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The BoE Refuses to Explain a Discrepancy in its Custodial Gold Reports, A Run on the Bullion Banks, The Fractional Reserve Gold System Is Closer To Collapse, JPMorgan Accused of Manipulation, Pakistan on Tuesday Temporarily Banned Import of Gold, How Falsified U.S. GDP Data will Lead to Much High...

« Forward Guidance » is the new « in » phrase with central banks. It is supposed to reassure the market a few years in advance so that it can « anticipate » properly.

The Bank of England refuses to explain what appears to be a huge discrepancy in its accounting of the gold it holds in custody, a difference of as much as 1,200 tonnes

While owning precious metals will be a very wise store of wealth and investment in the future, silver will actually turn out to be the “King of Investment Gains.” A good barometer of the retail gold and silver market is shown by the eagle sales at the U.S. Mint.

On Sunday it was incorrectly reported that the JP Morgan Gold vault on Broad Street had caught fire. Let me categorically state that even the world's best pyromaniac would most likely fail burning down a Gold vault. And let me explain why it is virtually impossible....

Rabobank Defaulting on Gold by Halting Delivery of Bullion, Paper Supply vs Physical Demand, Big Withdrawals of Gold & Silver From the Comex, Physical Gold Shortage Now Reaching Extremes, What If All Prices Were Manipulated ?, Gold Backwardation, Why Detroit is good for gold

Is there still « real » price discovery, today, and in which markets? This manipulation of interest rates by the central bank affects all prices, the same way price controls do in centralized states

There is an ongoing clash between the forces of paper supply and physical demand – paper supply has won the latest round, but its objective of satisfying and slaking demand for the real metal has failed entirely.

Grant Williams provides an all-encompassing collection of the facts, explanations, charts, and data of the whats and whys of recent gold price action

Physical Gold Will Give Investors Peace, Gold Wars, China Reportedly Planning to Back the Yuan with Gold, The Fed & German Gold Is Gone, Bernanke Tells Congress: I Don't Really Understand Gold, A New Danger Looming For Banks : Interest Rates Going Up

Rabobank has just followed in the footsteps of ABN Amro which effectively defaulted by halting deliveries of gold bullion in April, as the Dutch bank will close customers’ gold accounts effective September 1st!

The situation is untenable in Japan and can only be contained in the States and the Eurozone if rates go just slightly up.

It is absolutely imperative for investors not to worry about the short term irrational moves of markets and not to listen to government figures or central bankers who make political statements that bear no resemblance to their actions

The gold is gone. It’s been hypothecated and rehypothecated. Not only do the Fed and the U.S. Treasury not own 8,000+ tons, they probably own nothing.

Gold has played a central and positive role in human history since the dawn of civilization. Speech given by Ferdinand Lips at the University of St. Gallen on 24 June 2004 as part of the International Finance & Security lecture series.

Gold Prices Like In 1976, The Physical Gold Market Will Prevail, Bill Murphy on the Manipulated Gold Drop, Your Money is not Safe in an Insured Bank Account, The Golden Backwardation Rabbit Hole Gets Deeper, Gold Market Tightens Signaling Possible Price Recovery, Here Is The Investment Opportunit...