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Where are we now in the investor cycle? 1 day ago

So where would you put us now in the investor cycle depicted in the chart below?. Continue Reading

Gold/Silver - Futures - COTs - Commitment of Traders 1 day ago

COTs last week. Continue Reading

South African Gold Industry Enters Final Phase of Slow Death 2 days ago

The nation’s 130-year-old gold industry which has produced half the bullion ever mined on Earth is locked in the final stages of a decades-long death spiral. Most of South Africa’s gold mines are unprofitable at current prices. Continue Reading

French central bank and JP Morgan team up to boost Gold Lending 2 days ago

As JP Morgan partners with the Banque de France to expand gold lending out of Paris, bullion banks are having to look further afield to secure supply. Continue Reading

Transparent Precious Metal Holdings - Gold/Silver 3 days ago

Flows this week. Continue Reading

Venezuela officials seek meeting with Bank of England over gold repatriation 5 days ago

Two high-ranking Venezuelan officials are traveling to London with plans to meet with the Bank of England over the repatriation of $550 million in gold held in the bank’s coffers, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. Continue Reading

Chinese SGE Gold Withdrawals 5 days ago

SGE withdrawals for November. Continue Reading

Perth Mint Coin Sales 5 days ago

Perth Mint sales for November. Continue Reading

Arctic Trails, Winter Gales, And Gold's Secret Tales 5 days ago

The recent and shocking reduction in gold trade statistics under the new LBMA transparency rules (LBMA-i) suggests that over 80% of the previous daily trade reporting is no longer counted, or that the old metrics were drastically overstated. It’s one or the other. A decline in reported daily gold... Continue Reading

US Mint Coin Sales - updated 1 week ago

Sales for November - updated. Continue Reading

Turkey Gold Imports 1 week ago

Turkey imports for October. Continue Reading

US Mint Coin Sales 1 week ago

Sales for November. Continue Reading

Transparent Precious Metal Holdings - Gold/Silver 1 week ago

Flows this week. Continue Reading

Gold/Silver - Futures - COTs - Commitment of Traders 1 week ago

COTs this week. Continue Reading

This Holiday Season, Make It Silver and Gold 1 week ago

I believe this is a beautiful custom. Whether you observe Hanukkah, Christmas, Eid al-Fitr, Diwali or any number of other religious holidays around the world, gifting your children and grandchildren coins of precious metals such as gold or silver could be made into a tradition in your own family. Continue Reading

Gold Market Charts: November 2018 1 week ago

BullionStar's gold chart series analyses key trends in the global physical gold market using richly illustrated charts from the GoldChartsRUs.com website. Continue Reading

Grant Williams - Cry Wolf 2 weeks ago

Gold standard. Continue Reading

Gold/Silver - Futures - COTs - Commitment of Traders 2 weeks ago

COTs last week. Continue Reading

Why the US Mint once issued gold discs to Saudi Arabia 2 weeks ago

The U.S. Treasury once produced these odd 'gold discs' for the Saudi goverment. This post explores the reasons it might have done so. %. Continue Reading

Transparent Precious Metal Holdings - Gold/Silver 2 weeks ago

Flows this week. Continue Reading

What is the future of gold? 2 weeks ago

Simon Popple and Ross Norman. We'll be discussing what the future might hold for gold markets,. Continue Reading

Chinese SGE Gold Withdrawals 2 weeks ago

SGE Withdrawals for October. Continue Reading

JPMorgan Metals Probe Moves Ahead as U.S. Seeks to Delay Lawsuit 2 weeks ago

The Justice Department’s investigation of manipulation in the precious-metals markets at JPMorgan Chase & Co. spurred prosecutors to ask a judge to delay a civil lawsuit focusing on similar misconduct. Continue Reading

LBMA trading volume data confirms the paper gold casino in London 2 weeks ago

LBMA's trade volume data for the gold and silver markets presents more questions than answers and it is misleading to call it trade reporting. Continue Reading

London Gold Market Comes Clean: It's Not as Big as Thought 3 weeks ago

London’s gold market owned up to the biggest secret in bullion: it’s not as big as some thought and, for last week at least, smaller than New York’s. Continue Reading

Switzerland Gold Imports & Exports 3 weeks ago

Swiss flows for October. Continue Reading

US Gold Imports & Exports 3 weeks ago

US flows for September. Continue Reading

Russian Gold Reserves 3 weeks ago

Russia adds 900,000oz in October. Continue Reading

EuroStat Gold Imports & Exports 3 weeks ago

European flows for September. Continue Reading

United Kingdom Gold Imports & Exports 3 weeks ago

UK flows for September. Continue Reading

India Gold/Silver Imports 3 weeks ago

Imports for September. Continue Reading

Utah rare coin dealer accused of defrauding investors in a $170 million Ponzi scheme involving silver 3 weeks ago

The Utah Department of Commerce said in a Friday news release that Rust had fraudulently obtained more than $170 million from people in Utah and 16 other states in a scheme involving silver. Continue Reading

Transparent Precious Metal Holdings - Gold/Silver 3 weeks ago

Flows this week. Continue Reading

Gold/Silver - Futures - COTs - Commitment of Traders 3 weeks ago

COTs this week. Continue Reading

GFMS Releases 2018 Interim Silver Market Review 3 weeks ago

The silver market is expected to experience a physical surplus of 35.3 Moz which is substantially higher than the previous year. Net holdings of ETPs have contracted 0.5 Moz to-date, following seven annual increases in the last decade. On the other hand, exchange inventories have increased for the... Continue Reading

Gold Re-Monetization Is Much Closer Than Many Realize 3 weeks ago

Under Basel III, monetary gold now qualifies as a Tier 1 asset, and is 100% valued for the purposes of banking viability. Continue Reading

Gold And Silver Stocks Are Literally Cheaper Than Dirt! 3 weeks ago

Watch as Jeff Clark discusses the impact the world economy has on gold and silver prices and gives his top stock picks. Continue Reading

Bank of England refuses to return 14 tonnes of gold to Venezuela 3 weeks ago

The refusal by the Bank of England to deliver gold to Venezuela is politically motivated and unrelated to the spurious excuses put forward in MSM coverage. Continue Reading

Gold: Rising gold price vindicates RBI’s investment plan 3 weeks ago

The Reserve Bank of India’s gold purchase plan seems to be paying off as the monthly valuation gains have touched an eight month high with investor demand for a safe haven rallying the yellow metal. Continue Reading

At Some Point the Whole Thing Blows Up 3 weeks ago

The interview gets interesting (gold) starting at 21 minutes & running through to the end. Continue Reading

Chinese Gold Reserves 4 weeks ago

Reserves for October. Continue Reading

For The First Time Ever, Bank Of Japan Total Assets Surpass Japan's GDP 4 weeks ago

For the first time in history, a central bank has managed to print enough money to buy enough assets to surpass the nation's annual GDP. Continue Reading

Gold coins, hoofs found in 2,000-yr-old Chinese tomb 4 weeks ago

An archaeologist cleans the hoof-shaped ingots in an aristocrat's tomb that dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD), in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 17, 2015. Chinese archaeologists on Tuesday discovered 75 gold coins and hoof-shaped ingots in the tomb.... Continue Reading

A surprise jump in investor and central bank gold demand 4 weeks ago

At the recent London Bullion Market Association annual conference, the consensus opinion on the gold price for 2019 among 682 industry delegates was $1532 per ounce. The LBMA offers its opinion annually and it usually falls on the conservative side of the ledger. So its consensus opinion of an... Continue Reading

Macron tries to take UK's gold crown as historic rivalry is reborn 4 weeks ago

Paris has vaulting ambitions to capture a share of the world gold trade from London, reviving its historic role as a top-tier power in the international bullion market. Continue Reading

Major gold bullion manufacturer may issue gold backed token on blockchain 4 weeks ago

One of the most prestigious gold bullion manufacturers and traders in the world is contemplating the issue of a gold-backed blockchain token to enhance its business operations, they hold the relevant licenses in London & Singapore and have been operating for decades. Gold-backed cryptocurrencies... Continue Reading

Sharps Pixley Launches MetalsDaily.com 4 weeks ago

Welcome to MetalsDaily.com - essentially we have simply migrated to a new domain name which is, we hope, a little easier to remember ; in the next few months we have some new features we shall be adding to the site to improve the information we provide. Continue Reading

Bank of England Refusing Venezuelan Request to Return $550 Mln in Gold 4 weeks ago

The Bank of England is refusing to release Venezuela's gold bars, worth about $550 million or £420 million, back to Caracas, with British officials understood to have referred to "standard" anti-money laundering measures, The Times reports, citing unnamed sources. Continue Reading

Ex-JP Morgan trader pleads guilty to manipulating metals markets  5 weeks ago

An ex-J.P. Morgan Chase trader has admitted to manipulating the U.S. markets of an array of precious metals for about seven years -- and he has implicated his supervisors at the bank. Continue Reading

Venezuela seeks to repatriate $550 million of gold from Britain 5 weeks ago

Venezuela is seeking to repatriate about $550 million in gold bars from the Bank of England because of fears it could be caught up in international sanctions on the country, two sources with direct knowledge of the effort told Reuters. Continue Reading