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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
A beginner's guide to investing in Gold  |
| One’s motivation for buying gold is fundamental to deciding in which form you should buy it. Are you a speculator, investor or saver? Do you wish to take a short term speculative position in gold? Are you investing for the short, medium or long term? Or are you diversifying, saving or using gold as a form of financial insurance?Wednesday, March 3, 2021 |
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 | Julian D. W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster |
| Gold and Silver Market Morning: Jan 25 2017 - Gold and Silver consolidating! |
| Gold Today–New York closed at $1,209.90on the 24th January after closing at $1,215.30 on the 23rd January.London opened at $1,203.25 today.Overall the dollar was stronger against global currencies early today. Before London’s opening: -The $: € was stronger at $1.0724: €1 from $1.0752: €1 yesterday.-The Dollar index was stronger at 100.31 from 100.20 yesterday. -The Yen was weaker at 113.69:$1 from yesterday’s 113.24 against the dollar. -The Yuan was weaker at 6.8766: $1, from 6.8534: $1, yesterSunday, January 24, 2021 |
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 | Perth Mint Blog - Perth Mint Blog. |
| Precious metal units of measure explained |
| The precious metals industry uses the troy ounce as its basic unit of measure, even in countries who have adopted the metric system. A troy ounce is heavier than the more common avoirdupois ounce. While there is a difference between a troy ounce and an ounce, the precious metals industry often uses “ounce” and the abbreviation “oz” rather than “troy ounce” and “ozt”. As a result, when you see “ounce” and “oz” used in the context of precious metals, assume the reference is to troy ounces. When reSunday, November 15, 2020 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| The London Bullion Market Association |
| The LBMA, or London Bullion Market Association, offers "over-the-counter" (OTC) wholesale trading of gold and silver bullion between members.
The LBMA operates the worlds largest OTC gold market, trading an average of $13.9 billion worth of bullion (equivalent to 18.3 million ounces, or 52,875 Good Delivery bars) each day. Because of its importance to the global bullion trade, the LBMA oversees spot dealing in gold and silver for most of the world.
Gold traded by members of the London Bullion MaMonday, July 27, 2020 |
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| Jan Skoyles Real Asset Co. - The Real Asset Co |
 The London Gold Market: What’s behind the smoke and mirrors  |
| In our last two major research pieces we have been looking at the working parts of the gold market and where the heart of it lies. We’re trying to help investors understand where gold prices are really set.
Today we take a look at the London gold market, an older and arguably larger market than COMEX.
A couple of weeks ago we explained how we had ‘found that the COMEX was still the beating heart of the gold market.’ Since this research piece, Bron Sucheki, whose work featured in our last piece,Friday, June 26, 2020 |
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| BullionStar - Bullion Star |
| Your Weight in Gold |
| The traditional phrase “worth your weight in gold” has been used since Roman times, and is a well-known saying signifying that someone or something is very valuable, helpful, or to be treasured.
But taken literally, what ‘value’ would a person be worth if they were worth their own weight in gold?
For a given gold price, the answer not surprisingly depends on the person’s weight, so a more suitable and relevant question might be what value would an average person be worth if they were worth theirMonday, February 5, 2018 |
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 | Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| What’s Happening (or Not) at the LBMA: Some Updates |
| This article is in 3 parts and covers a) upcoming trade reporting in the London gold market which is being led by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), b) the recent publication by the LBMA of a Guide to the London OTC precious metals markets, and c) an update on monthly vault reporting which the LBMA and the Bank of England launched in 2017.
LBMA Trade Reporting
The lack of trade reporting in the London gold market is possibly one of the biggest ommissions in global financial markets, sThursday, February 1, 2018 |
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 | Chris Powell - GATA |
| As Asia takes over gold trade, World Gold Council considers standard for kilobars |
| LONDON -- The World Gold Council is studying the creation of a global standard for gold kilobars so they can be deployed as collateral in futures markets and potentially encourage demand, sources close to the matter said.
Kilobars -- 1 kilogram gold bars -- dominate Asian trade but a lack of transparency about their origin and the absence of a global standard hinders their use on exchanges elsewhere.
Clearing houses, some of which allow bullion to be used as collateral on futures markets, might Monday, January 22, 2018 |
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| Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| US Gold Reserves, Of Immense Interest to Russia and China |
| Recently, Russian television network RT extensively quoted me in a series of articles about the US Government’s gold reserves. The RT articles, published on the RT.com website, were based on a series of questions RT put to me about various aspects of the official US gold reserves. These gold reserves are held by the US Treasury, mostly in the custody of the US Mint. The US Mint is a branch of the US Treasury.
The first of these articles, published by RT on 30 December 2017, is titled “US gold ofFriday, January 19, 2018 |
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| Bullion Vault |
| Gold Bars Gain Further Over $1300 as 2018 Starts 'Risk On', Dollar Falls for New Year |
| GOLD BARS traded in London's wholesale market rose to 15-week highs above $1300 per ounce against a falling US Dollar as 2018 got underway on Tuesday, rising almost 1% from before New Year.
Global stock markets also gained as the Dollar extended last year's 9.8% drop against the world's other leadng currencies – its
worst annual fall since 2003 according to Reuters.
The price of whoTuesday, January 2, 2018 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| U.S. gold reserves are not good enough to be tradable, expert tells Russia Today |
| From Russia Today, Moscow
Saturday, December 30, 2017
https://www.rt.com/business/414610--us--low--quality--gold/
The United States doesn't let anyone see its gold reserves. Even if the Treasury has the number of billions it claims, they are not tradable, warns Singapore's BullionStar precious metals expert Ronan Manly.
The U.S. government claims to hold 8133.5 tonnes of physical gold in its official reserves. Fifty-eight percent is reportedly held in Fort Knox, Kentucky, 20 percent at West PoinSunday, December 31, 2017 |
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 | Jan Skoyles - GoldCore |
| Brexit UK Vulnerable As Gold Bar Exports Distort UK Trade Figures |
| – Brexit UK vulnerable as gold bar exports distort UK trade figures
– Britain’s gold exports worth more than any other physical export
– Gold accounted for more than one in ten pounds of UK exports in July 2017
– UK’s stock of wealth has collapsed from a surplus of £469bn to a net deficit of £22bn – ONS error
– Brexiteers argue majority of trade is outside EU, this is due to large London gold exports
– Single gold bar (London Good Delivery) is, at today’s prices, worth just over £400,000
– “TherFriday, October 20, 2017 |
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 | Adrian Ash - Bullion Vault |
| ¡Viva Gold! LBMA 2017 Goes to Barcelona |
| Independence a big issue as LBMA conference hits the Catalan capital...
THIS WEEKEND kicks off the precious metals chit-chat and all-round fun-fest of the bullion market's key industry event,
writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault – the annual LBMA conference...
...cleverly timed this year to take place in Barcelona.
You'll fTuesday, October 10, 2017 |
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| Sprott Money |
| A Massive Surge In GLD "Inventory" - Craig Hemke |
| Yesterday saw the 2nd-largest one day surge in
GLD "inventory" in the past five years. What does this signal, if
anything at all?
I think most everyone here knows how I feel
about the GLD. It's a scam. It's a sham and it's a fraud. Oh sure,
there's almost certainly some gold held in the HSBC vaults but how much
is truly, 100% allocated to just the GLD? Recall the whole charade from
back in 2011 when Bob Pissonme of CNBS was allegedly driven in circles
for hours before being allowed into tWednesday, September 6, 2017 |
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| Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| Mnuchin’s PR Visit to Fort Knox proves nothing about the US Gold Reserves |
| On the afternoon of Monday, August 21, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, and Kentucky Congressman Brett Guthrie took a visit to the vault of the US Mint’s gold depository in Fort Knox, Kentucky, a vault which, according to the US Treasury, holds gold bars containing 147,341,858 fine troy ounces of gold (4583 tonnes of gold).
The trip was notable in that it is one of the rare occasions in history that a US political/congresThursday, August 24, 2017 |
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| Sprott Money |
| The LBMA Is A Ploy of the Central Bank Community - Nico Simons |
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article is about the way the Central Bank Community manipulates the price of
gold and the role of the LBMA within. We describe some of the signs that the
Central Bank Community manipulate the price of gold and that they are using the
LBMA to reach their goal. Is the manipulation of the gold price a classic case of
Diffusion of responsibility because so many organizations are involved and
avoid taking responsibility?
Manipulation is a joint effort of the Central
Bank Community
The sigWednesday, August 23, 2017 |
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| Ronan Manly - Bullion Star |
| BullionStar quoted in Wall Street Journal article on New York Fed gold |
| On August 10, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article about the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) custody gold and the NY Fed’s gold vault. This vault is located under the New York Fed’s headquarters at 33 Liberty in Manhattan, New York City.
The article, titled “The Fed Has 6,200 Tons of Gold in a Manhattan Basement – Or Does It?”, can be read on the subscription only WSJ site here, but is also viewable in full on both the Fox News Business and MorningStar websites, here and hSaturday, August 19, 2017 |
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| Sprott Money |
| The LBMA is a ploy of the Central Bank Community |
| This
article is about the way the Central Bank Community manipulates the price of
gold and the role of the LBMA within. We describe some of the signs that the
Central Bank Community manipulate the price of gold and that they are using the
LBMA to reach their goal. Is the manipulation of the gold price a classic case of
Diffusion of responsibility because so many organizations are involved and
avoid taking responsibility?
Manipulation is a joint effort of the Central
Bank Community
The signsWednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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| Julian D. W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster |
| Gold Market Morning: August-10-2017: FOMC and North Korea |
| Gold Today–New York closed yesterday at $1,279.30.London opened at $1,278.00today.Overall the dollar was stronger against global currencies, early today. Before London’s opening:-The $: € was stronger at $1.1732 after the yesterday’s$1.1760: €1.-The Dollar index was strongerat 93.70 after yesterday’s 93.61.-The Yen was weaker at 109.98 after yesterday’s 109.75:$1. -The Yuan was much strongerat 6.6594 after yesterday’s 6.6782: $1. -The Pound Sterling was weaker at $1.2980 after yesterday’s $1.300Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
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| Julian D. W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster |
| Gold Market Morning: August-8-2017: Gold and silver steady |
| Gold Today–New York closed yesterday at $1,264.70.London opened at $1,260.00today.Overall the dollar was slightly weaker against global currencies, early today. Before London’s opening:-The $: € was slightly weaker at $1.1804 after the yesterday’s$1.1802: €1.-The Dollar index was slightly weakerat 93.36 after yesterday’s 93.38.-The Yen was stronger at 110.58 after yesterday’s 110.81:$1. -The Yuan was strongerat 6.7059 after yesterday’s 6.7190: $1. -The Pound Sterling was weaker at $1.3035 after Tuesday, August 8, 2017 |
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