Trump's S&P500 Crushes Gold

Stocks jump vs. gold price, but only US...

HAVE YOU heard the news? gasps Gary Tanashian in his Notes from the Rabbit Hole.

America is going to be great again! The people have spoken and the man with the simple but catchy buzz phrase is back in office.

Pay no attention to the fact that he is going to use well worn and unsuccessful tricks of trade wars past, or that he is going to increase the already incalculable national debt trying to stimulate the appearance of "America great again" for the average Joe.

It's not going to work. You know it. I know it, and anyone with a modicum of economic sophistication knows it.

But do you know who doesn't know it? The men, women, machines and casino patrons that make up the sponsorship of the Good Ship Lollipop's signature index, the S&P500.

It is no surprise, given great-again America, that the S&P500 is the only equity/asset market on this chart that gold's standing is not still constructive against (along with many others not included on this chart).

This despite the utter hammering for gold. (Just kidding; it is a normal correction and would be healthy even if gold visits 2400, as is quite possible, if not probable.)

You might want to keep an eye on the first panel above, as it will be very important in determining if the markets are going to play the "America great again" theme straight or put a nice contrarian stake right through its heart in the coming weeks/months (inauguration day is a month+ away). Dollars to donuts when the president-elect talks about greatness, he is not talking about the US Dollar, because everything he says he stands for economically (protectionism, low interest rates, tax cuts funded by increasing Trillions in debt) is antithetical to a strong Dollar.

But so far, Uncle Buck has his own ideas as he waits for his fellow rider of liquidity Apocalypse to to decide on a direction (northerly or southerly?).

If gold does take over leadership from silver and the US Dollar holds this breakout and screams higher the indication will be that large swaths of the macro – if not the vast majority of it – will come under great stress. The correction in gold could be leading just that as the precious metals often lead other areas due to greater forward-looking liquidity sensitivity.

As for any bullishness in nominal precious metals and miners, patience could be needed. But the indication will be that oh yeah, the fundamentals are just fine and setting up for the ultimate contrarian play, after the damage is done and the DUST settles (pun intended).

So keep an eye on the relationship above. Break down, and party on. Go the other way and not party on.

I love this market right now because much like the good ole' US of A, it's got potential for much mayhem in 2025.

I'm not saying I love the mayhem. But I do like a fucked up market that is – by outward appearances – unmanageable. It can be fun if you're patient and then prepared.

Yes, pain, I know. Real people, real lives, I know. But I did not create this giant Ponzi scheme. I simply work with it and interpret it. It's my job.