| 17-Oct-16 | Price | Change | % Change |
| Gold Price, $/oz | 1,254.40 | 1.30 | 0.10% |
| Silver Price, $/oz | 17.43 | 0.03 | 0.19% |
| Gold/Silver Ratio | 71.984 | -0.062 | -0.09% |
| Silver/Gold Ratio | 0.0139 | 0.0000 | 0.09% |
| Platinum Price | 932.70 | -3.20 | -0.34% |
| Palladium Price | 636.75 | -10.05 | -1.55% |
| S&P 500 | 2,126.50 | -6.48 | -0.30% |
| Dow | 18,086.40 | -51.98 | -0.29% |
| Dow in GOLD $s | 298.05 | -1.17 | -0.39% |
| Dow in GOLD oz | 14.42 | -0.06 | -0.39% |
| Dow in SILVER oz | 1,037.90 | -4.96 | -0.48% |
| US Dollar Index | 97.88 | -0.12 | -0.12% |
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| IMPORTANT NOTE: The following are wholesale, not retail, prices. To figure our retail selling price, multiply the "ask" price by 1.035. To figure our retail buying price, multiple the "bid" price by 0.97. Lower commissions apply to larger orders, higher commissions to very small orders. |
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| SPOT GOLD: | 1,253.90 | |||
| GOLD | Fine Tr.Oz. | BID | ASK | $/oz |
| American Eagle | 1.00 | 1,291.52 | 1,295.91 | 1,295.91 |
| 1/2 AE | 0.50 | 638.98 | 661.43 | 1,322.86 |
| 1/4 AE | 0.25 | 322.62 | 336.99 | 1,347.94 |
| 1/10 AE | 0.10 | 131.55 | 137.30 | 1,373.02 |
| Aust. 100 corona | 0.98 | 1,221.70 | 1,230.70 | 1,255.56 |
| British sovereign | 0.24 | 297.38 | 310.38 | 1,318.53 |
| French 20 franc | 0.19 | 231.76 | 235.76 | 1,262.79 |
| Krugerrand | 1.00 | 1,268.95 | 1,278.95 | 1,278.95 |
| Maple Leaf | 1.00 | 1,263.90 | 1,277.90 | 1,277.90 |
| 1/2 Maple Leaf | 0.50 | 720.99 | 658.30 | 1,316.60 |
| 1/4 Maple Leaf | 0.25 | 319.74 | 335.42 | 1,341.67 |
| 1/10 Maple Leaf | 0.10 | 132.91 | 136.68 | 1,366.75 |
| Mexican 50 peso | 1.21 | 1,502.63 | 1,513.63 | 1,255.40 |
| .9999 bar | 1.00 | 1,258.29 | 1,265.90 | 1,265.90 |
| SPOT SILVER: | 17.42 | |||
| SILVER | Fine Tr.Oz. | BID | ASK | $/oz |
| VG+ Morgan $B4 1905 | 0.77 | 25.00 | 27.00 | 35.29 |
| VG+ Peace dollar | 0.77 | 20.00 | 22.00 | 28.76 |
| 90% silver coin bags | 0.72 | 13,134.55 | 13,420.55 | 18.77 |
| US 40% silver 1/2s | 0.30 | 4,947.15 | 5,097.15 | 17.28 |
| 100 oz .999 bar | 100.00 | 1,722.00 | 1,757.00 | 17.57 |
| 10 oz .999 bar | 10.00 | 175.70 | 180.70 | 18.07 |
| 1 oz .999 round | 1.00 | 17.22 | 17.72 | 17.72 |
| Am Eagle, 200 oz Min | 1.00 | 18.92 | 20.42 | 20.42 |
| SPOT PLATINUM: | 932.70 | |||
| PLATINUM | Fine Tr.Oz. | BID | ASK | $/oz |
| Plat. Platypus | 1.00 | 947.70 | 977.70 | 977.70 |
Dear Friends:
Susan and I spent so many decades together serving y'all that I am sure she'd be madder than a wet wasp if I lay down in the road & quit. Besides, my seven children are with me, hovering around as if I'm going to drown myself in the toilet or starve to death eating salads. I know they are doing it out of love, but I feel like I have to keep typing just so they'll know I still have two marbles to rub together.
However, my meditations of the last few days have resulted in some advice for men, so hear my words:
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I cannot even begin to thank y'all for your kind condolences. Thank you for helping us bear our burdens.
MARKETS:
For a week metals have trudged sideways while stocks broke down out of an even-sided triangle & continue to lose ground. US dollar index has reached 98, but backed off 12 basis points today to 97.88. Dollar index has crushed the euro, and steamrolled the yen. So trends are down for stocks, up for the US dollar index, sideways for gold & silver.
But there's something mighty suspicious happening with silver & gold premiums. Week ending October 7th the wholesale US 90% silver coin premium reached 90¢ over spot silver, then last week 135¢. Now we are hearing noises of shortages of silver rounds. In itself that might not mean much, but the in the last few days premiums on gold have begun to rise as well. Buy side wholesale premium for Krugerrands went from 0.8% to 1.2%, for American Eagles from 2.5% lately to 3%, and Austrian 100 coronas and Mexican 50 pesos from 991% to 99.4%.
It's the gold that makes a buzzing in my ear. The 90% premium alone implies greater demand at these prices is pushing up premiums, but when you add to that rising gold coin premiums, only very rarely seen, then it appears that very strong support stands under silver & gold.
Today on Comex silver added a measly 3.3¢ to 1742.6¢. Gold bumped up $1.30 to $1,254.40. Ratio is 71.984.
Both silver & gold have formed pennants, which might be downward sloping bullish flags. For the present, the 200 day moving average is supporting both metals. Gold chart is here, http://schrts.co/pbxEDM
Y'all will immediately notice how oversold the RSI is, and that the MACD is trying to turn up.
Here is silver, http://schrts.co/o96FnV
Same oversoldness shows in the RSI, same desire to turn up in the MACD, same pennant formation, which will either be a reversal or continuation.
It's beginning to look like silver & gold prices have found sound footing.
Argentum et aurum comparanda sunt —
Silver and gold must be bought.
Silver and gold must be bought.
— Franklin Sanders, The Moneychanger
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