Stocks And Precious Metals Charts - A Quick Look At Last Years Stock Crunch

Stocks hit pause again today, as 'investors' continued to consolidate their recent gains from baseless optimism about trade talks and other macroeconomic fables.

The Atlanta Fed has retargeted its GDP 4Q forecast to 1%. Well, at least it is still positive, right?

The denial over Ukraine 'quid quo pro' is crumbling quickly. The cover-up is shifting to diversionary personal attacks on no longer particularly relevant players. By 2020 we'll be seeing The Hansen Brothers debut on Capitol Hill. And that's entertainment.

Gold and silver are marking time after the recent hit by the Bullion Banks. They have a massive short poisition burning a hole on their balance sheets. I wonder if the hedge funds have the guts to take them on again like they did in the summer.

You know what to do by now.

And a pleasant time is guaranteed for all.

Have a pleasant evening.

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