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| Gold / Silver | 61.11 |
| Gold / Oil | 14.16 |
| Dowjones / Gold | 11.29 |
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 | Clif Droke |
| When central banks buy stocks |
| The investment story of the year to date is the central bank-led financial market recovery. While everyone is aware of the impact the Fed's $85 billion-a-month asset purchases is having on stocks, few investors realize that central banks are making direct purchases of stocks. The implication of this new development is shocking. Bank of America stated that global central banks have cut rates an incredible 511 times since June 2007 in an effort at re-inflating the global economy. "Most centralSaturday, May 18, 2013 |
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 | Jan Skoyles - The Real Asset Co |
| Unveiling the gold market’s working parts |
| On the 12th and 15th April gold fell victim to a price smash.
Why this happened is something which is open to much analysis and theorising. For the mainstream media it was down to an improving global economy and the need to hold gold no longer existed, for those in the world of gold investment this was perhaps down to more of the politics behind the gold-market than the economics.
On April 12th 3.4 million ounces (100 tonnes) of gold was sold in the US futures markets. This was just for startersSaturday, May 18, 2013 |
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 | Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
The role of GLD and SLV  |
| In August 2011 I wrote to the Financial Services Authority to seek confirmation that the London-based custodians of SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) were being regulated as custodians, despite the fact that physical bullion is not a regulated investment. After some chasing on my part I finally got a response, kicking my letter firmly into touch. The FSA accepted that the custodians (HSBC Bank USA NA for GLD and JP Morgan Chase Bank NA London Branch for SLV) were regulated, buMonday, May 13, 2013 |
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 | Julian D. W. Phillips - Gold Forecaster |
| Gold & Silver Market Morning |
| Gold Today - Gold closed in New York at $1,472.60 up $20 in New York yesterday.In Asia, gold remained at that level. London held it there and it was Fixed at $1,469.50 up $15.5 on yesterday and in the euro at ?1,118.681 up ?10 while the euro was at ?1: $1.3136. Ahead of New York's opening it stood at $1,472.55 and in the euro at ?1,120.36. Silver Today - Silver closed at $23.91 only 2 cents down, in New York yesterday. Ahead of New York's opening silver stood at $24.12.Gold (very short-term)The Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
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 | Florian Grummes - The Silver GoldSpot |
| Gold and Silver |
| Update 6th May 2013
Arguments for lower prices:
Gold broke down from huge descending triangle and out of 2 year sideways
zone. The old support between US$1,520.00 and US$1,540.00 now is massive
resistance. It will take more time to regain this level.
Recent recovery in mining stocks seems to be kind of muted (but could
also be bottoming phase..)
Movement out of Gold ETFs might just have started
Seasonality for precious metals until end of July unfavorable
Thursday, May 09, 2013 |
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| Ben Traynor - Bullion Vault |
| ETF Selling "Key Downside Risk" as Gold "Struggles in Sideways Resistance Range" |
| London Gold Market ReportWHOLESALE gold market prices fell to $1460 an ounce Tuesday morning, around ten Dollars lower than where it closed last week, as the FTSE in London ticked higher following yesterday's UK bank holiday.Other European stock markets also edged higher, while the Euro gained against the Dollar immediately following the release of better-than-expected German factory orders data.Silver meantime fell below $23.70 an ounce, nearly 2% down on the week so far, while other industrialTuesday, May 07, 2013 |
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 | Dan Dontrose - The Fundamental View |
 Waiting For Confirmation–  |
| Gold and Silver have been the hot trade over the last month. With both metals breaking down there was a lot of money to be made on the short side. There has also bee a great chance to make some money on the long side as both metals continue their bounce. The only long trade I initiated since that sell-off was the break UP from the silver pennant when it failed. I closed that trade out at the end of that day (Thurs). On Friday we saw some interesting action with the market collapsing at theMonday, May 06, 2013 |
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 | Bron Suchecki - Perth Mint |
Not much of a case  |
| I stopped following blogger Dave in Denver when he wimped out of publishing a critical, but civil, comment of mine on his blog. Thankfully my readers persevere with him and have let me know he recently made the following post:
"A reader alerted me to the fact that Bron Suchecki, one of the proprietors of the Perth Mint - the notoriously untrustworthy and fractional bullion account seller - made the claim that there's plenty of 400 oz. gold bullion bars to be had on the world market. This isSunday, May 05, 2013 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Gold And Silver Bullion Coin And Bar Shortages Continue |
| Today’s AM fix was USD 1,476.50, EUR 1,124.95 and GBP 949.34 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,456.00, EUR 1,106.22 and GBP 935.07 per ounce.
Cross Currency Table – (Bloomberg)
Gold rose $8.10 or 0.56% yesterday to $1,466.80/oz and silver finished + 0.68%.
Physical demand for coins and bars internationally continues and is the strongest since the immediate aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapse on September 15, 2008, and the consequent global financial crisis.
Government mints, refiFriday, May 03, 2013 |
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 | Adrian Ash - Bullion Vault |
| Chocolate for Cocoa, Or What's Gold Really Worth? |
| Spying direction is hard enough in precious metals right now without confusing form and location...SO WHAT'Syour gold or silver really worth today? Like everything else, it's worth the most that somebody else will pay you for it, right here and now. That's the simple truth, as last month's crash proved all too plainly.There were no gold buyers in size on Friday 12th and Monday 15th April, not between $1550 and $1325 per ounce. But gold has found plenty of buyers since then, after finding a floorThursday, May 02, 2013 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| China Gold Mania - Coins, Bars and Jewelry Sales Surge 108% |
| Today’s AM fix was USD 1,456.00, EUR 1,106.22 and GBP 935.07 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,469.50, EUR 1,113.60 and GBP 942.95 per ounce.
Cross Currency Table – (Bloomberg)
Gold fell $17.30 or 1.17% yesterday to $1,458.70/oz and silver slid to $23.24 and finished down 2.60%.
Gold remains under pressure despite very robust demand and anaemic supply globally.
This suggests that speculators in the futures market continue to hold the upper hand. While this may continue in the short terThursday, May 02, 2013 |
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 | Ranting Andy - Miles Franklin |
| Reputations and Relationships |
| Read the Monday Afternoon Wrap-Up for 4/29/2013 and the Tuesday Morning Commentary for 4/30/2013
When I made my first PHYSICAL bullion purchase in 2008 – on eBay – I had no idea my life was about to change. Five years later, my lifelong connection with financial markets has been totally – and permanently – severed; and as Marketing Director of one of the nation’s largest bullion dealers, have devoted my life to PROTECTING others from oncoming, inevitable HYPERINFLATION.
Back then, I knew NOTHINWednesday, May 01, 2013 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Perth Mint Demand Highest Since Lehman Brothers - Refines Coins, Bars At Weekend |
| Today’s AM fix was USD 1,472.75, EUR 1,126.13 and GBP 950.04 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,472.50, EUR 1,125.51 and GBP 947.80 per ounce.
Gold climbed $13.10 or 0.9% yesterday to $1,470.40/oz and silver reached $24.47 and finished +1.8%.
Cross Currency Table – (Bloomberg)
Gold is slightly lower today after yesterday's consolidation on last week's gains.
Premiums continue to rise on physical product across the world to reflect a significant increase in demand and very tight supplies. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 |
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| Ben Traynor - Bullion Vault |
| Gold's Recovery "Appears to be Faltering", But "Diminishing Expectations" for Early End |
| London Gold Market ReportFOLLOWING a dip during Asian trading, the gold price climbed back above $1470 per ounce Tuesday morning in London, broadly in line with where it was a day earlier, with China's markets shut for this week's Labor Day holiday.Silver ended the morning in London around $24.40 an ounce, also little-changed from a day earlier, while other commodities and stock markets failed to hold onto gains from earlier in the day, while US Treasuries gained."Gold's recovery appears to be fTuesday, April 30, 2013 |
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| Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
| Gold market report: the metals get off the mat |
| This week it transpired that the fall in gold and silver prices achieved the desired effect of shaking some of the bulls out of their positions. The hedge funds who recently went short, if they were in on the game, will be closing their shorts; those that were not, got lucky and will do the same. Unfortunately for those that engineered the price-drop, people all over the world took the opportunity to buy physical in what they decided was a bargain offer. Official mints and coin dealers quickly rMonday, April 29, 2013 |
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 | Jesse - Le Café Américain |
| Matt Taibbi Discusses the Market Rigging in the Swaps and LIBOR Markets By the Banks |
| Derivatives and many real world calculations of risk and price are based on a relatively few published data, such as LIBOR.
Similarly, the 'spot' price of gold and silver is based in large part on the front month contract for gold and silver on the Comex. And those prices in turn have enormous leverage over the price of mining stocks.
Some have pointed to the 'physical market' in London for metals at the LBMA as the true price market for physical bullion, with their AM and PM 'price fix.' AndMonday, April 29, 2013 |
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| Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Mints, Refineries, Brokerages Out Of Stock - COMEX Gold Inventories Plummet |
| Today’s AM fix was USD 1,462.25, EUR 1,123.43 and GBP 947.79 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,446.50, EUR 1,107.07 and GBP 937.64 per ounce.
Comex Gold Inventory Plummet
Gold climbed $33.90 or 2.37% yesterday to $1,464.30/oz and silver surged +4.83%.
Gold has surged 4.9% in dollar terms so far this week and is headed for its biggest weekly gain in one-and-a-half years. Gold has recovered in all currencies and is up by 4.8% in euro terms and 3.7% in sterling terms.
Therefore, gold has Friday, April 26, 2013 |
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| Jesse - Le Café Américain |
| Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - |
| "If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will knock down everything that stands in its way."
Émile Zola
Gold and silver rallied sharply today from their deeply oversold condition, which remained so even after several days of steady increases.
Today was option expiration on the Comex and it was quiet. After the recent bloodbath I cannot imagine it would be otherwise. If I were of a maniFriday, April 26, 2013 |
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| Alasdair Macleod - Finance and Eco. |
 Physical gold vs paper gold: waiting for the dam to break |
| Introduction
In this article I will argue that the recent slide in the gold price has generated substantial demand for bullion that will likely bring forward a financial and systemic disaster for both central and bullion banks that has been brewing for a long time. To understand why, we must examine their role and motivations in precious metals markets and assess current ownership of physical gold, while putting investor emotion into its proper context.
In the West (by which in this article IFriday, April 26, 2013 |
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