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United Kingdom Gold Imports & Exports 7 hours ago

UK flows for January. Continue Reading

EuroStat Gold Imports & Exports 7 hours ago

Euro flows for January. Continue Reading

Coronavirus pushes London banks to consider additional gold storage sites 9 hours ago

The five banks that clear gold trades in the London market are considering expanding their network of storage locations to other countries if it becomes impossible to fly enough gold in and out of London, said two sources involved in the discussions. Continue Reading

Chinese SGE Gold Withdrawals 11 hours ago

SGE withdrawals for February. Continue Reading

Chinese Gold/Silver Imports 11 hours ago

Chinese flows - Jan/Feb data was agregated - so they are split 50/50 to present. Continue Reading

Switzerland Gold Imports & Exports 11 hours ago

Swiss flows for February. Continue Reading

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

COTs this week. Continue Reading

Transparent Precious Metal Holdings - Gold/Silver 1 day ago

Flows this week - massive. Continue Reading

Famous Gold Bottoms 2 days ago

One must respect market turns. Continue Reading

Initial Listing of the Gold (Enhanced Delivery) Future - CME Group 2 days ago

Effective Sunday, April 5, 2020, for trade date Monday, April 6, 2020, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, Commodity Exchange, Inc. (“COMEX”or “Exchange”) will list the Gold (Enhanced Delivery) Futures contract (the “Contract”) for trading on the CME Globex... Continue Reading

BullionStar – Important Update 27 March 2020 2 days ago

BullionStar is still open for business and accepts physical precious metals orders | Bullion Stock Inventory Update | Business continuity update. Continue Reading

Performance Bond Requirements: Metals Margins - CME Group 3 days ago

CME raises silver margins by 12.5%. Continue Reading

LBMA colludes with the COMEX – To lockdown the global gold market? 4 days ago

While the gold price divergence of London spot and COMEX futures throws up more questions than it answers, trouble is brewing in the LBMA/COMEX market. Continue Reading

CME resolving physical gold squeeze with delivery of 100-ounce, 400-ounce and 1-kg bars 4 days ago

Tuesday evening, the futures exchange announced the launch of a new gold futures contract with expanded delivery options that include 100-troy ounce, 400-troy ounce and 1-kilo gold bars. Continue Reading

Palladium, platinum soar on S. Africa lockdown; gold rallies 4 days ago

Palladium and platinum prices surged on Tuesday, with palladium on track for its biggest daily gain since 2001 as major producer South Africa was locked down due to the coronavirus, while gold soared over 5% as fresh stimulus stopped liquidation among investors. Continue Reading

ABN AMRO abandons gold investors 4 days ago

ABN AMRO leaves gold investors disappointed, as the bank closes all weight accounts for gold, silver and platinum. Approximately 2,000 customers who have precious metals in their weight account at the bank have to sell them before April 1. If they fail to do so, ABN AMRO will sell their positions... Continue Reading

CME pushed to change gold delivery rules amid coronavirus lockdown 4 days ago

The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and several major banks that trade gold have asked U.S. exchange operator CME Group Inc to allow gold bars in London to be used to settle its contracts to ease disruption to trading, sources said. Continue Reading

CME pushed to change gold delivery rules amid coronavirus lockdown 4 days ago

The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and several major banks that trade gold have asked U.S. exchange operator CME Group Inc CME.O to allow gold bars in London to be used to settle its contracts to ease disruption to trading, sources said. Continue Reading

Huge spreads occurring in gold prices 4 days ago

The London Bullion Market issued this statement to Kitco News:. Continue Reading

Gold futures prices soar over $100 on London spot confusion 4 days ago

Trading has been wild Tuesday morning amid unconfirmed reports that London spot gold price quotes have become unreliable or have been pulled as U.K. market-makers shut down due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the U.K. government ordering the country on lock-down. Apparently, big gold traders and... Continue Reading

Gold bid/offer spreads blow out to $100 in loco London market 4 days ago

The bid/offer spread - the difference between the buying and selling prices quoted in the interbank market - is typically around 0.06%. That is tight ! Today however that spread has blown out to over $100 or 7% - an increase of over 100-fold. Evidently the lack of liquidity in the spot market has... Continue Reading

Performance Bond Requirements: MetalsMargins - CME Group 4 days ago

CME raises gold margins by 19.3%. Continue Reading

US Dollar Indices 5 days ago

For the USD bears. Continue Reading

Three Swiss gold refineries suspend production due to virus threat 5 days ago

Three of the world’s largest gold refineries said on Monday they had suspended production in Switzerland for at least a week after local authorities ordered the closure of non-essential industry to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. Continue Reading

In gold market coverage, Reuters confuses key points on demand, supply and pricing 6 days ago

Mainstream financial media, such as Reuters, needs to go beyond flimsy reporting, and actual make a distinction between physical and paper gold pricing. Continue Reading

Russian Gold Reserves 1 week ago

Russia adds 400,000oz in February. 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

The Royal Canadian Mint - Temporary Suspension 1 week ago

The Royal Canadian Mint is implementing a temporary suspension of production effective Friday, March 20, for a period of two weeks. Continue Reading

Point of No Return 1 week ago

Gold and precious metals mining shares are casualties of panic selling across all financial markets. The scenario is similar to what happened in 2008 during the global financial crisis (GFC). When the general selling exhausted itself in late 2008, gold and mining shares delivered superior absolute... Continue Reading

Swiss gold exports plunge as shipments to China collapse 1 week ago

Switzerland a major trading, vaulting and refining centre for precious metals shipped 2 tonnes of gold to China in February, down from 17 tonnes in January. Continue Reading

Banknotes and Coronavirus 1 week ago

With coronavirus sweeping the globe, central banks are updating their banknote distribution practices. Continue Reading

Performance Bond Requirements: Metal Margins - CME Group 1 week ago

CME raises silver margins by 14.3%. Continue Reading

The Demise Of The Financial System Is Imminent 1 week ago

Due to Coronavirus, the Swiss refiners are now cutting down on production as they must reduce the work shifts. At some point it is possible that production must shut down completely. At this stage decisions are taken from day to day. This is likely to lead to shortages of both gold and silver in... Continue Reading

BullionStar Update – The Window to Purchase Precious Metals with Fiat Currency is Closing 1 week ago

With a failed COMEX/LBMA price discovery system and unprecedented physical demand and supply shortages, the window for buying physical gold is closing. Continue Reading

Performance Bond Requirements: Metal Margins - CME Group 1 week ago

CME raises gold & silver margins by 16.7%. Continue Reading

Will Gold be the Last Man Standing as Perfect Storm hits Markets? 1 week ago

The turmoil engulfing financial markets is unprecedented in its breath and intensity. No asset class is immune, but will gold be the last man standing?. Continue Reading

Price Of Physical Gold Decouples From Paper Gold 2 weeks ago

By now it is abundantly clear that the physical gold market and paper gold market will disconnect. Continue Reading

Transparent Precious Metal Holdings - Gold/Silver 2 weeks ago

Flows this week. Continue Reading

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

COTs this week. Continue Reading

Gold Shortages – Price of Physical Gold Decouples from Paper Gold 2 weeks ago

BullionStar sees record physical gold demand in the enviroment of constrained supply. This has led to rising premiums on physical gold versus COMEX paper. Continue Reading

Infographic: Central Bank Gold Buying and Gold Repatriation 2 weeks ago

As central banks ramp up physical gold buying and gold repatriation, gold is emerging as the strategic asset of a new international monetary system. 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

In Gold We Trust 2020 Preview Chartbook 3 weeks ago

As a team, Ronald-Peter Stöferle and Mark Valek analyze the state of the global financial markets, monetary dynamics and their influence on gold price developments like no other. Continue Reading

Gold confiscation – Could it happen again? 3 weeks ago

In the past, democratic governments have sometimes required citizens to give up their gold. Could this happen again?. Continue Reading

Performance Bond Requirements: Metals CME Group 3 weeks ago

Gold & Silver margins raised 9.1%. Continue Reading

Comex Gold Margins 3 weeks ago

Comex raises gold margins by 10%. Continue Reading

Physical Gold Demand at Record Levels, Paper Gold Price Disconnect 3 weeks ago

The fraud of paper gold price discovery becomes obvious when strong physical gold demand says one thing but gold futures price direction says the other. Continue Reading

The Greatest Gold Quotes of All Time 4 weeks ago

People have treasured gold for millennia. They’ve draped it over the bodies. They’ve used it as money. They’ve even adorned their tombs with the yellow metal. As beloved as it is, it should come as no surprise that gold has been the subject of many famous quotes. Continue Reading