Supply & Demand

Scatterplot charts showing the relationship between the Dow Industrials Index & Gold for the last 200 years.

To understand the price of gold, the relevant supply is the total supply, not the new supply coming to market during the last year, week or month.

With virtually empty gold vaults, the central banks and bullion banks are now becoming desperate. The action we are seeing in the paper gold market with the recent $50 takedown is yet more proof of the corner that the gold manipulators have put themselves into by having virtually no physical gol...

The total topped 100 million ounces in late 2012 & over the sell-off in the gold price fell to a low just under 70 million ounces (30% decline)

United States is one of the most important players in the gold market. It is, in my opinion, the most anti-gold country of all the major five players.

Silver COT positions are still increasing whilst gold's COTs are slowing.

The precious metals market participants met yesterday (Monday) in London under the auspices of the World Gold Council (WGC) to discuss modernisation of the benchmark golf fixing mechanism, the London Gold Fix.

Money Managers are piling on long (Hedge Funds?) And the Commercials are going short as JPM has to hedge the positions sold to the longs.

It was silver's turn over the last few weeks & now it's gold's turn to breakout this week.

Currency In Circulation vs Gold & Total Credit Market Debt vs Gold. Charts by Nick Laird.