Dedollarization

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...

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.

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.

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?

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.

Central bank gold is a reserve of safety, providing "fairly good protection against fluctuations of the dollar and risk diversification," according to Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB)

Gold price forecast in a new gold standard. The formula used by Nick Laird came from James Rickards. It's based on the rule they had in place in the early 1900's where the monetary base was backed by 40% gold

The dollar is very susceptible to losing its vaunted reserve currency position by the first major trading country that stops inflating its currency. There is evidence that China understands what is at stake; it has increased its gold holdings and has instituted controls to prevent gold from leavi...