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The 2 Horsemen of Goldageddon

Tuesday, 11/12/2019 09:56

Falling silver, a rising Dollar...

GLOBAL central banks have been pumping the liquidity spigots 24/7 and the US Fed is starting to go that way as well, writes Gary Tanashian in his Notes from the Rabbit Hole.

This during a time of supposed economic splendor and fruitfulness (it is these contradictions that are the windows into a ginned up, leveraged economy dependent on monetary policy) while the S&P 500 breaks through the bull turnstile to blue sky.

A real economy and real stock markets would not need constant juicing but then, even conventional mainstream investors know the deal in their heart of hearts; this massive bull market in equities has been aggressively managed since the 2008 liquidation (e.g. 7 years of ZIRP, QE as needed and global NIRP) and most maniacally since 2011 when silver blew out, gold topped and the macro-manipulative Operation Twist was set upon the bond market in order to twist its inflation signals, which had at the time been on the verge of getting out of hand.

Here is a view of the Fed's balance sheet, which had not expanded since 2014 after the Herculean efforts of 2008-2014.

But just recently, as the efficacy of Trump's fiscal policies have worn down we see our heroes sneaking back into action.

We've heard recently about Fed Repo maneuvers to keep market liquidity normal, but this general view shows the Fed stepping in again after stepping aside and letting the administration's corporate welfare and other pro-business measures do their thing.

Anyway, it is the Fed's (and global central banks') will and ability to inflate vs. the market's drive to liquidate. We have noted that the Silver/Gold ratio had started to fail and while not yet conclusive, this indicator of coming inflation (silver having more cyclical, commodity-like inflationary characteristics than gold) started to roll over on its daily chart after not having changed its downtrend on long-term charts (meaning silver continues to cheapen vs. gold prices).

Which brings us to an old theme that could be readying for reintroduction. If the Silver/Gold ratio fails it would then be flipped over to reveal one of the riders of market liquidity destruction; the other being the US Dollar, which not coincidentally was firm last week.

So it is time to at least be aware of the 2 Horsemen.

Okay folks, you know I like a good metaphor/mental image/shtick with which to make my points. An old one that newer subscribers will not have seen is the 2 Horsemen, which was my way of illustrating how the reserve currency (USD) had tended to go in line with a falling Silver/Gold Ratio [ie, silver loses value relative to gold prices] as the two riders of market liquidity destruction.

As with so many indicators in the post-2011 (and not coincidentally the post-Op/Twist) environment the relationship was rendered dysfunctional much of the time with respect to its ability to bring pain to the US stock market at least. But it did bring the pain to the various global inflation/reflation trades (while mostly visiting Goldilocks upon the US).

Last week the SGR faded as USD bounced again. As such, I think it is worthwhile to keep the Horsemen on watch together in gauging the probabilities of a positive or failing global macro trade and whether it could extend beyond the current vigorous bounce.

It is an open question as to whether the Teflon Don – AKA the US stock market – would be greatly and adversely affected.

Looking at the SGR upside-down by dividing the price of gold by silver instead, you can see during the last two SPX bear markets GSR and USD rose together, but during the post-2011 period they have mostly risen together along with SPX.

Now that's indicator dysfunction!

Ah, but the 'inflation trades' of many global markets, commodities and resources suffered, as would be expected. Given that the Trump administration is considered 'reflationary' and anti-USD, we can entertain the prospect that the US stock market might not avoid a similar fate to the global macro if the 2 riders ride again. For now we are in evaluation mode. But ain't it interesting, in a grim way?

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Gary Tanashian successfully owned and operated a progressive medical component manufacturing company for 21 years, through various economic cycles. This experience gave Gary an understanding of and appreciation for global macroeconomics as it relates to individual markets and sectors. Along the way, Gary developed an almost geek-like interest in technical analysis (TA), to add to a long-time interest in human psychology. Various unique macro market ratio indicators were also added to the mix, with the result being a financial market newsletter, Notes From the Rabbit Hole (NFTRH) that combines these attributes.

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