Gold Goes from West to East through Switzerland
Published Dec 9, 2013 on Goldbroker
Almost all of the gold imported in Switzerland this year has been quickly exported toward China, via Hong Kong. The volume of Swiss gold exports to Hong Kong was multiplied five-fold this year.
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China Prepares For Financial Warfare
Published Dec 11, 2013 on Ingoldwetrust
The strategic ‘Game’ to preserve the USD’s global status is now focus of international political and economic activity; the US makes a new kind of non-military offensive against developing and transforming countries derived from her ability to set favorable rules, an ability she possesses through?the dollar hegemony.
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A Gold Backed Renminbi (Yuan) Looms On The Horizon | Gold Eagle
Published Dec 11, 2013 on Gold-eagle
Renminbi Is Destined To Replace The US$ As The Global Reserve Currency…But When?!. A number of factors suggest that the Chinese government wants to make Renminbi internationalization happen by 2015. China has $3,300,000,000,000 (ie $3.3 Trillion) Total Foreign Reserves. Therefore, if China wishes to back the Renminbi with 75% gold, it needs a total of $2,475,000,000,000 in gold.
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Charts Of Interest: 2nd Largest Month Ever For Chinese HK Gold Imports, West/East Drawdown Continues...
Published Dec 9, 2013 on Bullmarketthinking
As hedge funds reduce gold bets to 2007 levels, and Barrick Gold prepares to forward-sell future gold production (halted in 2009 for nearly $6B charge), one might think that all the world’s gold is going “back on the shelf” in terms of both lower prices and greater supply availability. But as widely circulated within the ‘church’ of gold this year, is the story of lower prices and deafening Eastward march of physical inventories.
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The Eastern Lust for Gold
Published Dec 4, 2013 on Marketsanity
Many Americans consider gold a “barbarous relic,” but in Asia, the yellow metal remains the bedrock of individual savings plans. This means that either greater than half of the world’s population are barbarians, or they’ve held onto an important tradition that our culture has forgotten.
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What's Happening to All the Gold?: Video
Published Dec 13, 2013 on Bloomberg
Bloomberg’s Kenneth Hoffman reports on what to watch in the precious metals market in 2014. Chinese don't want US dollars anymore, they want gold.
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Volcker Rule Could Make Precious Metals Market More Transparent
Published Dec 12, 2013 on Ibtimes
If regulators strike the right balance in imposing the so-called Volcker Rule that limits bank proprietary trading, precious metals markets could see greater transparency
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Deutsche Bank under scrutiny in gold price-fixing probe - FT
Published Dec 12, 2013 on Reuters
German banking regulator Bafin has demanded documents from Deutsche Bank as part of a probe into suspected manipulation of benchmark gold and silver prices by banks, the Financial Times reported, citing sources.
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Fed to Explode QE Next Downturn - Can't Control Velocity - Mike Maloney
Published Dec 12, 2013 on YouTube
What's going to happen the next time there's an economic downturn? They're going to double, triple, quadruple (QE). Instead of making 85 billion per month, they're going to be making 850 billion per month. It'll go up TEN times.
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Here Are The Most Frightening Statistics As We Head Into 2014
Published Dec 13, 2013 on Kingworldnews
As we come to the end of a volatile trading week in global markets, Egon von Greyerz, the 42-year market veteran who correctly predicted that the Fed would not taper shared with King World News the most frightening statistics as we head into 2014. He also discussed what all of this means for gold and silver in 2014.
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This 2014 Surprise Is Going To Cause Gold To Super-Surge
Published Dec 11, 2013 on Kingworldnews
In the aftermath of yesterday’s rally in gold and silver, today Canadian legend John Ing spoke with King World News about a 2014 surprise that is going to cause gold to super-surge. Ing, who has been in the business for 43 years, also spoke about some other major surprises that investors should expect to see in 2014.
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In the face of an uncertain future, gold remains the best insurance policy
Published Dec 8, 2013 on Telegraph
The metal is the only store of wealth that has a proven track record over thousands of years, and as such it should be an essential part of every portfolio.
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Faber - The Asset Class Hated Even More Than Gold & Silver
Published Dec 10, 2013 on Kingworldnews
As 2013 comes to a close, Marc Faber spoke with King World News about the asset class that is hated even more than gold and silver. Faber also gave his thoughts on where we are headed with regards to inflation/deflation. This is part III of a series of written interviews which have now been released on KWN.
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