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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.

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

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.

Investors should simply ignore the paper smash and continue to accumulate physical gold and silver because in the end the physical market will prevail.

Press Review: How Germany Disrupted the World's Gold Market, Gold Bug Bashing, Russia and China Building their Gold Reserves, « Draghigate » looming, The true importance of gold lies in its possession, not its price

Why couldn't Germany have the return of its own property for seven years? Think about this. And perhaps what is happening now will become more clear. It is all a part of the credibility trap, wherein past actions of officials must be hidden in order to protect careers and ensure the orderly function...

China Showing Some Cracks, Are Gold And Silver Finding A Bottom?, Physical Gold Market In Disconnect As Premiums Hit Record, Bull Market Far From Over, Russia Leading In Anti-Manipulation

What’s happening in China? The interbank market succumbed to two panic attacks, on June 7th and last week, immediately doused by monetary injections from the central bank, the People's Bank of China, but tensions remain.

There should be no doubt in anyone's mind that the fundamentals for world gold supply and demand have changed dramatically over the past ten years at least.