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Gold has been and still is a de facto currency of last resort. When everything else fails gold shines again. In addition, both China and Russia are preparing themselves for the possible collapse of the present monetary system by buying as much gold as possible.

Even though Switzerland is a very small country it plays a major role in the gold and foreign exchange markets and can create a shock with a very large impact that some call loosely a “black swan” event.

The People's Bank of China may have tripled its gold stockpile since April 2009, when it last gave an official number, which Bloomberg Intelligence estimates to be 3,510 metric tons, second to United States 8,133.5 tons of gold.

Interview with David Morgan (The Morgan Report - Silver-investor.com) on silver and its relation to gold

Max Keiser interviews Egon von Greyerz about capital controls in France, QE, gold and the economic and financial disasters wrought by central banks.

India’s official gold imports in 2014-15 stood at 900 tonnes — 36% higher than the previous year’s 665 tonnes, indicating households’ strong preference for the yellow metal as a savings option.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced schemes to curb gold imports and monetise large idle stocks of the precious metal.

France, Germany and Italy have all agreed to follow Britain’s lead and join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Interview with Guillermo Barba (Global Financial Intelligence): Gold and silver from a Mexican perspective

The billboard was from the Bank of China. It said: “RMB: New Choice; The World Currency”