The BIS And The GLD – Craig Hemke
“This would explain both the counter-intuitive crash in GLD inventory that began in late January as well as the counter-intuitive smash in price that…”
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Bank For International Settlements Gold Swaps Rose By 56 Tonnes In February
Monthly statements of account published by the Bank for International Settlements indicate that the bank is still actively trading gold swaps…
Continue readingThe Italians Want To Sell Some Gold: Well Now, There Might Be A Problem With That
Oops, another country did it again! Italy thought it had some savings in real, physical gold, but as the oh-so-true saying goes, “if you don’t hold it…
Continue readingA Former London Gold Insider Talks About Central Bank Gold Swaps And The Gold Price-Rigging
“…this process created a supply of ‘paper gold’ — sometimes but not always marked to market — that had a depressing effect on the gold price.
Continue readingIs The Bank Of International Settlements Using Swaps to Recover Central Bank Gold?
The Swaps make the BIS long unallocated gold and short allocated gold, which seems a strange position for the supposedly conservatively run central bank…
Continue readingBIS Gold Swaps Fall In November But Bank Continues Secret Trading
After soaring in October, gold swaps fall in November, but the BIS continues it’s secret activities…
Continue readingJohn Adams: The RBA Has Confirmed With Me That 99.9% Of Australia’s Gold IS NOT In Australia
John has an update on his efforts to find Australia’s missing gold, and he also has an important discussion on the coming Global Financial Crisis 2.0…
Continue readingHmmm: 11 Tons Of Gold Missing From Australia (Plus England Denies Australia Access To Its Gold)
John Adams investigates what happened to 11.1 tons of leased-out gold, as well as a new scandal with England denying Australia access to its gold…
Continue readingThe Gold Price Steadies And Rises As BIS Gold Market Intervention Diminishes
There have been two straight months of substantial declines in the BIS’ largely surreptitious intervention in the gold market. Here are the details…
Continue readingTrader: The Gold Market Works Just As All Other Markets Work
Understanding some dynamics in the gold market means that it can be traded, this trader says as he offers insight and analysis of the recent action in gold…
Continue readingUS Commercial Banks And Savings Associations Use Of Precious Metals Derivatives Is Soaring
Hmmm. It sure is looking like the powers that be are creating infinite money and deploying it against the metals in secret. Here’s why…
Continue readingGold Market Intervention By BIS Declines After $100 Gold Price Plunge
The BIS didn’t have to do much work in the gold market in August thanks to the plunge in the price in gold. Here are the details…
Continue readingBIS Gold Market Intervention Increased By 17% In July
“The increase came as there increasingly appeared to be a correlation between the gold price and the valuation of the Chinese yuan, both of which…”
Continue readingThe Fed & Treasury Evade Congressman Mooney’s Gold Questions, So Mooney Presses Even Harder
In light of what is essentially “beating around the bush” by the Fed and the Treasury, Mooney is pressing them even harder this time around…
Continue readingVenezuela Pays Citi $172 Million To Recover Swapped Gold
“showed that, despite a broad default on billions of dollars in bonds, Venezuela is meeting some financial commitments…” Here’s the details…
Continue readingCentral Banks DO CARE About The Price Of Gold And OF COURSE They Manipulate It
“Central bank gold price suppression is a well-documented fact…It also shouldn’t be surprising that central banks intervene…” Here’s why…
Continue readingThe Last Time Gold Swaps Were On The Rise Like This There Was Physical Gold Tightness
There’s only a couple of reasons for the big increase in gold swap and gold derivatives at the BIS. Here’s what those reasons could be…
Continue readingJeffrey Christian And Reuters ‘Discuss’ Venezuelan Gold Lapse To Deutsche Bank
Here’s the, eh-hem, details on the Venezuelan lapse on the DB gold lease…
Continue readingArgentina Leases 11 Tons Of Gold To U.K. In LONG TERM PLAN For Loans
Though Argentine newspaper Clarin says the strategy is to buy Japanese yen for the carry trade to speculate in the stock market. Here’s the latest…
Continue readingFund Manager: BIS Is Flooding Market with Physical Gold EVEN MORE SO THAN IN 2011
Backwardation and soaring demand, but falling gold prices. Dave Kranzler shows how the BIS has opened up the flood gates in physical gold even more than they did leading up […]
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