(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers.) BIGGEST SOVEREIGN RESTRUCTURING IN HISTORY March 9, 2012 Greece has now finally pulled off the biggest sovereign debt restructuring in history. A ton of economic data has been released in China today.
This morning we reported that inflation has dramatically lowered in China. American gold bugs have turned this low inflation data from China on its head. The brand new interpretation is that low inflation in China is good for gold because low inflation will provide Chinese with more buying power and
Our algorithms are showing aggressive short covering in gold and silver. Gold is up about $30 from its low. Almost all of it is shorts taking profits. There is no change in our stance, but we will be carefully observing to see if real buying comes in.
According to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics in China, inflation has slowed dramatically. Stay short on GLD and HL. Those not in these positions should stay tuned to the Real Time Feed for potential entry signals.
First a clarification, the gold position taken this morning is a short position. In other words, the objective is to benefit from gold going down. Those interested in gold and silver may benefit from reading our morning post from today. Subscribers to ZYX Buy Change Alert and ZYX Short Sell
Consider taking profits on GLD tranche from yesterday right here at $166.22. Still maintaining 25% of the full core position size as a short. In view of the fact that momo crowd sold gold on hard data showing that inflation is heating up, trading gold and silver have become treacherous.
Taking profits on 10% tranche on GLD right here at $166.95. This action is in response to CME reducing margin requirements on gold futures. This means that the momo crowd is going to be able to borrow more money to buy more gold.
Yesterday a 5% GLD tranche was sold short at $170.05. Consider taking profit on this tranche before the market close today in the zone of $165 to $167. The reason the zone is so wide is because there is no way to predict what GLD will do going into
As we have been describing, gold and silver lately have run up on good news and run down on bad news. This morning gold ran up on the good news that Greek agreement had been reached. When the news crossed the wires that Troika had concerns about the agreement, which