-- Posted 15 October, 2009 | | Source: SilverSeek.com
| Close | Gain/Loss |
Gold | $1049.50 | -$14.05 |
Silver | $17.39 | -$0.46 |
XAU | 175.96 | -1.83% |
HUI | 444.34 | -2.19% |
GDM | 1325.52 | -2.14% |
JSE Gold | 2599.59 | -59.04 |
USD | 75.46 | -0.02 |
Euro | 149.31 | +0.07 |
Yen | 110.37 | -1.44 |
Oil | $77.58 | +$2.40 |
10-Year | 3.470% | +0.047 |
T-Bond | 118.78125 | -0.625 |
Dow | 10062.94 | +0.47% |
Nasdaq | 2173.29 | +0.05% |
S&P | 1096.56 | +0.42% |
The Metals:
Gold saw slight gains for most of trade in Asia and then fell back off in London to as low as $1046.10 by a little after 8AM EST to see a loss of $17.45 or 1.64% before it rallied back higher for most of the morning in New York to back near unchanged, but it then fell back off in afternoon trade and ended near its earlier low with a loss of 1.32%. Silver fell all the way to $17.323 to see a nearly 3% loss by a little after 8AM EST before it also rallied back higher for most of the rest of the morning, but it then fell back off in late trade and ended with a loss of 2.58%.
Euro gold fell to about €703, platinum lost $8.50 to $1345.50, and copper rose slightly to about $2.84.
Gold and silver equities fell roughly 2% in the first hour of trade before they rebounded slightly midday, but they then fell back off in afternoon trade and ended with about 2% losses.
The Economy:
Report | For | Reading | Expected | Previous |
Initial Claims | 10/10 | 514K | 520K | 524K |
CPI | Sep | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
Core CPI | Sep | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Empire Manufacturing | Oct | 34.57 | 17.25 | 18.88 |
Philadelphia Fed | Oct | 11.5 | 12.0 | 14.1 |
Tomorrow at 9AM EST is the TIC Flows report for August expected at $30 billion. At 9:15 are Capacity Utilization for September expected at 69.7% and Industrial Production expected at 0.1%, and at 9:55 is Michigan Sentiment for October expected at 73.5.
The Markets:
Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/
Oil climbed to a new high for the year above $77 after the Energy Information Administration reported that gasoline inventories fell a surprisingly large 5.2 million barrels rather than an expected build. Distillates fell 1.1 million barrels while crude inventories built just 400,000 barrels.
The U.S. dollar index remained near unchanged while treasuries fell after mostly better than expected economic data supported the view that the fed may raise interest rates sooner than recently thought.
The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P traded mostly slightly lower in morning trade on disappointing earnings reports, but strong oil prices took energy stocks higher in afternoon trade and all three indices rallied late to end with modest gains.
Among the big names making news in the market today were Southwest, Harley-Davidson, Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and McClatchy.
The Commentary:
“Dear CIGAs,
We can keep you updated on developments and Trader Dan can keep you updated on technical matters as the drama in gold will never end.
The dollar is headed for much bigger trouble quite soon.
Gold is going to $1224, $1650 and then on to Alf’s numbers.
The US dollar will touch its past low, fight a bit, but then give it up to the carry trade and fundamental economics.
All we have warned you of is happening now.
The countdown of days needs to be understood as a countdown for just what is happening. That countdown is to the faltering of a major area of dollar support becoming invalid as the carry trade monster devours any currency it adopts.
Interest rates cannot be raised to favor the dollar without throwing the MOPE recovery directly into the circular file.
Confidence in the dollar is waning with every passing day. As Armstrong has told you, one day soon confidence will simply implode.
This is a product of a lifetime of mistakes of which no one person can be considered the author. It is the sum of wrong economics, rewarding activities that produce nothing but paper shuffling, and punishing activities that produce goods, human services and employment.
Within one week of the countdown the dollar will take out areas expected to be the bottom of this decline by many talking heads today. That is a dynamic event as was what Trader Dan spoke of here on JSMineset last evening.
What has occurred are the things that economic history is made of. Few outside of Trader Dan and the most attentive CIGAs were really shaken by the occurrence.
This is what the countdown is all about. Look out the window and see it happening. It is history in the making but no more than what happened yesterday at lower levels.
The end is NOT coming. It has already happened. Are you insulated from the results thereof?
Sincerely,”- Jim Sinclair, JSMineset.com
“Dear Friends,
Did you hear the sound of joy and the exuberant cries of rejoicing among the talking heads in the financial media and the hacks of Wall Street as the Dow peeked back above the magical 10,000 level in today’s trade? Happy days are indeed here again as we all know that the average man on the street will soon be rolling in new found wealth, more than happy to plunge back into the depths of debt and bondage if only to fuel the mighty consumer spending machine. I can already see the new home construction business sharply rebounding…
For all the near hysteria about the climb back above 10,000, a look at a ratio chart of the Dow Jones compared to an ounce of that “barbaric relic” and nemesis of Central Bankers, reveals a picture that if rightly understood by those leading the cheering and popping the corks, would turn them into weeping and wailing.
What we are witnessing is not a rising Dow but a collapsing Dollar fueling a wave of paper inflation in equities as the effects of quantitative easing take hold and shove prices higher in a remake of the 70’s horror film called “Stagflation”.
Please examine the following charts. The first is the Dow Jones Industrial Average running back into the 1980’s. Note on that chart the first ellipse between 1993 – 1995. It is 1994 that I want to draw your attention to. The Dow ranged between 3,500 and 4,000 for that entire year. Now look at the area denoted by the second ellipse to the right near the 10,000 level which is where it closed this year, 2009. That is a period of 15 years.
In nominal terms, over that period, the DOW ran up and went down and is now at 10,000 for a gain of 6,000 points for those 15 years. Not bad, I suppose (keep in mind that this does not account for companies that have been dropped out of the index due to failures).
Now take a look at the second chart – the Dow Jones – Gold ratio. Look first at the right side of the chart where you will see the ratio closed today – a bit above 9.4. Follow the line all the way back to the left where it intersects with the plotted value all the way back in 1994. What does this mean?
Quite simply – The Dow has in effect gone NO WHERE in REAL TERMS for FIFTEEN YEARS! Let this sink into your mind – FIFTEEN YEARS have come and gone and all the gyrations in the Dow and all the ups and downs have accomplished not a single bit of real gains when compared to an ounce of gold.
The debauchery of the Dollar has made a mockery out of wealth preservation for those who held nothing but paper equities.
The stock market is a leading indicator and what it is indicating is that the horrific consequences of conjuring paper money out of thin air are coming home with a relentless fury. The Fed has unleashed a tidal wave of inflationary forces upon the land and with the help of the gang of power-drunk, irresponsible, reckless and treacherous politicians, has set in motion a process which is going to bring grief and misery to millions.”- Dan Norcini, Charts referenced at JSMineset.com
GATA Posts:
GATA has place at Munich precious metals conference
Russia ready to drop dollar in energy trade with China, Putin says
The Statistics:
Activity from: 10/14/2009
Gold Warehouse Stocks: | 9,395,680 | +5,000 |
Silver Warehouse Stocks: | 116,143,319 | -73,804 |
Global Gold ETF Holdings
[WGC Sponsored ETF’s]
| Product name | Total Tonnes | Total Ounces | Total Value |
New York Stock Exchange Arca (NYSE Arca) AND Singapore Exchange (SGX) AND Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) AND Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) | SPDR® Gold Shares | 1109.314 | 35,665,560 | US$37,567m |
London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse ) | Gold Bullion Securities | 132.49 | 4,258,132 | US$4,473m |
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) | Gold Bullion Securities | 14.37 | 460,440 | US$485m |
Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) | New Gold Debentures | 52.70 | 1,694,387 | US$1,795m |
NASDAQ Dubai | Dubai Gold Securities | 0.155 | 4,988 | US$5m |
Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU)
Profile as of 10/14/2009 | |
Total Net Assets | $2,573,747,267 | Ounces of Gold in Trust | 2,419,519.809 |
Shares Outstanding | 24,650,000 | Tonnes of Gold in Trust | 75.26 |
Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV)
Profile as of 10/14/2009 | |
Total Net Assets | $4,963,920,244 | Ounces of Silver in Trust | 276,900,396.800 |
Shares Outstanding | 281,650,000 | Tonnes of Silver in Trust | 8,612.57 |
Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data.
The Miners:
Keegan’s (KGN) drill results, Ivanhoe’s (IVN) production forecast, Paramount’s (PZG) closed financing, Hecla’s (HL) credit agreement, Scorpio’s (SPM.TO) acquisition, and Alexco’s (AXU) drill results were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines today.
WINNERS
1. Paramount | PZG+11.63% $1.44 |
2. Vista | VGZ +2.40% $3.01 |
3. Nevsun | NSU +1.83% $2.78 |
LOSERS
1. Minco | MGH-10.85% $1.15 |
2. Richmont | RIC -5.93% $3.01 |
3. Aurizon | AZK -5.90% $4.94 |
Winners & Losers tracks NYSE and AMEX listed gold and silver mining stocks that trade over $1.
All of today's gold and silver stock news:
Imperial Reports Underground Drilling at Sterling Continues to Extend Gold Mineralization - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Armistice confirms no corporate developments account for today's trading activity - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Tribute Minerals Inc. and Webequie First Nation Sign Memorandum of Understanding - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Ventana Announces Drill Results - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Alder to Do $1,000,000 Private Placements; Update of Exploration of Canadian Creek Yukon Property - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Concerned Shareholders of New Guinea Gold Corporation Requisition Meeting to Replace Directors - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Goldcliff Resource Corporation: Significant Silver Discoveries at Ainsworth - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Canarc Resource Corp.: Shareholder Update-Third Quarter Review 2009 - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Silver Quest Resources Ltd.: White Gold Area, Yukon-Exploration Programs Completed - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
J.A.G. Mines Ltd. : Flow-through Private Placement of $300,000 - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Selkirk Metals Corp. and Ahousaht First Nation: Exploration and Operations Update-Catface Copper Project, BC - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Keegan Receives Excellent Results From Stepout Drilling at the Esaase Gold Project - "Keegan Resources Inc. (TSX:KGN - News)(AMEX:KGN - News) ("Keegan") is pleased to announce new results from its current Esaase property drilling program located in southwest Ghana. These results are from holes drilled to the north up to 700 meters along strike from the current resource into a new undrilled area that targeted higher grade areas within 100 meters from surface. Drill hole results include 27 meters of 1.44 g/t Au and five meters at 4.39 g/t Au. Keegan will incorporate these results into its existing resource model and in its planning for the next stage of drilling in this area. Please see www.keeganresources.com for a drill hole location map." More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
VMS Ventures to Drill Five Large Conductor Plate Models in a Two Phase Program On, and Near, Its Tower Zone Property - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Freewest Continues to Generate Excellent Drill Results at Black Thor on its 100%-Owned McFaulds Property, Northern Ontario - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Palladon Ventures Enters Into Standstill Agreement With Luxor Capital Partners, LP - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Golden Predator Intersects 5.39 gpt Gold Over 2 m From the Pacific Zone at Brewery Creek - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Astral and Kootenay Provide Update on Exploration Activities at Jumping Josephine - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Red Pine Exploration Acquires High-Potential Gold Properties; Adding to Abitibi-West Holdings Near Timmins - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Hecla Eliminates Debt and Announces $60 Million Revolving Credit Agreement - "Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) is pleased to announce that it has fully repaid its outstanding term loan that was used to acquire the remaining 70% of the Greens Creek mine in April 2008. Hecla’s payment of $38.3 million was made from the company’s available cash resources, which, at quarter-end, were over $80 million." More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Advanced Explorations Inc. Welcomes Jim Excell to Board of Directors - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Threegold Options South Bay Gold Project and Grants Stock Options - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Trueclaim Exploration Inc. Signs Agreement to Acquire in Excess of 30,000 Acres Adjacent to Former Scadding Gold Mine - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
European Goldfields Limited - Fatality at Stratoni Mine - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Wallbridge Mining Starts Drilling on Rogers Creek Porphyry Copper, Gold and Molybdenum Property - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Alexandria to Participate in New Claims Adjacent to Siscoe East Property, Val d'Or - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Rocmec Initiates a Diamond Drill Campaign at its Rocmec 1 Property - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
SIRIOS: Drilling Completed on PONTAX-Lithium, Lithium Occurrence Strike Length Now Over 650 Metres - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Inspiration Retains Clarus Securities as Financial Advisor - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
AXMIN Announces Exercise of Warrants - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Avalon Recruits V.P. Operations to Advance the Nechalacho REE Deposit, Thor Lake, NWT - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
KWG engages investor relations professionals - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Soltoro Ltd. Drills Deep Hole in Silver Zone and is Set to Drill Gold Zone at El Rayo - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Colt Resources Inc. Reports on Progress on the Penedono Concession and Ongoing Exploration Plans - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Unico, Inc. Announces Filing of Amended Annual and Quarterly Reports Showing $4.8 Million Reduction of Accumulated Deficit - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Titan Uranium Commences Prefeasibility Study on Sheep Mountain Project - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Trilliant Exploration Raises Additional Funds for Gold Mining Operations - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Uracan's Grandroy yields intercepts of up to 0.213% (4.26 lbs/t) U3O8 over 5.4 meters - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Queenston Reports Further Results from McBean Drilling - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Noront Resources Ltd. reports increases at Eagle's Nest deposit at McFaulds Lake - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Logan Resources completes ground magnetic survey on Brynnor iron deposit - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Powertech Enters Into $13.8 Million Loan Facility With Synatom - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Excalibur Resources Intersects Mineralization at Silver King - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
G4G Resources Closes $1,985,000 Financing - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Converge Global and Sparrowtech Resources Sign Merger Agreement - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
U3O8 Corp. Cuts 6.3 Metres at 0.075% (1.5 Pounds per Short Ton) U3O8 at Aricheng Alpha - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Noront Resources announces change of venue for upcoming Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders on October 15, 2009 - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Royal Standard Minerals, Inc. (RYSMF) Announces Engagement of RedChip Companies to Assist With Investor and Public Relations Outreach Efforts - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
American Sierra Gold Corp. Announces Significant Cancellation of Stock - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Salazar Resources Granted Environmental Permit for the Curipamba Project, Ecuador - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Gladstone Pacific Nickel Ltd - ACN: 104 261 887 - ("GPNL" or "the Company") - GPNL Signs MOU for a Feasibility Study on the Development of a Heap Leach Project - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Uranerz Announces Unit Offering of up to US$20 Million - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Cogitore Annnounces New Copper-Zinc Intersections at Scott Lake - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Hawthorne Assays Additional Positive Results From Hill 88 Zone Within Taurus Deposit; Assays 28.6 g/t Au Over 1.18 Metres (Estimated True Width of 0.94 Metres) - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Romios Increases Molybdenum Grades by 8.1% at Its La Corne Property in Northwestern Quebec - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Nortec (TSX VENTURE: NVT) Acquires the Haukiaho Palladium-Platinum-Gold-Copper-Nickel Project, Finland - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
High Desert Gold Announces the Signing of a Letter of Intent with Gryphon Gold Corporation on the Gold Springs Property, Nevada-Utah Border - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Kaminak's Partner Completes Drilling on Cry Lake, British Columbia - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Crosshair Announces Plans for Vanadium Resource - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Creston Moly Corp.: Data Collection Complete, Drill Program to Start at El Creston Project, Mexico - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Superior Mining International Corporation: Closing of Private Placement - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Radius Gold Receives 500,000 Solomon Resources Shares - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Aura Silver Announces Flow-Through Private Placement Financing to Fund Greyhound VTEM Survey Leading to Phase I Drilling - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Oro Silver Acquires Right of First Refusal for Vetagrande Mill and Mining Properties in Zacatecas, Mexico - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Trenching Results Reveal Strong Gold Values Plus New Discovery of Antimony Mineralization at Mountain Lake's Little River Property, Newfoundland - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Golden Minerals Company Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
TSX to Delist Colombia Goldfields Ltd. - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Pierre Heeroma - New Director Group Strategy and Business Development at Boliden - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Drilling Commences on the Destiny Gold Project, Quebec - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Capital Gold Reports 64% Gain in Net Income for Fiscal 2009 - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
MAX assays greater than 100 g/t Au in mineralization exposed by new trenches at Crowsnest gold project; drilling completed - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
New Dawn's Turk Mine in Zimbabwe - Six Consecutive Months of Increased Gold Production - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
GGL Resources Corp.-Diamonds...And Much More - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Melkior to Drill 4000 Metres on Its Carscallen Property in West Timmins - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Quest: B-Zone Drilling Expands Resource Potential, Identifies New REE Mineralization Below Previously-Reported Holes, Strange Lake Project, Quebec - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Bayswater Provides Resource Estimate for the Anna Lake Deposit, Central Mineral Belt, Labrador - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Royal Mines Installs Electrowinning Circuit - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Noront Resources announces historic formation of First Nations Advisory Council - More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Ivanhoe sees Oyu Tolgoi output in 2013 - "Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (IVN.TO) said on Thursday its Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia should reach commercial production by late 2013, and would cost about $4.5 billion to get to that point." More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Paramount Gold and Silver Closes $23 Million Financing - "Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (AMEX:PZG - News)(TSX:PZG - News)(Frankfurt:P6G - News) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of its public offering of 16 million shares of its common stock at $1.25 per share. In addition, due to overwhelming demand the underwriters also exercised all of its overallotment of 2.4 million shares generating net proceeds of approximately $ 21.7 million. There are no warrants issued in connection with this financing." More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Scorpio Announces Acquisition of Platte River Gold Inc. - "We are very pleased to come to an agreement with the Platte River management group and major shareholders, all of whom not only support the planned arrangement but envision a larger, low-cost producer with near-term increased production, organic reserve and resource growth and high-quality assets allowing a long-term, Cosala-based mining company to emerge." More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
Alexco Announces Additional 2009 Drill Results at Keno Hill: Drilling at Lucky Queen Intersects 1.35 Meters of 202.3 Ounces Per Ton Silver - "Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX:AXR - News)(AMEX:AXU - News) ("Alexco" or the "Company") is pleased to announce initial results from the 2009 core drilling program at its Lucky Queen property in the Keno Hill silver district, Yukon Territory." More
- October 15, 2009 | Item | E-mail
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