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| RATIOS & INDEXES |
| Gold / Silver | 61.71 |
| Gold / Oil | 14.74 |
| Dowjones / Gold | 11.02 |
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 | Jesse - Le Café Américain |
 Marking the Field: US Stated Gold Reserves and Gold Held at the Fed - World Gold and Gold Swaps |
| The US Treasury says that it holds 261,499,000 fine troy ounces in its international reserves.
The gold is valued on the books at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce. This represents a total value of $11,041,063,078.
Since there are 32,150.7466 troy ounces in a tonne, the US Treasury has 8,133.53 tonnes of fine gold on its books. Note that the number as presented on a copy of the official US Treasury statement shown below includes 'gold swaps.'
A discussion of the procedures and nature of goldMonday, May 20, 2013 |
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 | Mike Hewitt - Dollar Daze |
Hyperinflation around the Globe  |
| Angola (1991-1999)
Angola went through the worst inflation from 1991 to 1995. In early 1991, the highest denomination was 50,000 kwanzas. By 1994, it was 500,000 kwanzas. In the 1995 currency reform, 1 kwanza reajustado was exchanged for 1,000 kwanzas. The highest denomination in 1995 was 5,000,000 kwanzas reajustados. In the 1999 currency reform, 1 new kwanza was exchanged for 1,000,000 kwanzas reajustados. The overall impact of hyperinflation: 1 new kwanza = 1,000,000,000 pre-1991 kwanzas.Friday, April 19, 2013 |
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 | Bob Hoye - Institutional Advisors |
| News of Fresh Disasters |
| Rationalization for reckless behaviour continues:
"Because stronger growth in each economy confers beneficial spillovers
to trading to trading, [easy money] policies are not 'beggar-they-neighbor'
but rather...'enrich-thy-neighbor' actions."
- AP, March 25
That was Bernanke and it reminds of the big deal in the equity markets in
the late 1960s. That was duringMonday, April 15, 2013 |
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| Ben Traynor - Bullion Vault |
| Stronger Economy "Means Investors Lack Reason to Add to Gold Holdings", Cyprus Means Mar |
| London Gold Market ReportU.S. DOLLAR prices to buy gold dipped back below $1600 per ounce Tuesday morning in London, though it remained above yesterday's low hit following news of the Cyprus bailout, while stocks and commodities were broadly flat and US Treasury bonds dipped."We continue to target the $1625.77 January low despite Mondays sell-off," says Axel Rudolph, senior technical analyst at Commerzbank."Given the business cycle is in the 'recovery' stage, investors lack a reason to increaseTuesday, March 26, 2013 |
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 | Jeffrey Nichols - Nichols on Gold |
GOLD BEARS BEWARE  |
| Gold bears have been a gleeful group of late, pointing to the recent decline in gold exchange-traded fund holdings as evidence of investor disinterest in the yellow metal. Gold bears also see the market’s rather lackluster performance over the past year and a half - and the failure of prices to move higher - as further evidence the decade-long bull market has run its course.
Yes, gold has retreated some 20 percent from its September 2011 all-time high (near $1,924 an ounce) to its subsequent loWednesday, March 20, 2013 |
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 | The Energy Report |
| Shale Envy: Why North America Is the Global Oil & Gas Sweet Spot |
| The Energy Report: You work for a London-based research organization, and I imagine that you have a somewhat broader outlook on the oil and gas investment arena than most firms do in North America. Tell us a little about what you see ahead for energy markets.Peter Dupont: Actually, some of the most interesting developments over the past year or two have taken place in North America. North America experienced a production increase of about one million barrels per day (1MMb/d) last year, whereas oSunday, March 03, 2013 |
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 | Jeff Clark - Casey Research |
| "Bloomberg" Gold Report on central bank gold Misses the Mark |
| We read political and economic news reports like any investors does, but we also look for source data ourselves on important subjects. It's fine to let reporters gather information for us, but what we do with that information, and what happens if we trust it blindly, is our own responsibility. There are risks.A case in point is the recent Bloomberg report that Russia has become the world's biggest gold buyer. That may be true according to current official numbers, but official numberTuesday, February 19, 2013 |
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 | Charleston Voice |
| Confiscation: The Theft and Control by the Socialist State |
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is important for us to face up to the growing problem of confiscation,
since it is an ever-threatening fact on the modern scene.
In London, England, a 10 year old girl was taken from her mother by a
juvenile court. According to the Santa Barbara New-Press, March 4,
1966, "The child's only offense is to wipe her knife and fork with a
table napkin before meals." Because the girl persisted, and the
head-master barred her from "the school canteen," the motMonday, February 11, 2013 |
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| The Energy Report |
| Uranium: Energy Solution and Risk-On Opportunity |
| The Energy Report: Let's talk about the state of the international market for uranium. Profit margins for producers are still slim. Do you see a possibility that prices will rise this year? Cecil Musgrave: Uranium prices sold off sharply after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011, and have steadily drifted lower since then, from around $70 per pound ($70/lb) to its current price of around $43/lb. My charts say that uranium may have put in its bottom last November befoThursday, January 24, 2013 |
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 | John Browne - Euro Pacific Capital |
| German Gold Claw Back Causes Concern |
| Last week the Bundesbank (the German central bank) surprised markets around the world by announcing that it will repatriate a sizable portion of its gold bullion reserves held in France and the United States. To many, the news from the world's second largest holder of gold signaled a growing, if clandestine, mistrust among central banks, possibly fueled by diverging policy goals. The Germans have attempted to tamp down the alarm by highlighting the myriad of logistical, practical and historicalWednesday, January 23, 2013 |
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 | The Gold Report |
| Are Junior Gold Investors Living the Movie 'Groundhog Day'?: David Skarica |
| In your recent newsletter, you wrote about "screaming buys" in gold stocks. Over the past couple of years, many investors have thought that gold stocks have been too cheap to pass up?and have been burned. Is this a new position for you or has your view changed?
David Skarica: Unfortunately for gold investors, historic valuations of gold stocks linked to the price of gold have remained undervalued for too long. If you look at valuation metrics of large-cap gold stocks comparedSaturday, January 19, 2013 |
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| The Energy Report |
| Sam Wahab: Coal and Natural Gas Stocks That Could Profit in a Topsy-Turvy Global Market |
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From the coal beds of Indonesia to oil and gas fields throughout Europe, Sam Wahab of the London-based investment firm Seymour Pierce is a master at spotting investment opportunities in the topsy-turvy world of fluctuating energy prices.In this interview withThe Energy Report, he deftly defines the structural problems affecting gas and coal markets, while identifying some plays that demonstrate the savvy to come out on top.Friday, January 11, 2013 |
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| John Browne - Euro Pacific Capital |
| Central Banks Hedge Their Bets |
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Gold appears to be headed for an impressive price appreciation for the second half of 2012.Since the beginning of July, gold is up almost 10 over the same time frame.What is noteworthy here is that in recent months, fears of a worldwide recession have increased markedly.It used to be considered axiomatic that recession created adverse conditions for commodities (a reality that has helped push down the price of crude oil thus far in 2012).Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |
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| The Energy Report |
| Dennis Dishes the Dirt on Fertilizer Stocks |
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Dundee Capital Markets is building out its fertilizer and agriculture platform and sees good reason for investors to do the same.Yields from the big names in the space are driving investor interest, according to Carolyn Dennis, vice president and senior equities analyst, while exposure to the bigger names in potash can be a good defensive move.Friday, November 02, 2012 |
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 | Deepcaster |
| Trumping Tricks with No Treats = Opportunities |
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“I don’t see Silver going below $30…”
David Morgan, Silver Guru
Understandably so, David Morgan.
Just a week ago 3.6 Million Ounces of Physical Silver were removed from the COMEX Registered Inventory – fully 17% of the Total Registered Inventory of Silver.There are Big Buyers of Physical Silver.Saturday, October 20, 2012 |
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