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The Indexes were off and running to the upside very early.  The Dow Industrials was up 1000 points at that point.  In this kind of market, UNTIL the low is clearly in place, a person cannot buy that kind of opening.  The market faded fast in the afternoon and was yet another down day for the market which is not surprising.

Volatility is typically high near the bottoms of a sell off.  Today, VIX was at a new closing high at 52.  My VIX indicator still doesn’t indicate a low, but NOT the final low is close.

The Option Premium Ratios of Puts to Calls is at 2.91.  The highest the number got in the Covid decline of March 2020 was 3.02.  We are in the same ballpark.  The only thing we don’t know is “How low we can go?” like Chubby Checker and the Limbo song.

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I have some cycles from a Fibonacci standpoint hitting between April 9 and April 11, so we have to stay tuned with the impact of those cycles.

The positive short term sign is that on today’s decline, the number of lows was much less than it was a few days ago.

NYSE 52 Week Lows today was 587, Monday, it was 1162 and Friday it was 1042.

The NYSE McClellan Oscillator is at negative 255, which means trend is down when it is negative, but it is getting somewhat oversold at negative 255.

In sell offs like this, the first low is what is normally, the momentum low.  Then subsequently, the price can make a lower close but with less downside momentum and that is called the price low.  We will see if it works out this way this time.

At midnight, the tariffs on China is at the 104% level from Trump.  I expected further uncertainty in the markets.  As of 12:30 p.m., the Dow Industrials Futures are down another 640 points.

We will know in the fullness of time how the next couple of days will work out.  Guerilla tactics in trading will be needed and being nimble.

Repeating what I heard on TV tonight from Louisiana Senator John Kennedy that made me laugh was “God created the world and everything else was made in China.”

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MERCURY RETROGRADE

Expect flipflops in the market during these periods. Things hopefully quiet down after April 6.

• July 17 to August 10
• November 9 to 29

 

 

 

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GREAT MARTIN ARMSTRONG INTERVIEW UNVELING THE CORRUPTON IN THE EU, THE TARIFFS EVEN WITH CANADA ITSELF AND THE REAL REASON GOLD IS HGHER:

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Mike asks if we should be thanking President Trump. Legendary timer Mark Leibovit is bullish on crypto and specific stock groups. Plus, a Shocking Stat of the Week on American gold, and a Goofy on how emotion breeds silliness.

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HAS THE GOLD AT FORT KNOW BEEN STOLEN?  UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN IF IT WAS, WE WILL WAIT DECADES TO KNOW JUST AS HAVE FOR JFK OR ROSWELL FILES!

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President Trump wants to audit the gold at Fort Knox. He wants to make sure it is there and that it is not
“fake” gold, such as tungsten with a gold coating.

It is strange that suddenly “witnesses” are being rolled out in the media to discredit that audit request.
On Thursday, former Secretary of Treasury Mnuchin said, “I was there, saw it, and all the gold is
accounted for.”

Would he bet on that? He didn’t say when he was there nor how he audited it. It is a large amount of
gold that needs to be accounted for, supposedly 147.3 million ounces. Did he have a team or did he
count the thousands of gold bars himself? But he seems to be saying, “don’t worry, nothing to see there.
Move on!”

The second person to be used as “evidence” was the new Secretary of the Treasury, Bessent. We heard
nothing about him going to Fort Knox. However, USA Today wrote:
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told iHeart host Dan O’Donnell Wednesday, “all the gold
is present and accounted for,” adding that the department conducts an audit every
year.”

This is very disappointing to hear, as Bessent didn’t say how he knows. Furthermore, “an audit every
year” is false according to people we know such as ex-Congressman Ron Paul, who tried to audit Fort
Knox for decades and was always refused.

Well, now at least we know more about Bessent, who was a question mark for us. No longer.
But we still have no audit and no confirmation whether the gold is all there. When such questionable
maneuvers are used, you know there is probably something very fishy.

Is it possible that the gold price surge since mid-December has been propelled by the potential missing
gold? The London Metals Exchange is said to have run out of gold. If the gold at Fort Knox is not there,
Trump and Musk better double their security.

To make gold prices plunge, which reached a record intraday high of $2954/oz on Thursday, all that is
needed is to diffuse the opinion of missing gold for a short time.

NEXT FOMC MEETINGS: (GOD HELP US)

• Tuesday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 7
• Tuesday, June 17, and Wednesday, June 18
• Tuesday, July 29, and Wednesday, July 30
• Tuesday, September 16, and Wednesday, September 17
• Tuesday, October 28, and Wednesday, October 29
• Tuesday, December 9, and Wednesday, December 10

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Mark’s extensive media television profile includes seven years as a consultant ‘Elf’ on “Louis Rukeyser’s Wall Street Week” television program, and over thirty years as a Market Monitor guest for PBS “The Nightly Business Report”. He also has appeared on Fox Business News, CNBC, BNN (Canada), and Bloomberg, and has been interviewed in Barrons, Business Week, Forbes and The Wall Street Journal and Michael Campbell’s MoneyTalks.

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This started Feb 9 1990, James Baker III the Sec of State said to Mikhail Gorbachav, NATO will not move one inch east wood if you agree to German Unification basically ending WW II. The US then cheated in 1994 when Clinton signed off on a plan to extend NATO all the way to Ukraine. This is when the so-called NEOCONS took power. Clinton as the first agent of this. Expansion of NATO started in 1999 with Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic. Russian shrugged that off thinking was no direct threat.Then the U.S. led the bombing of Servia in 1999. This was bad because because it was NATA bombing a European capital, Belgrade 78 days to break the country apart. Russians did not like that but Putin became President and swallowed it and even started out pro-European and pro-American suggesting that they should join NATO thinking there was still some mutual respect. Then came 911 and Afghanistan and the Russians said we can support you to root out terror. In 2002 the U.S. unilaterally walked out of the anti-ballistic missile treaty which led to the US putting in missile systems in Eastern Europe which Russia views as a dire direct threat to national security, making possible a  strike’ on missiles a few minutes away from Moscow. US put in two AEGIS missile systems calling it ‘defense’. Russia asked how do we know its not Tomahawk nuclear tipped missiles. In 2003 we invaded Iraq on completely phony. In 2004-5 US was involved in a soft regime change in Ukraine. Called the ‘First Color Revolution. Put in President Yushchenko. US had it dirty hands in this meddling in other countries elections. In 2009 Yamukovych won the election and became President on the basis of neutrality for Ukraine. People of Ukraine did not want NATO. Country was divided between ethnic Ukrainians and ethnic Russians. ‘Why do want this? In 2014 the US participated actively in the overthrow of Yamukovych – a typical US regime change operation. In 2019 we walked out of the Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty. In 2017 we walked out of the JCPOA Treaty with Iran. On Dec 15, 2021 Putin put on the table a draft US/Russia Security Agreement. The basis of it was no NATO enlargement. Jake Sullivan said the U.S. had an OPEN DOOR policy.

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What is the Plunge Protection Team?

The Plunge Protection Team (PPT) is an informal term for the Working Group on Financial Markets. The working group was created in 1988 by then U.S President Ronald Reagan following the infamous October 1987 Black Monday market crash. It was formed to re-establish consumer confidence and take steps to achieve economic and market stability in the aftermath of the market crash. The U.S president consults with the team during times of economic uncertainty and turbulence in the markets.

The Working Group on Financial Markets’ informal name “Plunge Protection Team” was coined and popularized by The Washington Post in 1997.

What does the Plunge Protection Team Do?

The Plunge Protection Team was initially formed to advise the president and regulatory agencies on countering the negative impacts of the stock market crash of 1987. However, the team has continued to report to various presidents since that stock market crash and has met various U.S presidents on important financial matters over the years.

The team was believed to be behind the rally in the stock market shortly after a hefty drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) on February 05, 2018. As per some market observers, after the plunge, the market made a smart recovery in the following days, which may have been a result of heavy buying by the Plunge Protection Team.

Who is on the plunge protection team?

The Plunge Protection Team comprises several top government economic and financial officials. The Secretary of the Treasury heads the group, while the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, are also part of the team.

Why is the PPT secretive?

The Plunge Protection Team’s meetings or activities aren’t covered by the media, which gives rise to speculations and conspiracy theories about the team. The probable reason behind the secretive nature of its activities is that it reports only to the president. Some observers opine that the team’s role is not only limited to giving recommendations to the president; rather, the team intervenes in the market and artificially props up stock prices.

Critics of the group claim that the members connive with big banks and profit from stock markets by carrying out trades on different stock exchanges when prices decline. They then artificially prop up the prices as part of their market stabilization efforts and profit from their transactions.

When does/have the PPT meet?

Although very little has come out in the mainstream media about the group’s activities, there have been some instances when the team’s meetings were reported. For example, in 1999, the team proposed to congress to incorporate some changes in the derivatives markets regulations. The last reported meeting of the group, at the time of this writing in June 2022, was in December 2018 when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin headed the teleconference with the group’s members. Representatives from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Comptroller of the Currency also attended the meeting.

Before the teleconference that took place on December 24, 2018, the S&P 500 and the DJIA had been under pressure for the whole month. But after Christmas, the DJIA and the S&P 500 both recovered and reversed most of the losses in the next few days. Conspiracy theorists attribute the recovery and gains in the indices to the intervention by the Plunge Protection Team.

Final Thoughts

The Working Group on Financial Markets serves an important function: to advise the president on financial markets and economic affairs. Because the exact nature of the group’s activities or recommendations haven’t been made public, some critics of the group blame the group for market intervention and artificially propping up stocks’ prices. However, some market observers believe that the team’s quiet activities are excused as it reports directly to the president.

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GATA CHRIS POWELL PRSENTATION – NOV 2024

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THE CASE FOR ABOLISHING THE FEDERAL RESERVE

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