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Default SwapsGold Inventoryone world governmentWealth Dispersionbond crashpublic policyAndrew JacksonBearish IndicatorsmishkinpotemkinTexas sovereignty movementDavid Cay Johnston“We hardly need to be reminded that we are living in an age of confusion — a lot of us have traded in our beliefs for bitterness and cynicism or for a heavy package of despair, or even a quivering portion of hysteria. Opinions can be picked up cheap in the market place while such commodities as courage and fortitude and faith are in alarmingly short supply." Edward R. Murrow http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jesse)Blogger4990125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-8700674521087583078Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:05:00 +00002013-06-18T16:05:19.232-04:00 The precious metals were hit on the first day of a two day FOMC meeting. How unusual. NOT. Let's leave the speculation aside until Benny tells us what is on his mind in the announcement and his press conference afterwards. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/YoehR3Jpeew/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/YoehR3Jpeew" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_18.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-4055894199877113358Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:02:00 +00002013-06-18T16:03:14.735-04:00 Stocks rallied higher on the first day of the FOMC meeting. Tomorrow afternoon could be interesting. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/AQ5dRivMIgg/stocks-rallied-higher-on-first-day-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/AQ5dRivMIgg" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/stocks-rallied-higher-on-first-day-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-8794304073286978900Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:14:00 +00002013-06-18T12:27:58.495-04:00LIBORSHIBORliquidity crunch Here is some interesting data out of China. The story is by Matt Phillips. The inter-bank liquidity crunch is a classic banking problem for which the central bank as lender and regulator was created. It would be nice if the bankers could get in front of these problems as they develop, and not merely throw the public's money at them after the fact when bad bank management, official http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/MH4kZcutIQI/shibor-signaling-stress-in-financial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/MH4kZcutIQI" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/shibor-signaling-stress-in-financial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-2897045313334604717Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:18:00 +00002013-06-18T10:19:14.035-04:00NAV of precious metal funds As expected we have a bear raid on the precious metals in honor of the FOMC meeting. Make no mistake, this is political messaging. Buy our paper. And a great deal of the world is ignoring it. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/dwL9WxD_U6I/nav-premiums-of-certain-precious-metals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/dwL9WxD_U6I" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/nav-premiums-of-certain-precious-metals.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-2241803622503566346Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:28:00 +00002013-06-17T23:38:23.239-04:00comex warehouse Time to send a distress flare to their friends and cohorts at the central banks? Hey Rocky. Watch me pull a rabbit out of a hat. From Harvey Organ this evening: "Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a three-fold problem: i) the total dealer inventory of gold is at a very dangerously low level of only 44.32 tonnes, and none of the 9.5 tonnes delivery notices from May and the 30 tonnes from June http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/Bwt-QRJTxrM/harvey-organ-comments-on-gold-inventory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/Bwt-QRJTxrM" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/harvey-organ-comments-on-gold-inventory.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5276543668490700569Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:36:00 +00002013-06-17T21:28:48.076-04:00Corporate Greedcorporatismcorporatocracy Why keep the median wage low, despite rising profits and productivity? Whom does an increasingly debt-based economy serve? Who profits from the status quo? Pictures in an exhibition of elephantine greed. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/lqxdNp4u4Ik/cui-bono-who-profits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/lqxdNp4u4Ik" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/cui-bono-who-profits.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-7278867894395898484Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:14:00 +00002013-06-17T21:37:02.294-04:00 What recovery was that again? The lower employment to population ratios of the early post war decade were more manageable because it was prior to the long wage stagnation despite rising productivity.  It was also an era when single worker households were able to maintain a livable income. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/lxf63TXpHpk/us-civilian-employment-to-population.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/lxf63TXpHpk" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/us-civilian-employment-to-population.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-2543235249978859937Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:19:00 +00002013-06-18T11:23:13.249-04:00 Paper versus physical. Intraday commentary on the widening gold premiums in Vietnam here. It will be more impressive when we see the same type of explosive demand in a few other countries. Until then it is what it is. But on the whole, it's not nice to fool Mother Nature. Here is an analysis of tomorrow's two day FOMC Meeting from Tim Duy that is fairly comprehensive.  As for what is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/mbFybtZkNzA/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/mbFybtZkNzA" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_17.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-8902524487569639383Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:17:00 +00002013-06-17T16:19:16.103-04:00 Two day FOMC meeting this week. Let's see if we get a 'rally Tuesday' tomorrow. The general trend is to be long on baloney if you are in the political/financial professions. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/hjkkpIONk7Y/sp-500-and-ndx-futures-daily-charts_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/hjkkpIONk7Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/sp-500-and-ndx-futures-daily-charts_17.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-2068587454503903747Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:05:00 +00002013-06-17T22:12:53.273-04:00rehypothecationbail inhyperinflationrussian collapsefiat currency I think you have had to experience a collapsing currency first hand in order to truly appreciate the fundamentals of monetary value, and how these things can take on what seems like a force of nature. I was doing business in Moscow during the 1990's, and saw the slow motion collapse of the rouble. Or at least it seemed like a slow motion collapse at first, until it gained quite a bit of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/V9A6ieEaHBQ/gold-premiums-in-vietnam-hit-217-over.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/V9A6ieEaHBQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/gold-premiums-in-vietnam-hit-217-over.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5739472878074181363Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:16:00 +00002013-06-17T15:06:24.411-04:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/o82gcTPxK4o/bill-moyers-and-lawrence-lessig-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/o82gcTPxK4o" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/bill-moyers-and-lawrence-lessig-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-820545071547930529Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:47:00 +00002013-06-15T11:50:27.454-04:00comex warehouseComexgold manipulationsilver manipulation When push comes to shove, the COMEX is only pushing paper. Weighed, and found wanting. Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) Weekly Gold Delivery From Vault The above graph of physical gold delivery out of the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) vaults was prepared by @KoosJansen based on the weekly reports from the Chinese portion of the SGE site. The SGE has confirmed these are deliveries http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/52OvcQczIcg/physical-vs-paper-shanghai-gold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/52OvcQczIcg" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/physical-vs-paper-shanghai-gold.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5908100243197734645Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:22:00 +00002013-06-14T16:23:33.019-04:00 Silver stood like a champ today, resisting the early efforts that took gold lower. And both came back into the close for modest gains, even while stocks turned in a losing week. FOMC has a two day meeting next week. This will provide a nice opportunity for the scare tactics of the Wall Street insiders.  And perhaps for some of us who see things as they are. See you Sunday evening. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/CdGC4MvoXeA/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/CdGC4MvoXeA" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-7117709644803701862Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:20:00 +00002013-06-14T16:20:26.024-04:00 I enjoyed this commentary from Yves: Is the Fed Going to Dial Down Its Taper Talk? There is a two day FOMC meeting next week that is most likely to be an opportunity for speculation and jawboning. Have a pleasant weekend. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/foiU-YifnJ8/sp-500-and-ndx-futures-daily-charts_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/foiU-YifnJ8" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/sp-500-and-ndx-futures-daily-charts_14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-5483941881549096471Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:13:00 +00002013-06-14T15:13:24.433-04:00NAV of precious metal funds Plenty of gloom in the premiums which are all negative, but so far the traditional Friday bughunt has failed to materialize. It was getting a little ridiculous, like stock 'Rally Tuesday.' Next week is the FOMC meeting, a two day affair. Perhaps they are saving their ammo. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/p5azyXBvwAw/nav-premiums-of-certain-precious-metal_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/p5azyXBvwAw" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/nav-premiums-of-certain-precious-metal_14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-1249896547266091797Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:17:00 +00002013-06-14T00:33:21.479-04:00 The BRICs can call for whatever they wish, but until they find some way to apply more effective pressure on the Anglo-American banking cartel and their politicians, they are not going to get much of anything. Their own people cannot get much of anything in the way of reform in the status quo.  RiaNovosti Russia’s Putin Calls for IMF Overhaul, Bigger Role for BRICS MOSCOW, June 14 (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/uyBVTXhiMhc/russia-calls-for-imf-overhaul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/uyBVTXhiMhc" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/russia-calls-for-imf-overhaul.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-8062418914078592393Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:08:00 +00002013-06-13T20:49:07.659-04:00 FOMC next week. A late day rally in the metals and stocks was caused by a Fed mouthpiece implying that they would not be ending QE anytime soon, taper or not. Until the FOMC meeting confirms this, or not, then it will largely be a technical trade. Lately the wiseguys have been hitting the metals on the Comex after Europe goes to bed. Let's see if that still works, or if it has become a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/sY-VclHNvHc/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/sY-VclHNvHc" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_13.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-1979468461925762711Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:05:00 +00002013-06-13T22:58:21.151-04:00 My own take is that today was a 'technical trading day.' The economic news of this morning was 'so-so' if you take a closer look at it. After the sell off for the past two days, and the big losses on the Nikkei overnight, the wiseguys saw an opportunity for a near term short squeeze when the futures we able to hold 1610. So they ran it right back to the top of the short term downtrend http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/4P27XVW7t9U/sp-500-and-ndx-futures-daily-charts-wax.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/4P27XVW7t9U" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/sp-500-and-ndx-futures-daily-charts-wax.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-6821214236586372166Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:22:00 +00002013-06-13T15:23:54.433-04:00NAV of precious metal funds Hudson: Is this gonna be a standup fight, sir, or another bughunt? Gorman: All we know is that there's still no contact with the colony, and that a xenomorph may be involved. Frost: Excuse me sir, a-a what? Gorman: A xenomorph. Hicks: It's a bughunt. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/E3ZzCOjT7gc/nav-of-certain-precious-metal-trusts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/E3ZzCOjT7gc" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/nav-of-certain-precious-metal-trusts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-3546970094827140673Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:05:00 +00002013-06-13T22:33:32.370-04:00comex warehouse "I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which overleaps itself, And falls on the other. . . ." Macbeth Act 1, scene 7. 25–28 Every time the Comex registered gold has moved to these extreme lows, it has marked a bottom and a major trend change. The value of global currencies, Comex gold, JPM's vault bullion, and the confidence of the people in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/f5yL5LW2X4s/comex-registered-gold-continues-to-fall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/f5yL5LW2X4s" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/comex-registered-gold-continues-to-fall.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-2802932928885545355Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:39:00 +00002013-06-13T13:53:58.990-04:00GATAcredibility trapgold manipulationsilver manipulation "The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of the citizens in a democracy." Montesquieu I do not see the NSA involvement which Max mentions.  It does not seem to be necessary if you have big market principals and insiders involved, able to operate in secret with the acquiescence of the regulatory bodies and exchanges.   And if there ishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/xcghIV9FBo4/max-keiser-and-mark-obryne-discuss-gold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/xcghIV9FBo4" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/max-keiser-and-mark-obryne-discuss-gold.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-8399689506188246445Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:16:00 +00002013-06-13T10:17:24.768-04:00 The overnight news about revelations of price rigging and market manipulation in order to steal money from customers was disconcerting. You may wish to scroll down and read more about it. The FOMC meets next week. Tomorrow will bring more economic news. QE is not over by a long shot. They may call it something else. They may wrap it in a different package. And the government may finally http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/wd5b7JEWdo4/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/wd5b7JEWdo4" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/gold-daily-and-silver-weekly-charts_12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-8434488881079443730Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:12:00 +00002013-06-13T10:09:06.983-04:00 Stocks gave it up today on mostly international jitters, with the political situation in Turkey and the economic situation in Japan. VIX has now reach the levels that have signaled the recent high water marks. Tomorrow we get US unemployment claims, Ex-Im Prices, and Retail Sales. Any further weakness risks stocks slipping out of their short term trend channels and providing a more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/Rp8mYYeUSvg/sp-500-and-ndx-futures-daily-charts_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/Rp8mYYeUSvg" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/sp-500-and-ndx-futures-daily-charts_12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-1345664036802163706Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:31:00 +00002013-06-12T15:02:13.065-04:00 Let's see if and where the equity market finds support. I will be 'rolling over' the June contract to September by the end of the week. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/jeblwC7r2gE/sp-500-futures-intraday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/jeblwC7r2gE" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/sp-500-futures-intraday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6418112515382102078.post-6332301509983474079Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +00002013-06-12T15:00:08.419-04:00NAV of precious metal funds Subdued pricing even with today's little rally. The specs are licking their chops to sell into an anticipated Friday decline, based on their recent experience. It is merely a herd behavior, similar to 'rally Tuesday' in stocks.  That decline is generally for the period after the world markets close for the weekend. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~3/ZOyBLg8u8oY/nav-premiums-of-certain-precious-metal_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jesse)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JessesCafeAmericain/~4/ZOyBLg8u8oY" height="1" width="1"/>http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/06/nav-premiums-of-certain-precious-metal_12.html