Why The Market Is Worried About Gold

Stocks and
Treasuries finished lower today.

Equity

The Nasdaq
future
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was up 2.00 1307.00. The S&P 500 contract
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was up 1.00 to close at 993.00, and the Dow
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was down
23
at 9320.

Fixed Income

The 10
year futures contract
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was up -155 to close at 110-230; the 30 year
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was down by -28 to close at 106-07; and the five year note was down by 0-90 at 111-015
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Metals

August gold
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was down by .10 at 361.40
amid concerns that the currently high levels of long contracts, which is at
89,998 speculative contracts, is due for a wash out. Silver
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was down by .20 at 499.0. Copper was
up by .15 at 80.45
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, and aluminum
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was down by .0065
.6625.

Energy

August crude
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oil was down .13 to close at 31.43. Natural gas was
down by .050 to close at 5.033
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Currencies

The USD index
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was lower by .07 to close
at 98.93.