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If gold is a relic of the past then why are central banks holding so much gold? Central banks hold, if we believe official statistics, around 20% of the global gold stock.

Is Mario Draghi on the verge of announcing a sovereign QE program? After joining together three recent events, this is the question I’ve been asking myself.

Switzerland Gold Imports & Exports for November. Largest consumer is India

Moments ago, as if to deter further speculation that Russia is indeed converting hard money earned from real resources for fiat paper, the Russian monetary authority made it quite clear, that at least in November, Russia not only did not sell any gold, but in fact bought another 600K ounces in th...

I wanted to do a review of the Swiss gold referendum on Monday just after the referendum but I decided to wait a week and analyze its impact better. I think I was right.

This news should have made the front page but it was hardly mentioned at all: Italy’s public debt is just a notch away from the speculative category!

Interview of Fabrice Drouin Ristori (CEO GoldBroker) on paper gold, stock markets and US Dollar

Very few people understand what Putin is doing at the moment. And almost no one understands what he will do in the future. No matter how strange it may seem, but right now, Putin is selling Russian oil and gas only for physical gold.

Russia adds another 600.000 oz (18.7 tonnes) to its reserves in October.

Exclusive interview with Marc Faber on gold, the US dollar, China and the Swiss gold Referendum