London metal trader and silver market whistleblower Andrew Maguire today tells King World News that Eastern central banks have used the recent smashdown in gold to acquire hundreds of tonnes and that the smashdown is actually a "bubble short position" likely subject to a "violent" reversal. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_Da...2013/2/22_Ma...

Meanwhile over at the Got Gold Report, Gene Arensberg notes the recent big reduction in gold holdings by the exchange-traded fund GLD and finds that the four most recent big reductions in GLD holdings were quickly followed not by a "death cross" apocalypse but by rising gold prices. Arensberg's commentary is posted in the clear at the Got Gold Report here:

http://www.gotgoldreport.com/2013/02/huge-gld...n-scary-buyi...

And market analyst Al Jolson's outlook has been posted at YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtkhJ1xqw2o