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| Gold / Silver | 61.99 |
| Gold / Oil | 14.77 |
| Dowjones / Gold | 11.04 |
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| Opportunities from Interventions |
| "The Fed wants to kill all signs of inflation to hide the damage they're doing to the middle class. First the Fed leaves food and energy out of the CPI, and then they get the Labor Department to lie about the figures. Their last trick -- smash the price of gold and silver. What are they going to do when the bond market (fearful of inflation) collapses? You can't fool all of the people all of the time.""Richard's Remarks," Richard RussellDowTheoryLetters.com, 05/20/2013"The CPI is manipulated, anFriday, May 24, 2013 |
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| INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WITH PRECIOUS METALS |
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Kavan Ratnatunga forwarded this article about traveling with precious metals. Thanks! he writes: "If I had read this before returning to Lanka with my coin collection, I may never have done so." -Editor
Imagine you are docilely going through the long security line at John F. Kennedy International Airport, headed for your overnight flight to London Heathrow. As your carry-on bag goes through the X-ray, a burly TSA agent is
The E-Sylum: Volume 16, Number 20, May 19, 2013, Article 22Friday, May 24, 2013 |
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 | Chris Powell - GATA |
| David Levenstein: Bullion bank-led casino manipulates gold price -- and everything else |
| The sudden dumping of huge futures contracts for gold on the New York Commodities Exchange is proof of market manipulation by a banking cartel as well as the complicity of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, South African gold trader and bullion dealer David Levenstein writes today at MineWeb. His commentary is headlined "Bullion Bank-Led Casino Manipulates Gold Price -- and Everything Else" and it's posted here:
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-independent-viewpoint?Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
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 | Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Gold Corrected on Weeks of Misconception |
| Yesterday was a particularly volatile and interesting day on the precious metals market. The sector moved slightly higher, then it soared, stayed high for several minutes and crashed. Stocks did more or less the same and the USD Index did the opposite. The likely reason? Comments from Ben Bernanke who said the Fed could decide to scale back the pace of bond purchases at one of the "next few meetings" if the economic recovery looked set to maintain forward momentum.So, what happened was markets dThursday, May 23, 2013 |
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| Bulllion Vault - Bullion Vault |
| Asian Gold Premiums Hit New Highs as Europe Urged to Start "Agressive QE" |
| London Gold Market ReportBULLION prices rose throughout Asian and early London trade on Wednesday morning, touching $1398 per ounce for the third time this week and recovering 4.4% from Monday's one-month low.Silver rose more steadily, and was capped below $22.80 as energy prices slipped and agricultural commodities held flat.Tuesday's retreat in the gold price today pushedgold barpremiums in Hong Kong to new record highs says Reuters, hitting $6 per ounce over and above international benchmark Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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 | Axel Merk - Merk Fund |
| Crash Proof Your Portfolio |
| With the stock market seemingly reaching new highs every day, should we worry about a crash that puts an end to the party? If so, how should investors prepare? Let us explain. Golden canaries in the coalmine?In the 1980s, portfolio insurance was all the rage. The idea was that one could always buy stocks, as derivatives could protect one's portfolio on the downside. However, things turned from bad to worse in 1987 when the linkage between stocks and commoditiesWednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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 | Jeb Handwerger - GoldStockTrades |
| Gold, Silver and Miners: Powerful Reversal Off Multiyear Support |
| I wrote nearly a month ago that "The
Worse Things Were For The Mining Sector, The Better They Will Get". This
was after the first downward plunge in gold (GLD) and silver (SLV) in April
due to the Goldman short.
Now four weeks later, gold, silver and the miners (GDX) tested that April
low and even fell below it only to reverse higher than the previous day's selling.
Across the precious metals board, we witnessed bullish engulfing patterns.
We witnessed a similar reversal backWednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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 | Keith Weiner - Keth Weiner |
 The Dollar is Going Up |
| Let's take a look at a few graphs of the dollar, from Feb 1, 2013 through
Friday May 17, 2013. Yes, I said graphs of the dollar. I've priced the dollar
in gold first (of course), then silver, the euro, and even the yen. The pattern
is obvious. The dollar is going up.
I did not show copper, lumber, or wheat though they show the same trend. These
commodities are not money, of course.
My point is simple. It's not gold that is going anywhere. In past articles,
I've used the analoWednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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 | David Petch - Treasure Chest |
| Important Update of the US Dollar Index, 3 Currencies and Gold |
| This article was posted for the benefit of subscribers on Wednesday,
May 15th, 2013.
I have included one Elliott Wave count of gold at the very end...it is not
important to understand the wave count, just the implied direction, which
should be hinted at the US Dollar Index. I was following a pattern for 5 years
that changed due to one small thing that happened and was discussed for a
few months now. Since it happened, it was a game changer and has important
consequences for eveTuesday, May 21, 2013 |
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| Bullion Vault |
| Fresh Plunge in Precious Metals "Natural" as Bearish Money Managers Hold "Upper Hand" Ov |
| WHOLESALE PRICESforgold and silver rallied from a fresh plunge in early London dealing on Monday,rising to stand unchanged and 2.3% lower respectively from the end of lastweek's trade by lunchtime.Asian stock markets closed sharply higher, even as the Japanese Yen reversedFriday's drop to new 4-year lows against the US Dollar.Commodities ticked lower as did major government bonds. Silver prices todaytouched the lowest level in 44 months, dropping within 25¢ of $20 per ounce.This morning London'sMonday, May 20, 2013 |
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 | Chris Ciovacco - Ciovacco Capital Management |
| Will Wednesday's Fed Minutes Spark Sell-Off? |
| Since the S&P 500 made an intraday low of 1,536 on April 18, the widely-followed
stock index has tacked on 130 points and the markets have migrated back to
full-bore risk-on mode.
Wednesday Winddown?
Two key events this Wednesday could give investors an excuse to book some
profits:
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak before Congress.
Fed minutes are due to be released.
There appears to be little evidence to suggest Bernanke will drift from his
recent guardedMonday, May 20, 2013 |
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 | John Rubino - Dollar Collapse |
| When Hedge Funds Go Short, Gold Goes Up |
| Bloomberg is reporting on the rising number of hedge funds shorting gold:
Gold
Bear Bets Reach Record as Soros Cuts Holdings
Hedge-fund managers are making the biggest ever bet against gold as billionaire
George Soros sold holdings last quarter and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicted
more declines after the longest slump in four years.
The funds and other large speculators held 74,432 so-called short contracts
on May 14, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data shMonday, May 20, 2013 |
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 | Jesse - Le Café Américain |
| Gold and Silver Futures Hourly Charts - Sharks With Laser Beams |
| There is not much doubt in my mind that the antics we saw in the silver, and to a lesser extent gold, markets last night were a classic hit and run, Dr. Evil market play.
It is not particularly sophisticated, more like a brazen street con, or a smash and grab. But it does require a complacent regulatory environment, and a certain regard for fellow insiders who are in a position to see what has happened and raise objections with regulators and the exchanges.
One hits a quiet market with a veryMonday, May 20, 2013 |
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