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...the fed is printing money at near light speed, there is no good scenario of how it ends...

That's what we're hearing, and now they're going to stop. Last month the Fed. printed up $29B --of course last year's Sept. printing was three times that, and the record was Sept. of 2008 when $718B was printed. To tell the truth, the days of real high speed printing ended a long time ago.

...the Chicoms might act after QE4

Let me know if you can think of what they might do, though I got my doubts there even will be a QE4.

Good morning, a lovely day but yikes! Metals: g&s already down to $1206.76 and $16.92 w/ futures now seeing another -0.1.62%. Stock Indexes: increased trade volume w/ S&P flat and NASDAQ a -0.3% distribution day --now into futures @ -0.26%. So after yesterday's early profit taking in reaction to the Fed moves into today's econ reports:

Initial Claims
Continuing Claims
GDP-Adv.
Chain Deflator-Adv.
Natural Gas Inventories

Some headlines:

World stocks gain, dollar higher after Fed confirms end to stimulus and hints at ... Fox Business
Dollar surges as Fed ends QE on hawkish note Reuters - 10 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar surged to a three-week high, bond yields rose and gold fell on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve ended its six-year quantitative easing bond-buying program.
There It Goes Again — Russian Ruble Falls To New Record Lows
Well-Meaning Thinkers Are Being Seduced by VAT - Dan Mitchell, Forbes