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The selling of gold we saw last week was another desperate attack by the
BIS and some central banks, together with the bullion banks, to manipulate the
gold market lower. We saw over 40% of annual production of gold being sold
last week which is 1,000 tons. The physical market continues to be strong
which I will discuss further on.
Western Central Banks hold less than 50% of official quantities
Obviously, the sellers had no physical gold to sell so they conveniently
dumped all this gold in the paper market. It would have been totally
impossible for them to do this trade in the real gold market which is only
physical of course. Western Central banks have no physical gold of any
quantity to sell. This is why they must fabricate paper gold out of thin air
in order to dump it in the market. In total these banks officially have
around 23,000 tons of gold. I doubt they even hold half that figure. The rest
is likely to have been sold covertly.
No major central bank has had an official audit of their physical gold in
modern times. Last time the US gold was audited was in the 1950s. A proper
audit would not just reveal that these bank have a lot less gold than they
officially declare, but it would also expose the true position of their gold
lending or leasing. Most of the gold they have left has been leased to the
market in order to depress the price. But this gold no longer stays within
the LBMA bullion banks like in the past. No, instead the intelligent buyers
of gold today like China, India and Russia take delivery. This means that the
leased gold now becomes a paper claim with no chance of getting physical gold
back. So what has happened in the physical market in recent years is that
central banks have continuously depleted their physical stock by selling and
leasing their gold with most of the buying having taken place in the East.
This transfer from West to East is the reason why Western governments and
central banks are desperate to keep the gold price down. Official gold is no
longer held in “safe” Western hands that are easy to control. Instead the
gold has been acquired by nations and people who understand the value of
gold. These new gold buyers also know that it is the best protection against
the total destruction of paper money that is taking place in our debt
infested world. And the countries that are now buying gold are not sellers.
Russia accumulates gold in spite of economic difficulties
The Russian government for example has been expected by the West to sell
their gold every time they are under economic pressure. But if we look at the
chart below, the picture looks very different. Since 2006, Russia’s gold
reserves have gone up almost 4X.
 
And it is the same in China. Official Chinese holding have
increased more than fourfold since 2006 to 1,800 tons.
China has accumulated more gold than any nation in this century
But since China has produced and imported over 11,000 tons of gold since
2009, it is assumed that the official gold holdings are substantially higher
than the 1,800 tons reported, maybe as high as 8-12,000 tons which would be
higher than the official 8,000 tons that the US holds.
As paper gold is dumped physical gold buying continues
So whilst the West is dumping paper gold, the East is buying physical. And
this is exactly what happened last week. Gold fell almost $100 on selling of
massive amounts of paper gold. But something very different happened in the
physical market. Mutual Funds and ETFs bought over 30 tons of physical gold
last week. In total these funds have increased their holdings this year by
over 46% or 900 tons to 2,840 tons. As we can see in the chart below, the buying
by these funds has been strong all year. When gold corrected by $100 in May,
their gold holdings continued to increase.
As some speculative gold buyers are becoming nervous due to another
manipulative attack in the paper gold market, the wealth preservationists see
this as a real opportunity to add to positions in physical gold.
We are seeing the same thing in our company with continued strong buying
from investors who understand that what we have just seen is another
desperate attack by the BIS and some central banks together with the bullion
banks. When this group dump half a year’s physical gold production in a very
short time, they know they temporarily can drive the price down. Banks can of
course manufacture unlimited amounts of worthless paper gold and sell it to
buyers who don’t understand the massive risk they are taking. But at some
point, holders of paper gold will realise that they can’t get rid of it at
any price. At that time, the price of physical gold will go up by hundreds of
dollars or more in a day.
Thus, last week’s takedown is absolutely nothing to worry about even if we
see a bit more pressure. We have seen these manipulations time and time again
in this bull market which so far has lasted 16 years and is likely to last at
least another 5 years and maybe a lot longer.
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