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>Gold Bullion Erases $10 Bounce Despite French Election, N.Korea Risks, Imports to China Jump - Bullion Vault - 
I don't know how much I'd trust the listed GLD holdings. I always found GLD's structure to be a bit strange. They so famously claim that they are 100% backed but obstinately refuse to give investors access to any of the 'claimed' gold. Why? There are many profitable gold selling businesses in the world. GLD could even charge exorbitant fees for delivery of said gold but they don't for some strange reason.

The frequently referenced GLD subcustodian audit loophole makes me question this fund even more. What guarantees do we have that they have not leased the gold from someone else? i.e. HSBC. Are they leasing it to someone else? How many claims are there on the gold aka hypothecation? GLD's structure seems to be deliberately vague and intentionally flawed. GLD's custodian, HSBC, with their long history of fraud certainly do not inspire confidence either.

For anyone interested but have not heard about CNBC's Bob Pisani's visit to GLD's gold vault, I recommend checking it out. His visit is documented in a segment called Gold Rush: The Mother Lode. This entire segment was organized by GLD's management to prove that their gold actually exists but the gold bar held up by Mr. Pisani displayed a serial of ZJ6752. This serial did not show up on the latest bar list during that time. Cheviot Asset Management’s Ned Naylor-Leyland discovered that this "GLD" bar actually belonged to ETF Securities.


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Beginning of the headline :GOLD BULLION erased all of last night's $10 rally from 2-week Dollar lows Tuesday morning in London, trading back at $1268 per ounce as world stock markets extended their gains following the first-round of France's presidential election. With pro-Euro centrist Emmanuel Macron now facing the National Front's Marine Le Pen in May 7's run-off, "The presence of the far-right in the second round is a risk for the country," said current president Fran... Read More
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