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It appears the concept of the exploding "leverage" or default risk of the COMEX has now hit the mainstream media

Germany’s top financial regulator said possible manipulation of currency rates and prices for precious metals is worse than the Libor-rigging scandal, which has already led to fines of about $6 billion.

Despite its miserable 2013, latent investor interest in silver remains strong. This manifested in robust worldwide demand for physical silver driven by its lower prices.

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Charts by Nick Laird. The banks are long gold. COMEX gold just bounced off one of it's most oversold phases

What kind of game are the banks and the states playing? Here are four news items that should alert anyone still having faith in the european banking system.

The French government keeps rising taxes of all sorts; one couldn’t hope for gold to escape them.

Most financial analysts, including some who specialize in precious metals, analyze gold as a commodity however gold is not a commodity since unlike other commodities it is not consumed. Therefore, the traditional economic models and theories of supply and demand simply do not apply when analyzing...

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Quantitative easing causes an artificial wealth effect for the wealthiest, while the middle-class earnings are not improving

Debt burdens in developed nations have become extreme by any historical measure and will require a wave of haircuts, warns IMF paper

It is not necessary to have a high rate of inflation or hyperinflation, as we often read in the media, for the gold price to take off. Even deflation can generate a major increase in the gold price. The only negatives for gold would be disinflation and moderate inflation.

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We’re here at the heart of the conflict of interests that we have denounced in the past, e.g. the central bank being the banking sector’s regulatory organism : the ECB is judge and party.

Egon von Greyerz about the coming failure of the gold paper market, the importance of owning physical gold as insurance against a failure of the financial system and to protect against counterparty risk.

Deflation fears persist and, with it, the impact it would have on the gold price. Many observers believe the gold price would go down. Let’s try to clarify things a little.