Here are today’s gold stock screens and data, along with cycle conditions and projections for gold and HUI index, and Chart of the Day...
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June 9, 2011 Special Update
Note from Doug: The latest Z.1 Flow of Funds, data through Q1, was released today at 12 PM EST. The balance sheet data on which Q is calculated have undergone very substantial revisions. I'll post a separate commentar...
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The gang in Washington and on Liberty Street is either very good or very lucky. The Treasury managed to dump $71 billion in new paper on the market this week, including $62 billion in intermediate and long term paper, without crushing either the Treasury market or stocks. It was truly a bravura performance. But...
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On the Treasury front, this week’s paydowns were only $13 billion, but next week the Treasury will swing to a huge negative influence as it dumps mass quantities of new supplies of 3, 5 and 7 year notes on the market. Depending on the size of the 4 week bill auction and whether or...
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Today’s report examines the latest Fed balance sheet data and surprise, surprise, the Fed had a little shrinkage problem this week. The cuts were particularly large in those programs that most directly impact the markets. If this were to continue, the market would take another hit. For the Fed to contract its balance sheet...
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The Treasury retired $30 billion in CMBs this week, putting cash back into the market. That cash put a bid under stocks and exacerbated the panic into Treasuries. The Treasury faces $40 billion in CMB expirations next week, and so far, there’s no announcement that they will be replaced. There are other signs that...
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