Does this look like the global economy is heading to the of Peachy Keen? Yeah, it isn’t.
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As recently as December 22nd, precious metals miners looked ready to set the world on fire. As I pointed out at the time, they were coming up against an important resistance level (dashed line below), and the fact the inverted H&S had already been spoilted did not bode well. That’s playing out right now, particularly since we’ve got an island reversal (tinted in yellow) for both the miners as well as the junior miners.
Thanks to the infinite help of the US Government (now approaching $35 trillion in debt), JP Morgan has sucked at the government teat more masterfully than any organization in history.
Hurray, the holiday weekend is over! Your guilt-debt for 2024 is now at the 50% level, and after June, you’ll be done! So hang in there.
The Empire State Manufacturing Index came out, and let’s just say it’s a bit of a miss. The forecast was -4.9. The miss wasn’t -5.0 or -5.1. It was -43.7. So there’s your strong-as-hell economy for ya.