/USA DOLLAR INDEX/USA 10 YR BOND YIELD/1:00 PM
Euro/USA 1.1229 UP .0031 or 31 basis points
USA/Japan: 109.56 DOWN .466 OR YEN UP 47 basis points/
Great Britain/USA 1.3011 UP .0003 POUND UP 3 BASIS POINTS)
Canadian dollar DOWN 22 basis points to 1.3496
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The USA/Yuan,CNY closed AT 6.8274 0N SHORE (DOWN)..GETTING DANGEROUS
THE USA/YUAN OFFSHORE: 6.8612 (YUAN DOWN)..GETTING REAL DANGEROUS
TURKISH LIRA: 6.2288 EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LEVEL/DEATH WISH.
the 10 yr Japanese bond yield closed at -.05%
Your closing 10 yr US bond yield DOWN 1 IN basis points from WEDNESDAY at 2.44 % //trading well ABOVE the resistance level of 2.27-2.32%) very problematic USA 30 yr bond yield: 2.87 UP 1 in basis points on the day
Your closing USA dollar index, 97.33 DOWN 29 CENT(S) ON THE DAY/1.00 PM/
Your closing bourses for Europe and the Dow along with the USA dollar index closing and interest rates for THURSDAY: 12:00 PM
London: CLOSED DOWN 63,59 0.87%
German Dax : CLOSED DOWN 206,01 POINTS OR 1.69%
Paris Cac CLOSED DOWN 104,43 POINTS OR 1.93%
Spain IBEX CLOSED DOWN 142.70 POINTS or 1.55%
Italian MIB: CLOSED DOWN 386,70 POINTS OR 1,82%
WTI Oil price; 61.37 12:00 PM EST
Brent Oil: 69.89 12:00 EST
USA /RUSSIAN / ROUBLE CROSS: 65.44 THE CROSS HIGHER BY 0.37 ROUBLES/DOLLAR (ROUBLE LOWER BY 37 BASIS PTS)
TODAY THE GERMAN YIELD FALLS TO –.05 FOR THE 10 YR BOND 1.00 PM EST EST
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This ends the stock indices, oil price, currency crosses and interest rate closes for today 4:30 PM
Closing Price for Oil, 4:00 pm/and 10 year USA interest rate:
WTI CRUDE OIL PRICE 4:30 PM : 61.60
BRENT : 70.17
USA 10 YR BOND YIELD: … 2.45… STILL DEADLY//
USA 30 YR BOND YIELD: 2.87..VERY DEADLY
EURO/USA 1.1220 ( UP 22 BASIS POINTS)
USA/JAPANESE YEN:109.71 DOWN .313 (YEN UP 31 BASIS POINTS/..
USA DOLLAR INDEX: 97.41 DOWN 22 cent(s)/
The British pound at 4 pm: Great Britain Pound/USA:1.3017 UP 10 POINTS
the Turkish lira close: 6.2010
the Russian rouble 65.28 DOWN.21 Roubles against the uSA dollar.( DOWN .21 BASIS POINTS)
Canadian dollar: 1.3467 UP 6 BASIS pts
USA/CHINESE YUAN (CNY) : 6.8274 (ONSHORE)/we need to watch these levels/anything greater than 6.95 will be deadly.
USA/CHINESE YUAN(CNH): 6.350 (OFFSHORE) we need to watch these levels/anything greater than 6.95 will be deadly.
German 10 yr bond yield at 5 pm: ,-0.06%
The Dow closed DOWN 139.65 POINTS OR 0.54%
NASDAQ closed DOWN 32.73 POINTS OR 0.41%
VOLATILITY INDEX: 19.32 CLOSED DOWN 0.08
LIBOR 3 MONTH DURATION: 2.545%//
FROM 2.559
And now your more important USA stories which will influence the price of gold/silver
TRADING IN GRAPH FORM FOR THE DAY/WEEKLY SUMMARY/FOLLOWED BY TODAY
Headline-Chaos Sparks Stock Dump’n’Pump; Dollar & Bond Yields Slide
Trump did his best to jawbone it up but in the end…
in the end…
China extended losses overnight with ChiNext down almost 10% already this week…
Europe was ugly today led by France…
US Markets were rescued by some optimistic comments from Trump…
The Dow underperformed as Trannies reached back up towards unchanged…
The Dow closed below its 50DMA for the second day (S&P broke below its 50DMA but managed to scramble back on Trump headlines)
VIX term structure remains inverted for the 4th day in a row…
Credit markets continue to push notably wider…
Treasury yields slipped lower on the day with the belly outperforming…
The yield curve inverted once again today…
And while we are in bond land, we note that Occidental bonds are sharply lower (as its stock hit a 10Y low) as it becomes evident that the company will win the very brief bidding tiff with Chevron for Anadarko – and will likely incur substantially more debt in the process.
The Dollar Index stayed rangebound once again as if some greater force had its boot on the throat of FX vol…
Yuan rallied back this afternoon after Trump’s positive comments…
Bitcoin extended gains today on the week as the rest of the crypto space slipped…
Mixed day in commodity-land…
But gold and silver diverged this afternoon…
And gold is at its strongest against yuan since late March…
Finally, for all the “risk-on” crowd, keep an eye on global money supply, it’s rolling over fast…
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Market trading: early LAST NIGHT
“Trump last night: China broke the deal and they will be paying..”
(zerohedge)
Markets Roiled After Trump Says “China Broke The Deal… They’ll Be Paying”
Update: Minutes later, President ‘good cop’ Trump added reassuringly, as if nudged from off-stage by Larry Kudlow: “don’t worry [on China], it will all work out.”
However, he quickly swung back to ‘bad cop’ warning that: “we won’t back down until China stops stealing our jobs.”
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Speaking at a rally in the Florida Panhandle, President Trump told the large crowd that China’s “Vice Premier is flying in” to continue trade talks, but “they broke the deal,” adding that “they’ll be paying.”
This off-the-cuff incremental remark prompted selling in US equity futures, extending overnight losses…
S&P is down 0.5%…
Nasdaq took out the day session lows…
And the yuan slipped…
Along with yen. breaking below 110.00…
And oil prices are also tumbling…
This market is extremely sensitive to trade headlines.
As a reminder, U.S. and China are set to resume trade negotiations only hours before new tariffs take effect that would push the world’s two biggest economies deeper into commercial conflict
Stocks Plumb Session Lows After Chinese Media Says “Zero Chance” Of Trade Deal
Not long after the Chinese delegation landed in Washington for the latest round of talks, one of Beijing’s favorite English-language mouthpieces appears to have confirmed that the odds of striking a trade deal before Friday are “zero” – sending stock futures to their lows of the session.
Before the delegation left the airport, Hu tweeted a challenge to the US: Think long and hard about what you want to accomplish this week.
Though this doesn’t mean a deal won’t be struck in the coming weeks, though Hu’s comments about the ‘real question’ being whether negotiations will continue after Friday appears to have rattled the market, which had presumably assumed that they would.
To put this move in context, the selloff on the renewed trade tensions has cemented the pattern of this week, which has been one dead-cat bounce after another.
So, how long before Trump poses for reporters with Liu He (who has been stripped of his ‘special envoy’ status for this week’s talks, giving him less authority to strike a deal without first reporting back to Beijing), assuring investors that a deal will happen and pushing stocks back into the green?
S&P 500 Tumbles Through Key Technical Support
For the first time since Jan 23rd, the S&P 500 has broken back below its key 50-day moving-average to six-week lows as trade deal anxiety takes hold…
Finally, those wondering where are the next selling-wave triggers, here are McElligott’s observations on what will catalyze even more selling:
- S&P 500, 100.0% long into today but ‘spot’ is currently through the sell-trigger level (note: needs to HOLD & CLOSE below), selling under 2894.82 to get to 60% as both the 2w and 1m signals “flip” to SELL, more selling under 2642.11 to get to -100%, flip to short under 2642.41, max short under 2642.11
- NASDAQ 100, 100.0% long into today, selling under 7597.86 (to get to 60%, more selling under 6699.38 to get to -100%, flip to short under 6700.16, max short under 6699.38
- Russell 2000, 100.0% long into today but “spot” is currently through the sell-trigger level (note: needs to HOLD & CLOSE below), selling under 1584.44 to get to 60%, more selling under 1579.99 to get to -100%, flip to short under 1580.15, max short under 1579.99
And the biggest irony: after defying the rally for so long, it was only in the past few days that asset managers finally threw in the towel, and rush to get equity exposure. And, as so often happens, that’s precisely when the trapdoor opened.
Stocks Sink As FCC Blocks China Mobile From US Market Over ‘Espionage Concerns’
Update (11:18 am ET): The FCC has spoken and China Mobile has been barred from providing telecoms services in the US market – similar to the punishment doled out to Huawei – over espionage concerns.
- CHINA MOBILE BARRED FROM THE U.S. MARKET OVER ESPIONAGE CONCERN
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The last thing the market needed this week was another wrench in the works of the US-China trade talks, which were already on the brink of collapse. But that’s exactly what they got when, at around 11 am ET on Thursday, the news broke that the FCC has the votes to block China Mobile from entering the US market.
Beijing won’t like that, as it now seems the Trump administration’s war against Huawei has expanded to the entire Chinese telecoms sector.
Though, to be sure, the FCC is reportedly still weighing its final decision, which is expected momentarily.
- FCC HAS VOTES TO BAR CHINA MOBILE FROM U.S. MARKET
- FCC CONSIDERING REJECTION OF CHINA MOBILE APPLICATION
Stocks are nearing LoD on the news.
We feel this tweet adequately captures the spirit of this news.
Beijing was already angry about Trump’s claims, made at a Florida rally last night, that its negotiators “broke the deal” and must now “pay” for their decision to reneg. This news likely won’t help lift their mood.
ii)Market data/
The Fed are just not getting the inflation traction that they need: core PPI recordsits slowest growth in 11 months
(courtesy zerohedge)
Core Producer Price Growth Slowest In 11 Months
Extending its recent period of slowdown, core US producer prices rose just 2.4% YoY (below the 2.5% expected) – the slowest since May 2018.
- Producer prices for goods rose 0.3% after gaining 1% the previous month.
- Services prices increased 0.1% after a 0.3% gain.
The overall producer-price index was up 0.2% from March, also below estimates, after a 0.6% increase, but the month-over-month Core PPI jumped 0.4% – the most since Jan 2018.
The report showed monthly declines in categories including thermoplastic resins and materials, traveler accommodation services and margins for some retail sectors.
Energy prices jumped 1.8% from the prior month, boosting the overall gauge, while food costs fell 0.2%.
Notch another low-flation print as ammo for cutting rates and juicing the economy, right?
SWAMP STORIES
So true: where the USA is headed as we enter the 2020 election cycle.. Will the electorate see through the chaos created by the Democrats.
(courtesy Theodore Schatt)
Chaos Is The Order Of The Day
Submitted by J. Theodore Schatt,
Democrats have voted to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt for failing to hand over documents that he is precluded by law from disclosing. Democrats on Capitol Hill are complaining of unprecedented White House obstruction creating a constitutional crisis. President Trump is described by these same individuals as a: “racist”; “traitor”; “authoritative dictator” and worse. If you, like me, have wondered why the tradition of civil public discourse evaporated, I think I have the answer.
The Democrats sole intention over the next year and a half is to create such a chaotic national political landscape that the 2020 electoral pitch to the American people will be that the only way to end the chaos is to vote President Trump out of office.
It would appear that Democrats have made the cold and calculated decision that they cannot effectively engage the President on policy. Understandably so. How do you argue against an economic policy that results in higher wages and the lowest unemployment numbers in a half decade after previously telling the public to get used to the new normal? How do you engage in a discussion of health care policy when the last plan you sold to the American public was based upon lower cost and an ability to keep both your plan and your doctor and all three turned out to be false? How do you effectively engage the President on immigration when the President has been on the issue for three and a half years while you have insisted there is not a problem? It would require an admission that doing nothing was in error and a capitulation that most of what Trump has wanted is in fact necessary.
The calculation appears to be that if the political scene becomes chaotic enough, a majority of likely voters will tune it all out and come to the conclusion that the only way to end the chaos is to change Presidents in much the same way that parents of screaming infants tend to give the infant what it wants. That impulse will be fostered by the continuous mantra that Trump’s personality is poisonous to our national unity. “He’s the cause of divisiveness.” “He’s a racist.” “He’s an authoritative dictator.” The added bonus for Democrats will be that the criminal charges soon to come over the Obama Administration’s interference in the 2016 election will be explained away as simply “trumped” up political charges by an “authoritative dictator”.
There would appear to be two potential outcomes:
1. The American electorate sees through the smoke and punishes the Democrats at the ballot box for their conduct; or
2. The scheme works and Democrats get a pass on their complicity in the Obama Administration’s interference in the 2016 election.
The true beauty of democracy is in either scenario, we the American people get exactly what we deserve.
SWAMP STORIES/KEY STORIES/KING REPORT
(COURTESY OF CHRIS POWELL OF GATA)
China backtracked on nearly all aspects of U.S. trade deal – sources
The stripping of binding legal language from the draft struck directly at the highest priority of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer – who views changes to Chinese laws as essential to verifying compliance after years of what U.S. officials have called empty reform promises…
“China reneged on a dozen things, if not more … The talks were so bad that the real surprise is that it took Trump until Sunday to blow up,” the source said. “After 20 years of having their way with the U.S., China still appears to be miscalculating with this administration.”
@realDonaldTrump: The reason for the China pullback & attempted renegotiation of the Trade Deal is the sincere HOPE that they will be able to “negotiate” with Joe Biden or one of the very weak Democrats, and thereby continue to ripoff the United States (($500 Billion a year)) for years to come… Guess what, that’s not going to happen! China has just informed us that they (Vice-Premier) are now coming to the U.S. to make a deal. We’ll see, but I am very happy with over $100 Billion a year in Tariffs filling U.S. coffers…great for U.S., not good for China!
Global Times (Chinese government conduit) editor in chief @HuXijin_GT: China has fully prepared for an escalated trade war. It is a new strategy of China to engage in trade talks while fighting a trade war. I think China bets on the fact its politics is more powerful than US politics. Trade war will be decided by domestic politics eventually.
China says it will take ‘necessary’ countermeasures if US raises tariffs Friday
China Threatens Retaliation as U.S. Files Paperwork to Raise Tariffs – Filing formalizes threat made by President Trump and U.S. Trade Representative amid trade talks with Beijing [12:46 ET]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-files-paperwork-to-raise-china-tariffs-on-friday-11557323595
@RepBenCline: Today we are debating in the House Judiciary Committee whether or not to hold the Attorney General in contempt of Congress – for REFUSING to break the law and disclose confidential Grand Jury testimony. Outrageous!
@RepAndyBiggsAZ: Democrats are telling AG Barr that he should either get held in contempt or violate federal law. That is unprecedented, and it will hold this committee up to derision. I’m interested in seeing the look on the judge’s face when my Democrat colleagues provide their set of facts.
CBS’s @stevenportnoy: WH insists Nadler wants Barr to break the law by disclosing grand jury material. “As long as Congress and this committee continue to ask the attorney general to commit a crime, the president and the attorney general will continue to actually uphold the law,” @PressSec says.
WaPo: White House asserts executive privilege over Mueller report…
Nadler has placed new House Dems and Dems in Trump and swing districts in dire straits. A contempt vote for Barr on a risible charge that he won’t break the law by disclosing grand jury testimony, will be used against them in tough 2020 campaigns.
MORE ROSENSTEIN LIES: FBI Opened Obstruction of Justice Probe Against President Trump before Mueller Probe – In April 2018 Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein told President Trump in a private meeting that he was not a target of “any part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.”
And today FOX News reported that Rosenstein and the FBI, despite his lies, were investigating Trump back in January 2017… newly unsealed court document reveals the FBI opened an obstruction of justice case against President Trump before Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 election…
Ex- SDNY prosecutor: Andy McCarthy: Mueller’s Preposterous Rationale for Tainting the President with ‘Obstruction’ Allegations
In gross violation of Justice Department policy and constitutional norms, a prosecutor neither charges nor recommends charges against a suspect, but proceeds to smear him by publishing 200 pages of obstruction allegations. Asked to explain why he did it, the prosecutor says he was just trying to protect the suspect from being smeared. This is the upshot of the Mueller report’s Volume II…
@Barnes_Law: The information disclosed today by NYT on Trump tax items could only be illegally leaked by IRS personnel. The information leaked comes from IRS “tax transcripts” printed out on IRS computers summarizing tax information by social security & EIN numbers, by tax year. 26 USC 6103.
The Hill’s @JonEasley: Trump Jr. is not happy with Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr about the subpoena. A source close to Trump Jr. calls him “too cowardly to stand up to his boss Mark Warner.”
Trump admin to challenge district judges’ ability to issue national injunctions http://hill.cm/Zw1viuJ