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The volume of Swiss gold exports to Hong Kong was multiplied five-fold this year

Financial journalist Lars Schall talked with German academic Tom Fischer, a financial mathematician, about the phenomenon why gold’s usual state of contango suggests central bank interference. Moreover, they took a look at the issue of the paper vs the physical gold market, and discussed other is...

We are pleased to announce that Dan Popescu has joined Goldbroker.com’s editorial team. Mr. Dan Popescu is an independent investment analyst and studies the gold and silver market and their future role in the international monetary system.

According to the Bank of Italy, of the 255 billion euros borrowed from the ECB through the LTRO, italian banks only reimbursed 15%, or 38 billion euros. So, there still remains 217 billion euros to be paid in 2014... and for Spain, the amounts are just about the same.

In this excellent interview Dimitri Speck explains in detail why central banks and bullion banks coordinated their efforts to suppress the gold price. He also explains the entire and very important post WWII role of gold and rigging of the silver market.

Are gold benchmarks being manipulated? The price-setting processes for gold and silver in the spot market are the latest to come under review from global regulators, with authorities in Europe investigating the mechanisms for both precious metals.

Don’t laugh, but Ben Bernanke refutes the fact that easy monetary policy from the Fed has favored Wall Street... he even goes as far as saying it has helped the middle class! Quote : « Even though this may come as a shock, I don’t agree. Our monetary policy has helped american households to impro...

The topic of gold market manipulation during the London AM fix is not new. Bloomberg has decided to break it down for everyone, as well as summarize all the ways in which just this one facet of gold trading is being manipulated.

Only 40 european banks have disappeared since the 2008 financial crisis, compared to almost 500 in the United States. The governments have decided to keep their banks alive, and this has caused the healing process to slow down.

Andrew Huszar: Confessions of a Quantitative Easer. We went on a bond-buying spree that was supposed to help Main Street. Instead, it was a feast for Wall Street.

Bitcoins : it’s new, it’s in, so to speak, and we keep hearing a lot about this virtual money that was created in 2009 and that is breaking record after record. What should we think about it?

This confidential 1974 memo to Paul Volcker is a continuation of the US thinking on the issue of the SDR, the fate of paper currencies, and the preservation of US control over reserve currency status

Even if its goals are laudable, a tough regulation always generates perverse effects. Such is the case with Basel III, and it’s a shame, because it’s the solidity of our banks that is concerned.

According to Jim Sinclair of JSMineset.com, by 2016, Gold will be $3,200 to $3,500 an ounce. Emancipated gold will be $50,000 per ounce.

The Euro which is a rubbish currency is up 8% against the dollar since July and over 65% since 2000. So even against another weak currency, the dollar is losing ground rapidly. And in real terms which of course is gold, the dollar has lost 98% since the creation of the Fed in 1913.

With the shutdown absurd showdown – temporarily – over, we are now faced with having to re-evaluate the U.S. debt in depth. Is it still a safe, risk-free asset, with the Fed backing it forever with new money? This is an important question.