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Will the gold market turn back upwards this week?

Big Al
December 2, 2013

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    Dec 02, 2013 02:17 AM

    100 % manipulation you can’t now PRICE ! YOU NO LOVE THE european union UKRAINE ! Dear day com !http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eflRkjecks#t=113 FREE EUROPE FREE USA KEEP DRAEMING !!!!!!!!

        Dec 02, 2013 02:39 AM

        Interesting video Franky

        Dec 02, 2013 02:52 PM

        Translation of video from Ukrainian;
        Many are calling me and trying to find out how I got there ? Some TV channels who were sent the video said that it feykove .
        December 1 , about 18 o’clock , I , like other journalists stood at the Presidential Administration and filmed on video confrontation picketers and “Berkut”.
        Suddenly, at the feet of a man, probably he is a journalist , as well as standing next to me and holding the camera exploded smoke grenade. He fell to the ground , I tried to bring it to life, but the man was unconscious. After a few seconds of “Berkut” went on the offensive , and I pulled him into the building so that it is not trampled , “Berkut” run past us, and so I stayed on the other side of the front. It took about 5 minutes and the man did not come to life , so I turned to the cops , so they helped me bring it to a quick standing at the entrance to the administration . Fast gone , I do not got it and left.
        Put on his hood and stood by the wall and held the phone to your ear creating the appearance that something is someone reporting to Russian and other phone that barely looked out of his pocket shot this torture. Garbage, they call themselves ” Berkut ” horribly beaten people who did nothing , just lying on the granite. As a man, cop found some piece of paper and put it straight into his mouth and spat in his face. After about 15 minutes I was approached by some fellow with a walkie-talkie and asked who I was ? I replied : ” Mne prykazal here are Sergey ‘ husband asked me to grant him the certificate. I’ve been rummaging in her bag , and suddenly someone called him and I quickly went from there . I am sure to cops found out that I am a journalist who was just 15 minutes along with people whose feet are beaten and batons – then this video no one would have seen.

    Dec 02, 2013 02:23 AM

    for a while now gary has been saying the manipulators or the banksters, are trying to push gold down as far as they can so when the gold market turns, it will generate huge profits in the miners. if they control the market what has taken them so long to push the metals down to these levels as an entry point, I understand what gary says when he talks about cycles, but if these people control the markets, I don’t understand why it has taken them so long to push the metals low enough for an entry point

      Dec 02, 2013 02:29 AM

      The market is bigger than the banksters. They can heavily influence the market for periods of time, but they do not control it.
      If the June low doesn’t hold, I think the $1125 area likely will.

        Dec 02, 2013 02:40 AM

        I still don’t think that we will go that low Matthew.

        But, in this crazy world, who really knows?

          NYC
          Dec 02, 2013 02:32 PM

          could be tricky Al this week with Job Day Friday… i am hoping for a plunge down tonight that will bring us below 1180 and that may mark the low? The GDX will turn up big 1st

      Dec 02, 2013 02:40 AM

      Mr. Weber,

      You bring up an interesting point.

    Dec 02, 2013 02:26 AM

    Most mines in South Africa won’t be able to run with gold price being below 1100 unless unless the rand weakens substantially.
    Many companies and esp exploration ones will most likely have to close shop unless they have a lot of capital funding.

    I basically think the newer generations don’t care about gold and don’t see it as a store of value. I think the days of gold being a safe haven are over, if anything it might destroy your portfolio if you holding too much.

      Dec 02, 2013 02:32 AM

      I think all generations are dumb when it comes to gold (in the West, anyway). There is no reason or indication that it will cease to be the best store of value any time soon.

        Dec 02, 2013 02:42 AM

        Others could be correct Matthew, but I am pretty much in your camp.

      Dec 02, 2013 02:42 AM

      I have always said that we use it as a “store of value” but we don’t buy gold/silver and nothing else as our philosophy is “diversification”.

    Dec 02, 2013 02:39 AM

    Hi Gary S, are you saying that the 1030 could be out of the cards?

      Dec 02, 2013 02:43 AM

      It will be interesting to see what Gary says DGHH.

        Dec 02, 2013 02:22 PM

        DGHH,
        I think we will get a final bottom this week. In order for gold to go to 1000 we would need to have another daily cycle after this one and it’s now too late for that to happen plus that money flow number I mentioned last week is telling me big money is starting to position for a bottom.

      Dec 02, 2013 02:43 PM

      Gary has flip flopped and gold took its justifiably forecastabkle dive from $1250 and might not revisit there for a long time.

        Dec 02, 2013 02:34 PM

        $1223.26 as I write this.

          Dec 04, 2013 04:26 AM

          Hi Al and Gary,
          Sorry if you thought that I was sounding a bit critical of Gary. I didn’t mean to be. I know some people have been pretty hard on him for making his courageous call to 1030. I was just a bit disppointed that he isn’t still aiming for 1030. It made things more interesting!

        Feb 01, 2014 01:08 AM

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    Dec 02, 2013 02:41 AM

    Brett I don’t follow your reasoning. Sure some/many miners could go the wall and many living in cloud cuckoo land don’t give a toss about PMs. But how will that ‘destroy our portfolio?

    b
    Dec 02, 2013 02:22 PM

    Just woke up. What a surprise, I thought we “turned around” last week?
    Are we going to $1000 again maybe?

    Fed up Al? Is it possible people are learning the diferance between price and value?
    Maybe their tired of buying junk cause they are told to.
    Just a thought, on the other hand they just might be outa disposable cash.

      Dec 02, 2013 02:37 PM

      I think that Gary Savage tried to extricate himself from his $1030 call late last week and sought any excuse to get himself out of it.,
      It’s a shame because he sohould have stuck to that call. He would have been respected even if gold had say dipped to $1180 or below because noone else was really calling for that (except the other and richer GS of course).
      If gold had gone into the 1000s he would have been a hero forecaster.

      Dec 02, 2013 02:36 PM

      I am not sure that at this moment we are necessarily out of a “turn around”.

      Please, please remember though that I am not an absolutely insane goldbug who believe all the extraneous bs out there.

      I simply believe that holding physical is a good idea. I am much more interested in the various factors that make up the precious metals’ markets. That is what makes this so interesting to me.

        Dec 04, 2013 04:36 AM

        Maybe I take that comment back Al because actually Gary was much more cautious and guarded in his optimism.
        I note that Gary carefully called this an intermediate low on his Monday 4th December interview. Does he think gold could go lower in the future, say next year, even it makes a low in the low 1200s in December 2013? AT least the bulls seem to be putting up a bit of a fight here above 1200 but is looks a bit desperate. They haven’t even put a single positive X on the point and figure chart since late October. Conversely I guess it might be easy to miss the bottom if we don’t act when things still look bad!

    Dec 02, 2013 02:24 PM

    silver,
    “I think that Gary Savage tried to extricate himself from his $1030 call late last week and sought any excuse to get himself out of it.,”

    Not at all. If I hadn’t gotten that money flow signal on Tuesday then I would still be in the camp looking for 1000. That was a game changer and I’ve taken initial positions after being on the sidelines for 2 1/2 months.

    […] here Written by Gold […]

    Dec 02, 2013 02:46 PM

    Folks in this business one has to know when to lean against the crowded trade.

    Back in Aug. I said stocks were not entering a bear market and would at least make new highs with an outside chance of hitting 1800. No one believed me.

    In Oct. I called for a bottom in the dollar despite a Fed that confirmed they are never going to taper. Again no one agreed with me.

    On Sept. 3 I exited all my precious metal positions and cautioned that gold was heading back down. Again no one wanted to listen.

    In late Oct. as gold bounced I warned that gold was likely to break back below $1251. Once again everyone thought I was nuts and that gold had bottomed.

    Now I have a signal that’s telling me the manipulation has given up on trying to get gold to $1000. Why? Because the dollar is about ready to start it’s initial collapse. It’s just not going to be possible to continue to pound gold once the dollar breaks and starts to accelerate down out of the megaphone top.

    http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$USD&p=D&yr=2&mn=6&dy=0&id=p04601197660&a=326159943&listNum=1

    I suspect when I get the sentiment data tomorrow it is going to show a large drop in sentiment probably as low as 20-25% bulls. That is the kind of sentiment that can put in a final bear market bottom.

    All I’m suggesting is to get a 10% position sometime this week. Ricks 1212 level seems like a reasonable level to start. Then once we get confirmation that the intermediate cycle has bottomed one can start adding to it.

    Remember the initial move out of a bear market bottom is where the really big money is made. So instead of panicking like everyone else, maybe this time do something different. Remember the old saying “buy when there’s blood in the streets”. There’s enough blood to warrant at least an initial 10% position.

      Dec 02, 2013 02:39 PM

      Thanks Gary

    Dec 02, 2013 02:48 PM

    Folks in this business one has to know when to lean against the crowded trade…..(lean or fall over pushing a string?)

    Back in Aug. I said………

    On Sept. 3…..

    In late Oct….

    I suspect when….

    Here are the facts…….

    From the beginning……

    Like I said…..

    All this blather is just hilarious. And the above was just the past 24 hrs. If I had more time i would show you more of the exact same nonsense from this clown act Gary over the past 3 years.

    Ya know all that really counts folks?

    RESULTS.

    Gary has no positive results during any of this time and it’s why he $h[t canned his portfolios numerous times. He knew he was never getting out from under it and the thoughts of having to stare at a negative return for the past 3 years was more than a normal CON can take while the market and EVERY assets class BUT the garbage he is in is running away.

    You couldn’t really be this wrong if you had to, yet here we have a guy do just that!

    Hilarious.

      Dec 02, 2013 02:34 PM

      I couldn’t agree more. If Gary has any subscribers left, then P.T. Barnum is rolling over in his grave and laughing his ass off! The wheels fell off of Gary’s cycles a long time ago! Anyone can pretend to be a guru if they are allowed to remove a portfolio every time a portfolio fails. There is a reason why people like Gary don’t manage money in real life, and it is not due to the “hassle” of having to dealing directly with clients….it is due to the inability to effectively manage money. I would rather stuff my Federal Reserve Notes into a mattress than deploy that capital to follow Gary’s trades. If Gary were to show me real results, then I would change my mind…but we know damned well that isn’t ever going to happen. I would rather flip a coin to determine the direction of the market….at least the coin is only going to be wrong 50% of the time! 🙂

        Dec 03, 2013 03:56 AM

        Again Gold Hard Truth, I have to stress that an opinion is just that an opinion.

        What is wrong with Gary give an opinion?

          Dec 03, 2013 03:15 PM

          Nothing wrong with giving an opinion, but he also claimed to know what he is doing with regard to trading profitably and that hasn’t, shall we say, exactly worked out well. (to put it mildly)

          Dec 03, 2013 03:50 PM

          Al,

          Gary is not just giving opinions, please read my comment below.

      Dec 03, 2013 03:47 AM

      I don’t think it is fair to call Gary a “con”, Spinkter.

      Here is why. Purely and simply he is doing nothing more than giving an opinion.

      Everyone gives opinions. Is everyone a “con”?

        Dec 03, 2013 03:14 PM

        Shutting down model portfolios to hide losses isn’t exactly an example of honesty.

        Dec 03, 2013 03:49 PM

        Al,

        Sorry but I have to disagree with you. Most of the bloggers here give opinions.

        Gary is charging for financial advice and advertising his services in this blog. Sorry but it is entirely different.

        He always states “I advised my subscribers” ; there you go: i.e.: financial advice with a fee (subscribers).

        I really hope you can tell the difference between “opinions” and what Mr. Savage is doing.

    hal
    Dec 02, 2013 02:22 PM

    my 2 cents worth: trying to forecast this market in PM has taken its toll on many a forecaster. Trading this market is likewise rather difficult unless you are on the inside.

    The reason you buy metals and hold them is the longer term eventual problems caused by debasement.

    I have a diversified portfolio of wants vs needs–metals, commodities water energy etc–and with 3 products hedge that so I can get out fast with a few clicks–nothing is perfect but you have to figure out what works for you.

    I am pretty sure things are not going to end well and when this reverses gold should be running much much higher

      Dec 03, 2013 03:51 AM

      Thanks Hal. Another diversifier!

    Dec 02, 2013 02:59 PM

    screw gold. you should all be buying bitcoin.

      Dec 02, 2013 02:12 PM

      That’s a silly suggestion jk. The two are at opposite ends of the risk spectrum.

    Dec 02, 2013 02:29 PM

    How are those silver LEAPS doing for you Gary?

      Dec 03, 2013 03:53 AM

      I just bought them. I’ll let you know in a couple of months.

        Dec 03, 2013 03:43 AM

        http://www.cxoadvisory.com/14562/individual-gurus/gary-savage-tracking-smart-money/

        41.9% documented accuracy for more than 5 years in a row. Dispute what?
        Well done boy!

        I would rather flip a coin; at least I would get 50% accuracy.

        But why bother? You will tell me that that ranking site makes no sense and call me a troll. You should be prosecuted man.

        Dec 03, 2013 03:26 AM

        You bought them a year ago and they are now worthless.

          Dec 03, 2013 03:11 PM

          If you are referring to silver leaps, you are absolutely correct Mark!

      Dec 03, 2013 03:05 PM

      I have to ask you Mark, would you buy silver LEAPS today? I personally certainly would consider it.

        Dec 04, 2013 04:00 AM

        Yes, I’m referring to silver leaps, and no, I would not buy them now. I’d buy silver eagles and SLW. I’ve lost nearly everything listening to Gary, but my job is pretty solid so I’m saving for now, putting some into 3D printing stocks and needling Gary when I get the chance. He’s become a joke that gives me a badly needed chuckle. I like you, though, you remind me of my dad.

    Dec 02, 2013 02:54 PM

    It is really amazing that somebody like Gary Savage still has any subscribers left. And he keeps saying, “I was right”. I guess all the numerous evidence to the contrary does not count. Hilarious! Oh well.

      Dec 03, 2013 03:55 AM

      Pibe,
      Care to try and dispute anything I said in the above post?

      Feb 02, 2014 02:04 AM

      Sunirpsirg to think of something like that

    Dec 02, 2013 02:29 PM

    Hello there , many complaints about so called ” forecasters for gold ” which most had no luck since 2011 . Only 1 made it being correct so far :
    Martin Armstrong .
    Should’ve read him instead of all others. And yes, the $ 1000 level is expected and maybe even $ 980 .
    And yes, the bull market in gold is not over .

      Dec 03, 2013 03:29 AM

      Heidi, Your are correct Martin was one of the few that got the timing rignt, even if MR Gold said he was wrong.

        Dec 03, 2013 03:11 PM

        I believe that is what she said Bobby!

      Dec 03, 2013 03:07 PM

      I have to agree with you Heidi.

      I sure don’t see sub $1000 gold right now though!

    Dec 03, 2013 03:38 AM

    Gary, have you ever done a study over all these many years on just what percentage you have been correct with your “gold will have a (daily or intermediate) cycle bottom on the employment report or some other number? I would bet it’s not even 50%.

    Dude, you are a really smart & talented guy. I have big respect for you but your bad habit of betting on predictions against the trend is not very smart, nor a sign of one learning from their mistakes. We humans only learn through our errors. If there were no errors, there would be no progress, no evolution.

    Gold may be in a bull market but it is most certainly in a bear trend and has been since it topped in 2011. Therefore most bottom predictions/calls have been futile, incorrect and egoistic expensive endeavors.

    I do remember you calling for biotechnology to lead the next bubble. Excellent call. Too bad you didn’t bet on it or have your subscribers bet on it. You could have sold your gold over $18 or 1900, placed your winnings in any generic biotech fund or index & tripled your money since then.

    Bummer dude.

      Dec 03, 2013 03:31 AM

      Bruce, these guys make so many calls both bull and bear so that they can always find a day that they were right,
      Others however, never waver…..they continue to be wrong. (not going to mention the bygone guests by name here)

        Dec 03, 2013 03:13 PM

        As I have said many, many times: “Listen to all and make up your own mind”!

      Dec 03, 2013 03:52 AM

      Bruce,
      A particular event can only act as a trigger if the asset is in the timing band for a cycle low. For instance, if gold was on day 8-9 of a daily cycle then an employment report wouldn’t trigger anything.

      Dec 03, 2013 03:10 PM

      Yeh, that is a bummer Bruce!

    Dec 03, 2013 03:39 AM

    The consequences of QE is not generally seen by people. I think when that happens peoply turn to PM’s and then they wil move up.
    What happens if people people have a hard time obtaining gold because there isn’t any? And what happens when banks have far less gold in store they said they had?
    Also I believe they can manipulate gold/silver but they can’t control the market eventually..

      Dec 03, 2013 03:13 PM

      No, they cannot control the market indefinitely Robert!

    Dec 03, 2013 03:11 AM

    Wow, lots of Gary bashers here.

    I haven’t ever been a subscriber, but I’ve been following Gary over about the space of time he references in his comment above about his recent calls. And from that sample, I don’t see what people are so worked up about. I find his perspectives useful.

    Someone says Armstrong has been right, Mr Gold wrong. True enough. Personally, I don’t have faith in anybody’s ability to prognosticate what twists and turns the market will take over the next year or three. Seems that’s what the bashers want, though. The problem with that approach is, how do you know who to put your faith in until after the fact?

    What the bashers don’t seem to want is a trading approach, which means you watch the price action and have to be ready to act on a moment’s notice. And you need to know how to stop losses. To many here, that seems to be be perceived as waffling.

    Folks, be clear on your own approach, and own your decisions. If you don’t like Gary’s views, why do you even follow them?

      Dec 03, 2013 03:51 PM

      I guess that is my point Grady.

    Dec 03, 2013 03:50 AM

    Grady,
    Yes we have a couple of trolls that seem to have made it their mission to post nonsense. The problem is they simply can’t dispute anything I said in my earlier post and anyone who has listened to my interviews knows that to be true.

    It’s pretty simple. I suggest a 10% initial position. That’s not unreasonable and if gold continues to go lower one still has 90% of their capital waiting in the wings. If gold is in the process of putting in a bottom then we can add to the initial position once the turn is confirmed.

    Of course at that point the complainers will have to make up some other story 🙂

    ms
    Dec 03, 2013 03:10 AM

    Please just shut your mouth gary….one only needs to look at your public blog posts to see how wrong you have been

    Man up, you have lost your subs a lot of money. Least you can do is not spit in their face by saying how right you have been all along

      Dec 03, 2013 03:18 PM

      Couldn’t agree more, ms. If he is really a trading expert, let’s see the positive results….because all I’ve seen from Gary is just the opposite of positive results.

    Dec 03, 2013 03:33 AM

    Gary,

    How long do you think PM’s can be manipulated? At what point do they have to stop doning that?
    thanks

      Dec 03, 2013 03:09 AM

      endlessly crying & whining “manipulation” is a losers lament … you can not manipulate a global marketplace like gold or silver for 2 years! Ridiculous .. large hedge funds or the like can have there way for short periods of time only

        Dec 03, 2013 03:12 AM

        Manipulation is not the same thing as control. Of course there can be manipulation for two years —or two hundred. Government intervention has wrecked demand coming from India. QE (interest rate manipulation) equals intervention in all markets.

        It is pathetic, yet expected, that at least 80% of the population couldn’t care less about the destructive policies of governments everywhere. In fact, most are all for intervention.

          Feb 02, 2014 02:01 PM

          You got to push it-this eseantisl info that is!

        Dec 03, 2013 03:00 PM

        Would you call JP Morgan a little hedge fund, Bruce?

        Do you think there is a possibility that very, very large institutions can short gold; drive the price down; and, then cover at lower prices?

        Kind of makes sense to me that they can. Trust me, I am not a “black helicopter guy!

          Dec 03, 2013 03:50 PM

          I agree, Al; it’s just common sense.

        Dec 03, 2013 03:25 PM

        They’ve been manipulating it for many years.

        http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/minutes-of-kissinger-meeting-on-gold-1974

    Dec 03, 2013 03:34 AM

    Bruce,

    they allowed banks to lease out gold up to 6 times waht they had../ more magin requirements/ sell future contract in thin markets etc. That also sparked addional selling I guess

      Dec 03, 2013 03:02 PM

      The concept behind the factional reserve banking is wonderful isn’t it! (And I am not referring to gold here.)

    Dec 03, 2013 03:06 AM

    Gold is a bet on man’s stupidity & inability to solve the problems they create … equities are a bet on man’s ingenuity, creativeness, survival, prospering, ability to solve problems, etc

    from time to time, gold will outperform equities but absolutely not over the long run … gold/silver will shine again .. and equities will dump

    when? who knows .. not even Gary, as intelligent as he obviously is

      Dec 03, 2013 03:14 AM

      Since Nixon closed the gold window in 1971, gold has outperformed the Dow by more than two to one.

        Dec 03, 2013 03:33 AM

        that is quite the clever arbitrary starting point

        in that vein, why don’t we start .. say in sept 1980 .. gold was 834, today it is 1220 … roughly a 50% rise … the DJI was 903, today it is 16000 , a rise of roughly %1600 %

          Dec 03, 2013 03:48 PM

          Why don’t don’t we start in the summer of 1999? Gold is still up nearly FIVE TIMES while the Dow is up a measly 45%.
          Compared to 1980 or 1999, 1971 is really not arbitrary at all, and certainly not clever. The world’s first foray into a pure fiat global monetary system is a big deal, to say the least. It is entirely appropriate to compare market performance to the new fiat reserve system and the old gold reserve system.
          The two left wing parties forced this immoral socialist system on the world as if it would prove superior. The reality is that it was a default on the U.S.’s obligations AND a power-grab. The entire experiment has been funded by we the sheeple.

            Dec 03, 2013 03:53 PM

            It should also be noted that the Dow is not made of the same companies today as it was decades ago and that the gains came with much greater risk than gold. What would the Dow be if we looked only at the companies it was composed of in 1971, 1981, or even 2007?

      Dec 03, 2013 03:15 PM

      One for your corner, Gary!

      Dec 03, 2013 03:31 PM

      Absolutely correct Bruce.

      We just happen to be at a point where a lot of stupidity is coming home to roost.

      Once this gets sorted out, gold proper place in a portfolio will be back to a small % for a while.

        Dec 04, 2013 04:14 AM

        Grady your last sentence has always been my point. (Keeping in mind that the magnitude is for each individual! A lot of people forget that!)

    Dec 03, 2013 03:02 PM

    not only are you clever with your starting date but your index of choice , the stodgy Dow .. how about small caps or how about BRK.A

    what two left wing parties ? Nixon was left wing? and Bush Jr?

      Dec 03, 2013 03:29 PM

      Agreed–left wing?

      The left-right paradigm really isn’t useful. Some would call it fascism, some socialism. Seems like a mix of the two to me.

      I like G. Edward Griffin’s approach: Individualism vs Collectivism (communism, socialism, fascism)

        Dec 04, 2013 04:15 AM

        Guys, both parties are made of Keynesian collectivists who want to redistribute wealth and expand the size and power of the government. YES, NIXON AND BUSH ARE LEFT WING. WAKE UP.

          Dec 04, 2013 04:56 AM

          .maybe Matthew, but certainly not my party.

          Libertarian

        Dec 04, 2013 04:16 AM

        Again Grady I completely agree with your last quote from Griffin!