Friday, February 22, 2013

Gold and silver rebound/Silver OI remains stubbornly high at just under 155,000 contracts./jobless numbers increase/Philly index plummets/WalMart states that "we fell off the cliff

"Gold closed up 60 cents to $1578.60 gaining all the ground it lost in the access market. Silver gained 9 cents to $28.79. Today was a slow day in news. The real exciting news is the high OI in silver. The longs in silver are basically impervious to pain. They refused to buckle under the massive' not for profit' supply of non backed precious metals paper. The pound continues to buckle and remains in the 1.52 column while the Japanese yen again comes close to to 94 level to the dollar. In Europe France's manufacturing PMI continues to remain in the doldrums and this was followed by a poor service PMI. The entire Europe's PMI remains weak with Germany the only country above water.

In the USA jobless claims again rise. Wal- Mart reported their quarterly report but most investors were interested in what happened in February. The company suggested that due to the increase in payroll taxes, investors just had no extra money to spend and thus sales "fell off the cliff"
To confirm the above, the Philly Manufacturing index plummeted from -5.8 to -12.5..."

at  http://harveyorgan.blogspot.com/2013/02/gold-and-silver-reboundsilver-oi.html

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