Friday, May 31, 2013

Sprott - A Mega-Panic Is Coming & Here Is The Reason Why

Eric Sprott makes a good point.  When depositors lose money, it's not just John Q. Public being looted.  It's also corporations and institutions doing business in that specific country.  CFO's parking their company's treasury will perform their fiduciary duties and withdraw their funds into safer havens.  The next question becomes where are these safe havens?

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/6/1_Sprott_-_A_Mega-Panic_Is_Coming_%26_Here_Is_The_Reason_Why.html

Is it fixable?

http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/is-it-fixable-4499/

Government: “A Seedy Circus … Perpetually In Debt”

http://www.economicnoise.com/2013/05/31/government-a-seedy-circus-perpetually-in-debt/

The 34 Words That May Have Caused Today's Crash In Stocks

A little truth serum from unlikely sources--bankers, tanks stocks.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-31/34-words-may-have-caused-todays-crash-stocks

Austerity About-Face: German Government to Gamble on Stimulus

The last hawks have caved to the doves.  Inflation here we come.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/german-government-to-test-stimulus-instead-of-austerity-a-901946.html

Asia curbs US imports of wheat after genetically modified sample found

Those betting against inflation will lose.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/31/genetically-modified-wheat-us-monsanto

The Current Level Of Physical Gold Being Traded Is Shocking

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/31_The_Current_Level_Of_Physical_Gold_Being_Traded_Is_Shocking.html

Sprott - This Is Why There Is Such A Massive Shortage Of Gold

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/31_Sprott_-_This_Is_Why_There_Is_Such_A_Massive_Shortage_Of_Gold.html

Jim Rogers: 'Nobody gets out of this situation until there’s a crisis'

http://www.goldmoney.com/gold-research/newsdesk/jim-rogers-interview.html

Apple Raises Prices for Some Products in Japan on Yen

Sovereign countries devalue their currencies as an attempt to stimulate their exports.  It's usually successful in the short-term, but the unintended consequences are higher import prices and inflation (despite official justification for mild inflation), which in the long run, dampens the economy.  And when all countries engage in the "beggar-thy-neighbor" currency war of devaluation, international trade stalls, even when inflation rises.  See Great Depression.  See today.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-31/apple-raises-prices-for-some-products-in-japan-on-yen.html

All Time Record Gold Transactions Reported By LBMA

http://www.goldcore.com/goldcore_blog/all-time-record-gold-transactions-reported-lbma

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Michael Pento - This Entire House Of Cards Will Collapse

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/31_Michael_Pento_-_This_Entire_House_Of_Cards_Will_Collapse.html

Trouble in socialist paradise

http://www.sovereignman.com/trends/trouble-in-socialist-paradise-11955/

Would It Make Sense For The Fed To NOT Manipulate The Gold Price?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-30/guest-post-would-it-make-sense-fed-not-manipulate-gold-price

West Desperate As Gold Heads East & Silver Set To Soar

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/30_West_Desperate_As_Gold_Heads_East_%26_Silver_Set_To_Soar.html

David Stockman: "The Error Of Central Banking Has Become Universal"

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-30/david-stockman-error-central-banking-has-become-universal

Why This Summer May See Huge Upside For Gold & Silver

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/30_Why_This_Summer_May_See_Huge_Upside_For_Gold_%26_Silver.html

Believe it or not, washing a car with university water can be an NCAA violation

I'm glad the NCAA thought this was important enough to penalize.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/believe-not-washing-car-university-water-ncaa-violation-201607788.html

David Morgan: "...we haven't found a bottom yet..." in gold & silver

David Morgan is short-term bearish on silver (after an expected relief rally into June), but long-term uber-bullish on silver, predicting $100+ silver prices.  He also likes the mining shares even better, but warns that under-capitalized junior explorers may have to dilute existing shareholders to raise funding.  He recommends miners who are current producers or who are on the cusp of producing.


http://youtu.be/6c-h-m0xbqI

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

It's Not About Obama...

http://www.alt-market.com/articles/1526-its-not-about-obama

Volcker Cautions Federal Reserve May ‘Fall Short’

Yes, the Volcker Alliance may stem from from noble intentions, and misguided naivete, but Volcker is still is spot on when it comes to sound monetary policy and controlling inflation--or more correctly, how inflation can get out of control.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-29/volcker-cautions-federal-reserve-may-fall-short-.html

There Is A War Going On Between Paper & Physical Gold

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/29_Rule_-_There_Is_A_War_Going_On_Between_Paper_%26_Physical_Gold.html

Understanding Gold Market Dynamics

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-29/understanding-gold-market-dynamics

Bank of France Seeking Yuan Liquidity Agreement for Euro Area

I've said it once, I've said it a trillion times:  the USDollar is doomed as the global reserve currency.  It will have to share that title (and responsibility) with other foreign currencies (and gold) going forward.  China has already signed bilateral trade agreements with Brazil, Russia, Australia, and all its trading partners to set up the yuan as one of those reserve currencies--only the yuan will be backed by gold (as will the ruble, as both China and Russia are accumulating gold faster than Justin Bieber is piling up speeding tickets).

Why should you care whether the dollar remains the reserve currency, a privilege and perch it has enjoyed since 1944 with the establishment of the Bretton-Woods agreement?  Because once dollar hegemony is lost, it will no longer be needed for international trade settlement (i.e. crude oil trade).  Foreign countries holding vast USDollars and dollar-denominated assets (e.g. US Treasury bonds) will dump them en masse, tanking the dollar in the process.  Import prices in the US will soar.

This, all thanks to the Fed QE'ing us into oblivion by printing trillions of dollars and pinning interest rates to zero (by the way, retirees on fixed incomes are thanking Bernanke for forcing them to eat dog food in their twilight years--which is one cut below the 48 million Americans on food stamps).

When will all this happen?  Nobody knows.  But Volcker is right:  our whole economy is based on trust and confidence.  The trust in government is already eroding.  But once confidence in the dollar's store of value vanishes, the "CON" in confidence will be exposed.

Since we're talking about France here:

Le numéraire dollar n'est pas plus, mon frère.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-28/bank-of-france-seeking-yuan-liquidity-agreement-for-euro-area.html

Volcker Sets Up Center to Examine Trust in Government

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-29/volcker-sets-up-center-to-examine-trust-in-government.html

Asia gold demand to hit quarterly record, absorb ETF outflow-WGC

More evidence of the transfer of wealth from the West to the East.  Citizens of England well understand "Brown's Bottom" when the former Prime Minister sold off the country's gold reserves at rock-bottom prices.  The Fed and paper gold holders are doing the same.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/29/gold-demand-wgc-idUSL5N0E93U920130529?source=email_rt_mc_body

Letter from "Steve" to the Volcker Alliance

“To whom it may concern: 

I’m writing you in response to an article recently posted on Bloomberg regarding the Volcker Alliance’s efforts to investigate the lack of trust in our government and other democracies around the world. 

I’m going to give you one big hint to start this all off. Mr. Volcker states in that article: “Trust in American government has been declining for decades and similar attitudes are evident in other democracies.”

If you all can actually look into this without bias or intellectual hubris and arrogance or making your determinations beforehand you will find a couple of things that are making people ABSOLUTLEY FURIOUS throughout the world.
1)    Fractional reserve banking.
2)    An impossible tax code run by the IR-SS. What’s coming next are uniforms and salutes to the supreme leader.
3)    Crony capitalism. Fraud on an epic scale. Martha Stewart goes to jail for insider trading and now Jeff Skilling is going to be let out of jail early? HSBC is a criminal organization that is running money for drug lords and Eric Holder says we can’t even arrest a teller!!! Get a clue! Eric Holder will be absolved from his recent perjury charges as well. Watch. That’s the trust people have in this current “system”. Lying, fraud, cheating, embezzlement, racketeering, coercion, collusion price fixing, etc., all go unpunished while citizens of the world witness this and you are going to turn this into an academic endeavor many, many years too late. I’m sure I’ll be dead before I see reform.

Either that or collapse. 

Here’s another lead for you, a quote from Senator Dick Durbin: “And the banks… they frankly own the place”. That inspires confidence. And we all know it’s true. Corporations can give unlimited amounts of money as an individual but cannot be prosecuted thus? Outrageous!

The real problem is that the “intellectuals” and political leaders of the world still have feudalistic thinking and believe that the common man doesn’t understand how the system works and all of their efforts are top down and we just have to sit around and wait for what’s coming. And we believe that what’s coming will serve the current status quo first. But in all your research don’t forget to look into things like the French Revolution when the common man was left out of the equation. 

But perhaps your fact finding mission isn’t geared towards your stated purpose. Perhaps you are simply looking for ways that the world’s governments can manage the populace of the world given the current infrastructure and institutions… more of the same with a different veneer.

If that’s the case, I say good luck to you. You will fail.

Sincerely,

One very frustrated person”

Silencing the Whistle-Blowers

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/opinion/silencing-the-whistle-blowers.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130528&_r=3&

Embry - Physical Gold & Silver Now In Shocking Short Supply

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/29_Embry_-_Physical_Gold_%26_Silver_Now_In_Shocking_Short_Supply.html

Internet Trends - Mary Meeker

http://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/kpcb-internet-trends-2013

Huge Rally Fuel in Place for Gold Futures

Long story not so short:  the big commercials, normally permanently short COMEX gold, have reduced their net short positions to below record levels.

The momentum-trading hedge funds, have reduced their normally net long positions below record levels.  But that's not due to them reducing their aggregate long positions--it's from hedgies piling on aggregate short positions.

Since the big commercials (gold mining producers, refineries, jewelers, bullion banks) represent the biggest money as well as usually being the most informed, we can deduce the current slide in gold prices is close to being exhausted.  Meanwhile, the "hot" money hedge funds are betting on further declines.

Should a reversal occur, this sets up as a possible short squeeze scenario, where longs and short-covering sellers will bid up prices in a "buy first, ask questions later" competition.

When an asset is hated by the consensus, it's a contrarian indicator that a bottom reversal is imminent--much like when an asset is universally loved, the bursting of the bubble looms.  Anybody remember the 1999 internet bubble or the subprime real estate bubble in 2006--when everybody and their brothers were pounding the table on NASDAQ stocks and flipping properties, respectively?  How did that turn out?  That's because the wrong people were giving the wrong advice at exactly the wrong time.  The consensus was that you couldn't lose following what everybody else was already doing.  Oops...

With gold and silver, it's hated by 99% of the population right now, pundits and laymen alike.  To a contrarian, it's a dream set up for a huge short-covering rally.  It's a lonely trade, but it's the right one--because it is lonely.

http://www.gotgoldreport.com/2013/05/huge-rally-fuel-in-place-for-gold-futures.html

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Syria Goes Hot: Russia To Deliver Weapons, Deploys Air Defense; Israel Warns Russia; Obama Demands No Fly Zone

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-28/syria-goes-hot-russia-deliver-weapons-deploys-air-defense-israel-warns-russia-obama-

Gold Cycling Bottoming Soon

http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/gold-cycles-052820132

Germany sees "revolution" if welfare model scrapped

This Schaeuble guy sounds like a frenetic alarmist.  Only problem is he is Germany's Finance Minister.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/28/us-europe-unemployment-idUSBRE94R0D320130528

Got Wood? A Housing Recovery Built On Faith

Those hoping for a sustainable housing recovery haven't learned a damned thing about hot money chasing bubbles.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-28/got-wood-housing-recovery-built-faith

US Mint Resumes Selling One-Tenth Ounce Gold Coins... At A 40% Premium To Spot

I suspect some of you were skeptical when I was ranting about the bifurcation between artificially suppressed paper prices and the prices for physical gold and silver.

Some of you may have cynically passed it off as opportunistic coin dealers charging a high premium and talking their books, especially on silver when premiums soared to 30% above spot after the waterfall decline of paper silver in mid-April.

Guess what?  Don't blame the dealers--it's the US Treasury Mint itself who is now charging a 40% premium on 1/10 oz. gold coins.  The mints charge a premium to the wholesalers, who charge a premium to the retailers.  The retail dealers' profit margin is minuscule, because after all, it's just money changing hands, not investments.

But when there is a physical shortage, market forces dictate that the suppliers can charge whatever they want.  The US Treasury Mint is no different.

If you listen to today's financial media, Bloomberg News is once again profiling commodities "experts" demonizing gold.  Meanwhile, their pals are loading up on the physical bullion--even while the ETF's are unloading paper gold--the virtual kind.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-28/us-mint-resumes-selling-one-tenth-ounce-gold-coins-40-premium-spot
Well: we have good news - as of moments ago the US mint has once again restocked on the popular denomination (with a 20,000 production limit), and without a limit per household. The even better news: the coin will set you back just $195. This means a "tiny" 40% premium to spot.

DHS Goes for Your Safe Deposit Box?

http://www.globalwealthprotection.com/dhs-goes-for-your-safety-deposit-box/

DHS WILL CONFISCATE SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES!





http://youtu.be/KQkyeGd6nnE

Jim Rogers on CNBC - Get your Money out of the Banks! Reporter agreed


For those uninitiated, Jim Rogers is a billionaire hedge fund manager, who was once a partner with the more infamous George Soros.




http://youtu.be/UX8mfeB32j4

The Japanese Financial System Is Beginning To Spin Wildly Out Of Control

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-japanese-financial-system-is-beginning-to-spin-wildly-out-of-control

News Reporting Compare And Contrast

I guess Bloomberg News knows more about Indian demand for gold than India does.  The disinformation propaganda machine is in full force.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-28/news-reporting-compare-and-contrast

Belgian Central Bank Says 25 Tons Or 10% of Gold Reserves on Loan

http://www.goldcore.com/goldcore_blog/belgian-central-bank-says-25-tons-or-10-gold-reserves-loan

Junior mining stocks see record insider buying

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/inside-the-market/junior-mining-stocks-see-record-insider-buying/article11638717/

Monday, May 27, 2013

Gold, Silver & The Fallout Of Continued Chaos In Key Markets

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/28_Gold%2C_Silver_%26_The_Fallout_Of_Continued_Chaos_In_Key_Markets.html

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Gold's Volatility, Part Of Its Tradition: Former Presidential Candidate Ron Paul

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2013/05/27/exclusive-interview-golds-volatility-part-of-its-tradition-former-presidential-candidate-ron-paul/

Russia, Greece, Turkey, Other Central Banks Buy Gold; China’s PBOC Buying?

http://www.goldcore.com/goldcore_blog/russia-greece-turkey-other-central-banks-buy-gold-china%E2%80%99s-pboc-buying

40 Statistics About The Fall Of The U.S. Economy That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/40-statistics-about-the-fall-of-the-u-s-economy-that-are-almost-too-crazy-to-believe

CITI: Gold Has Never Stayed Below The 'Stairway To Hell' For Very Long

http://www.businessinsider.com/citi-gold-stairway-to-hell-2013-5

Do The Math





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osq1yxSFVG0

Fort Knox, Fort Hocks or Fort Shocks: Three United States Gold Scenarios

http://www.24hgold.com/english/news-gold-silver-fort-knox-fort-hocks-or-fort-shocks-three-united-states-gold-scenarios.aspx?article=2219844990G10020&redirect=false&contributor=Stewart+Dougherty

Central banks boosted gold holdings in April

http://www.gata.org/node/12624

From paper reserves to gold reserves

This author does a good job of describing the coverage ratio:  backing each currency unit with gold reserves.  But what he doesn't address is that official gold reserves are over-stated, due to re-hypothecation.  In layman terms, the gold holdings in central banks worldwide don't exist because they have been re-pledged, leased out, or outright sold off to multiple entities.  The golden empire is naked.

http://www.goldmoney.com/gold-research/gabriel-m-mueller/from-paper-reserves-to-gold-reserves.html?gmrefcode=gata

Warren Buffett on gold

http://www.goldmoney.com/gold-research/james-turk/warren-buffett-on-gold.html?gmrefcode=gata

The Macro View: Gold for the long run

http://www.darientimes.com/20199/the-macro-view-gold-for-the-long-run/

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Head of the IMF Christine Lagarde in court charged with embezzlement and fraud

First, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was accused of rape.  Now, his replacement, Christine Lagarde is accused of embezzlement and fraud.

Here's the thing--whether they are guilty or not is irrelevant.  The truth of the matter is they are being targeted despite being heads of the central bank of central banks, because they are offering resistance on endless money printing.  Sure, all bankers want to print money endlessly, but they also have to voice the their concerns over what I call legalized counterfeiting because enough people are concerned.  However, speak too loudly, and their peers get nervous.

The financial system is broken and on the verge of collapse, so the rats are pointing fingers at other rats in the sinking ship.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/head-of-the-imf-christine-lagarde-in-court-charged-with-embezzlement-and-fraud-8628670.html

As the IRS and other scandals are telling us, nobody is immune to investigation--even if they are allies of the President.  And it also goes to show you that the seemingly all-powerful central bankers are merely puppets in the big scheme of things.  The financial elite pulling their strings behind the scenes will toss them aside and assassinate their characters, if they don't perform their jobs of printing trillions more.

The Fiat End Game: Preparing For A Way Forward





http://youtu.be/ZbnFqwdNUWo

The Keiser Report: Currency Wars and Devaluation

This is a great episode of The Keiser Report, where the hosts discuss how the global economy is drowning in central banking.  Max Keiser then interviews Jim Rickards, the best-selling author of "Currency Wars", who suggests not only are western central banks and bullion banks suppressing
gold prices, but so are the Chinese, who are buyers of physical gold.   While western central banks are printing trillions of currency units, the Chinese are accumulating gold at discount prices.

http://rt.com/shows/keiser-report/episode-449-max-keiser-731/

Busting the Perfect Crime

http://www.silverseek.com/commentary/busting-perfect-crime-11916

Rep. Steve Pearce questions Treasury Secretary Jack Lew


http://youtu.be/DDoybPhrXJs

Forget Prayer, It's Lamb Slaughter Time: A Rational Man's Response To All Time High Gold Shorts

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-24/forget-prayer-its-lamb-slaughter-time-rational-mans-response-all-time-high-gold-shor

Cooking the Gold Books

http://dailyreckoning.com/cooking-the-gold-books/
That is, the “physical price” becomes much higher than the “paper price” on CNBC’s ticker. The catalyst, we suggested, would be when a major metals exchange defaults on a gold or silver contract — settling in cash, instead of metal.

Result: If you wanted real metal, you paid a substantial premium over the paper price. In silver, these premiums were off the charts. On Thursday, April 25, spot silver was $23.94… but a Silver Eagle from a major online dealer would set you back $29.54 — as high as the paper price before the mid-April crash!


Sprott Asset Management chief Eric Sprott believes Zero Hour is made inevitable by Western central banks “leasing” their gold to commercial banks at less than 1% a year. The commercial banks then sell that gold and plow the proceeds into higher-earning investments.

The data show that net exports from 1991-2012 totaled 5,504 tonnes.
Here’s the problem: During that same period, U.S. supply mine production and recycling totaled 7,532 tonnes, while demand was 6,517 tonnes. That left only 1,015 tonnes available for export.
Where did the other 4,489 tonnes come from? “The only U.S. seller that would be capable of supplying such an astonishing amount of gold,” says Mr. Sprott, “is the U.S. government, with a reported gold holding of 8,300 tonnes.”

“If the Sprott analysis is accurate,” says our friend and Crash Course author Chris Martenson, “there’s a lot of missing gold in the U.S. equation, and it had to come from official sources, either of U.S. origin or belonging to other countries. Either way, the leased gold represents a tremendous liability of the Fed and the bullion banks to which it was loaned.”

“In this context,” Mr. Martenson continues, “the gold slam begins to smell like an operation designed to shake as much gold as possible out of weak hands so that the bullion banks can begin to recover it to square up their accounts.

“GLD, the gold ETF that so many small investors participate in, is one large, obvious target,” he adds, “as it was sitting on 1,350 tonnes as of January 2013.”

 “Gold and silver,” Mr. Martenson suggests, “are getting closer to the day when you or I will not be able to purchase physical bullion at any price.”

The endgame is getting closer. “What I believe is going to happen, probably in the not too distant future,” says Eric Sprott’s right-hand man John Embry, “is that the pricing mechanism of the gold and silver markets will swing to the physical market, which cannot be manipulated, because, basically, either you’ve got it or you haven’t.

But that’s when you won’t be able to get any metal at any price. Best act before then: “The current sell-off in gold,” says Eric Sprott, “should be viewed not with extreme trepidation, but as an unbelievable opportunity to buy the metal at an artificially low value.”

Chile freezes Barrick’s Pascua-Lama, orders ‘urgent measures’

These incidences will increase the cost of mining and the price of gold.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/chile-blocks-pascua-lama-mine-fines-barrick-for-environmental-violations/article12129034/

Russia: The sleeping giant of gold producing countries

http://www.usagold.com/cpmforum/2013/05/24/russia-the-sleeping-giant-of-gold-producing-countries/

Friday, May 24, 2013

Suppliers & Bank Clients Denied Gold As Shortage Intensifies

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/24_Suppliers_%26_Bank_Clients_Denied_Gold_As_Shortage_Intensifies.html

Illegalities

http://www.silverseek.com/commentary/illegalities

Time to give up on the CFTC

http://www.24hgold.com/english/news-gold-silver-time-to-give-up-on-the-cftc.aspx?article=4385131668G10020

Interview of Chris Powell (GATA) About Precious Metals Market Manipulation

https://www.goldbroker.com/news/interview-chris-powell-gata-about-precious-metals-market-manipulation-257.html

ARE COVERT OPERATIONS UNDERWAY IN THE GLOBAL CURRENCY WARS ?

http://www.gata.org/files/AmphoraReport-May2013.pdf

Jim Grant Says Monetary System Won’t Last & Gold Bullish

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/24_Jim_Grant_Says_Monetary_System_Wont_Last_%26_Gold_Bullish.html

Turk - We Are Witnessing Extraordinary Events In Gold & Silver

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/23_Turk_-_We_Are_Witnessing_Extraordinary_Events_In_Gold_%26_Silver.html

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Incredibly Important Developments In Many Key Markets

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/23_Incredibly_Important_Developments_In_Many_Key_Markets.html

Greek youth unemployment close to 75pc in some areas

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10073499/Greek-youth-unemployment-close-to-75pc-in-some-areas.html

Societal Ills Spike in Crisis-Stricken Greece

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/societal-ills-spike-in-crisis-stricken-greece/?hp

They Better Pray There Is No Short Squeeze...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-22/they-better-pray-there-no-short-squeeze

No Arrests on Wall Street, But Over 7,700 Americans Have Been Arrested Protesting Big Banks

http://thecontributor.com/no-arrests-wall-street-over-7700-americans-have-been-arrested-protesting-big-banks

Gold To Advance A Stunning $2,000+ From Current Levels

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/22_Gold_To_Advance_A_Stunning_%242%2C000%2B_From_Current_Levels.html

Bullion bank led casino manipulates gold price – and everything else!

http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-independent-viewpoint?oid=190952&sn=Detail

No Bear Market In Gold — Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/05/20/no-bear-market-in-gold-paul-craig-roberts/

Monday, May 20, 2013

This Time, Gold Bugs May Have a Point

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748704551504578481043764806974.html?mod=BOL_hpp_mag#articleTabs_article%3D1

Ceiling suspended: US takes on $300bn in new debt after hitting $16.7 trillion

http://rt.com/business/us-debt-ceiling-suspended--510/

Ron Paul on Gold: No One Knows Value; I'm Buying


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Iwav9ldKvbg#!

Plato quote

Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood’s school. And the one man who dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool. – Plato (429-347 BC)

Gold & Silver Smash & What Soros & Major Players Are Doing

The mainstream headline says George Soros is selling his GLD position.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-19/gold-bear-bets-reach-record-as-soros-cuts-holdings-commodities.html

Yet, underneath the surface, Soros is also doing this.

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/20_Gold_%26_Silver_Smash_%26_What_Soros_%26_Major_Players_Are_Doing.html

Is he hedging?  Absolutely.  But he's betting, along with fellow heavyweights John Paulson and Stevie Cohen, that the gold miners--and by association, gold--will rise soon.

H-1B Models Strut Into U.S. as Programmers Pray for Help

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-20/h-1b-models-strut-into-u-s-as-programmers-pray-for-help.html

India Finance Minister Begs Citizens To Stop Buying Gold

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-20/india-finance-minister-begs-citizens-stop-buying-gold

The IRS’s Job Is To Violate Our Liberties

http://www.the-free-foundation.org/tst5-20-2013.html

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Visualizing The Silver Squeeze

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-18/visualizing-silver-squeeze

It’s Official: Gold is Now the Most Hated Asset Class

For the majority, this is a call to abandon ship.  To a contrarian, this is a dream come true.

http://www.acting-man.com/?p=23392

Public sector pensions face big hit, claims report

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22569870

The World's Central Banks Added To Their Gold Stockpiles Even As Prices Tumbled

http://www.businessinsider.com/central-banks-buy-gold-in-q1-2013-5

Demand for gold at record high in Q1

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-05/17/content_16505390_2.htm

The Empire’s Next Effort to Extract Your Wealth

http://lfb.org/today/the-empires-next-effort-to-extract-your-wealth/

Gold Bug Hedge Funds Collectively Report Over $183mm In New Call Option Positions On Miners

http://bullmarketthinking.com/gold-bug-hedge-funds-collectively-report-over-183mm-in-new-call-option-positions-on-miners/

Mark Faber quote on dollars and gold

"You keep your dollars and I’ll keep my gold. Let’s see which goes to zero first." - Marc Faber
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/17_Coming_Collapse%2C_Massive_Global_Debt%2C_The_Bernanke_Fed.html

Maguire - Physical Demand Shows Gold In Massive Bull Market

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/17_Maguire_-_Physical_Demand_Shows_Gold_In_Massive_Bull_Market.html

Thursday, May 16, 2013

U.S. Housing Starts Sink 16.5% On Multifamily Drop

Housing bubble 2.0 is about to get popped.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/16/us-housing-starts-sink-165-on-multifamily-drop/

Premiums Soaring As Massive Run On Gold & Silver Continues

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/16_Premiums_Soaring_As_Massive_Run_On_Gold_%26_Silver_Continues.html

U.S. administration looks to cut Iran’s access to gold

But, but, but,...I thought Ben Bernanke said gold was not money?  It looks to me that gold is not only the soundest form of money, it's the ONLY form of money in Iran.

http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/2150940.html

The World Paper Council

http://www.bullionbullscanada.com/gold-commentary/26193-the-world-paper-council

Indisputable Proof Paper Gold Markets are Massively Manipulated

http://www.smartknowledgeu.com/blog/2013/05/indisputable-proof-paper-gold-markets-are-massively-manipulated/

Rule - This Is What I Am Doing With My Own Money Right Now

Rick Rules nails it.

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/16_Rule_-_This_Is_What_I_Am_Doing_With_My_Own_Money_Right_Now.html

Golden Bullseye

http://dollarcollapse.com/precious-metals/the-golden-bullseye/
One of the lessons that gold bugs are learning, in the most painful way possible, is that you can’t trade a manipulated market. When big players with regulatory immunity can move an asset’s price — and can see resistance/support levels and moving averages just as clearly as anyone else — smaller traders don’t stand a chance.

In the gold-is-manipulated script, governments and their bullion bank proxies push the price to levels where they know hedge funds and other traders have stop-loss orders, which kick in and send the price careening lower. Then the manipulators buy back their short positions, thus gaining a two-fer: fleecing the flock for a nice profit, and crushing the spirits of stackers and preppers and regular folks who value honest money.

Which brings us to the following article, published by a major bullion dealer:
The Golden Bull & Price Pullback Gift
Rarely in bull markets do we see opportunities like the one being presented to silver and gold investors right now.
Silver & Gold spot prices are now retesting their recent low price points.
Current and favorable bull market fundamentals have not changed.
Below is a longterm view of gold’s bull market valuation channel over the past 15 years:
Gold Bullseye
We view this current price pullback as a buying gift for gold and silver investors.
Now, for chartist in a normal market this picture would indeed imply a nice trade setup. But bullion bank traders can see this channel too, and for them it’s a bullseye. Just push gold through the bottom of the channel and a whole world of technicians who for some reason think their charts still have meaning will see that the up-channel has been broken, and, like good, dispassionate traders who cut their losses when they’re wrong, will sell their futures contracts, their GLD shares, and maybe their mining stocks, tacking yet another vertical drop onto this correction.

This might not happen, but if it doesn’t it will be because the bullion banks have had their fun and are now on the other side of the trade. But make no mistake, it’s their decision; in the short run this is their game.

Longer term, of course, is a very different story. Fundamentals always win eventually, and with the whole world on a borrow/print/lie-about-it binge, gold’s fundamentals just keep getting better. Excessive debt leads to currency war leads to soaring gold. And when the paper players are finally overrun by physical demand, the people who have been quietly accumulating bullion and high-quality mining stocks will barely remember this month’s drama.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Elizabeth Warren Letter to Bernanke, Holder, White

http://www.scribd.com/doc/141677401/Warren-Letter

This Catastrophic Situation Is Entering The Terminal Phase

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/15_This_Catastrophic_Situation_Is_Entering_The_Terminal_Phase.html

Incredibly Important Developments In Many Key Markets

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/16_Incredibly_Important_Developments_In_Many_Key_Markets.html

ECB's Visco: negative deposit rates would be effective

What valuation model does one use in a negative interest rate environment?  Whichever methodology is used, asset prices MUST fall with interest rates below zero.  Check your equations.


http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/05/13/uk-ecb-visco-depositrates-idUKBRE94C07E20130513

So Much for Position Limits on COMEX Gold

http://www.gotgoldreport.com/2013/05/so-much-for-position-limits-on-comex-gold.html

US Government Begins BitCoin Crackdown

Governments have confiscated citizen's gold and silver in the past, because they are sound, competitive currencies to fiat money.  Is it any surprise that the Feds cracked down on BitCoin, another competitive currency--although virtual in nature?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-15/us-government-begins-bitcoin-crackdown

Govt, RBI are again getting it all wrong on Gold

http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/something-fresh/entry/govt-rbi-are-again-getting-it-all-wrong-on-gold

Gold To Soar As West Enters A Frightening Economic Ice Age

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/15_Gold_To_Soar_As_West_Enters_A_Frightening_Economic_Ice_Age.html

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

JPM Eligible Gold Plunges To New Record Low, And Why It Could Have Been Much Worse

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-14/jpm-eligible-gold-plunges-new-record-low-and-why-it-could-have-been-much-worse

How A Criminal Syndicate Of Banks Is Raping The Gold Market

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/15_How_A_Criminal_Syndicate_Of_Banks_Is_Raping_The_Gold_Market.html

The Move To Global Hyperinflation Is Now Accelerating

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/14_The_Move_To_Global_Hyperinflation_Is_Now_Accelerating.html

Gold rush spooks economy as trade deficit surges to $17.8 bnGold rush spooks economy as trade deficit surges to $17.8 bn

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/gold-rush-spooks-economy-as-trade-deficit-surges-to-17-8-bn/articleshow/20040266.cms

Gangster State America

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/05/13/gangster-state-america-paul-craig-roberts/

Global Banks Massive Criminal Conspiracy In The Gold Market

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/14_Global_Banks_Massive_Criminal_Conspiracy_In_The_Gold_Market.html

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Japan is 'adding a Ponzi scheme to a Ponzi scheme'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10045933/Japan-is-adding-a-Ponzi-scheme-to-a-Ponzi-scheme.html

Here’s What China Is Secretly Planning for the Yuan

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100726245

Michael Pento - Expect Unprecedented Economic Chaos

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/11_Michael_Pento_-_Expect_Unprecedented_Economic_Chaos.html

The Benghazi Lie

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/347980/benghazi-lie?fb_action_ids=600436803299699&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%22600436803299699%22%3A192364234247435}&action_type_map={%22600436803299699%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map=[]

The hidden crisis in the gold business

http://www.usagold.com/cpmforum/2013/05/11/the-hidden-crisis-in-the-gold-business-2/

Why You Should Avoid GLD and SLV ETP's

Many of you have read my rants on why one should avoid the GLD, SLV and other precious metals ETP's (aka ETF's).  This letter by Kaye to his investors goes into some details on the mechanics of why they're Ponzi schemes.

http://www.gata.org/files/PacificGroupLetter-05-10-2013.pdf

Bottom line:  while GLD and SLV are convenient trading vehicles designed to track spot prices (which they are doing a poor job of, as the ETP prices are below already depressed spot prices relative to physical markets), investors are exposed to counterparty risk and will not be able to redeem their shares for physical precious metals--unless they have significant holdings--and even then there is risk if the ETP's are drained of their physical inventory, as is happening right now.  You can see the relative performances as ETF prices < spot prices < physical prices.   It's simple math and why you should buy physical coins and bars and avoid paper gold and paper silver.  Paper assets were designed by bullion banks to cheat investors out of their physical assets.

By the way, SLW is a silver streaming company, which is entirely different than the SLV ETF.

See disclaimers in the side bar.

The Obama Administration's Natural Gas Policy Is Tragically Misguided

I agree with Martenson's assessment.  Exporting natural gas may be profitable short-term, but it mortgages America's future.

The North Sea oil boom has been beneficial to Norway, because they have been methodically and strategically extracting oil at a pace to maintain the country's positive balance of trade, while keeping Norway solvent and still full of crude oil reserves.

The British, on the other hand, have exploited their natural resources by pumping out so much oil so fast that they have depleted their golden goose.  The outcomes are completely disparate:  a prosperous nation vs. a broken one.

http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/81839/obama-administrations-natural-gas-policy-tragically-misguided

Did "They" Ever Tell You To 'Buy Gold' Or 'Sell Stocks'?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-10/did-they-ever-tell-you-buy-gold-or-sell-stocks

The Shrinking Dollar

http://goldstandard2013.org/infographics/the-shrinking-dollar/

LAND OF THE DYING SUN: JAPAN’S LOOMING DEBT CRISIS

http://prospectjournal.org/2013/05/09/land-of-the-dying-sun-japans-looming-crisis/

the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly


http://youtu.be/_u9LoIcEi3I

Friday, May 10, 2013

Maguire - Perfect Storm In Gold As LBMA & COMEX Collapsing

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/10_Maguire_-_Perfect_Storm_In_Gold_As_LBMA_%26_COMEX_Collapsing.html

Jim Rogers May Interview - Gold Price Crash, Bottom Prediction & 2013-2014 Price Forecast


http://youtu.be/3d2nDOyepHw

US State Department Halts 3-D Gun Production: Demands Removal Of All Online Blueprints

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-09/us-state-department-halts-3-d-gun-production-demands-removal-all-online-blueprints

Japanese Government Bonds Halted Limit Down; Yields Spike To 10 Week High; Worst Day In 5 Years

This is the beginning of the end for Japan, Inc,:  the collapse of Japan's government bond market.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-10/japanese-government-bonds-halted-limit-down-yields-spike-10-week-high-worst-day-5-ye

IRS Admits, Apologizes For Targeting Conservatives During 2012 Election

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-10/irs-admits-apologizes-targeting-conservatives-during-2012-election

Maguire - Stunning 40+ Tons Of Gold Bought On Price Dip

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/10_Maguire_-_Stunning_40%2B_Tons_Of_Gold_Bought_On_Price_Dip.html

Turk - Incredible Chart, Look For $12,000 Gold & $600 Silver

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/10_Turk_-_Incredible_Chart%2C_Look_For_%2412%2C000_Gold_%26_%24600_Silver.html

Key Trades In The Gold & Silver Markets & What It All Means

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/10_Key_Trades_In_The_Gold_%26_Silver_Markets_%26_What_It_All_Means.html

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Arena Pharmaceuticals Provides Update on Upcoming US Launch of BELVIQ® (lorcaserin HCl) for Chronic Weight Management

Better late than never, DEA.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/arena-pharmaceuticals-provides-upcoming-us-193000856.html

China’s Gold Purchases From Hong Kong Expand to Record

China and India are buying the $hit out of physical gold.  This is probably the 1000th time I've blogged about it.  Yet, if you watch the western media outlets, gold's days are numbered.  I laugh.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-07/china-s-gold-purchases-from-hong-kong-expand-to-record-in-march.html

Breaking news: Traffic from Syria Disappears from Internet

http://labs.umbrella.com/2013/05/07/breaking-news-traffic-from-syria-disappears-from-internet/

Visualizing The Collapse Of Fiat Currencies

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-07/visualizing-collapse-fiat-currencies

China gold imports to keep growing after hitting record high

http://www.firstpost.com/economy/gold-hungry-china-braces-for-surge-in-imports-761179.html?utm_source=fwire&utm_medium=hp

Diplomatic cables show central banks conspiring to rig gold even after demonetization

http://www.gata.org/node/12551

Gold & Silver Setting Up For Spectacular & Massive Surges

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/7_Gold_%26_Silver_Setting_Up_For_Spectacular_%26_Massive_Surges.html

James Turk - Extraordinary Delays For Physical Gold & Silver

This is great insight by James Turk.  Search for the words "backwardation" or "contango" in this blog to grasp the tightness in the physical markets.

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/7_James_Turk_-_Extraordinary_Delays_For_Physical_Gold_%26_Silver.html

An Update On Gold From CIGA Bo Polny

http://www.jsmineset.com/2013/05/07/an-update-on-gold-from-ciga-bo-polny/
May 2-3 was to mark a short term high. If you check the price of gold you will see it did! Gold’s daily time clock from the rise off the April 15, 2013 low ended May 3, 2013.

The next date, May 10-13 is to mark the low off the May 2-3 high for both gold and silver.

With regards to silver, this is a time for extreme caution! What is next? May 9-10, 2013… the drop!

The question is how low will it go? The bottom comes in either Friday May 10, 2013 or Monday May 13, 2013. Will support at $22 hold or not? That is the big question.  Again until May 13, 2013 has passed, silver is extremely vulnerable to a support break!

Gold’s low will hold due to its impressive rise since its bottom April 15, 2013.

5 reasons why US States are keen to return to sound money

http://www.24hgold.com/english/news-gold-silver-5-reasons-why-us-states-are-keen-to-return-to-sound-money.aspx?article=4360113540G10020&redirect=false&contributor=Jan+Skoyles
As Eric Sprott so eloquently explained last year, ‘we are compelled to review the facts: Europe is currently experiencing severe bank runs, budgets in virtually every western country on the planet are out of control, the banking system is running excessive leverage and risk, the costs of servicing the ever-increasing amounts of government debt are rising rapidly, and the economies of Europe, Asia and the United States are slowing down or are in full contraction. There’s no sugar coating it and we have to stop listening to politicians and central planners who continue to downplay, obfuscate and flat out lie about the current economic reality… NOTHING the central bankers have done up to this point has WORKED.’

As Alan Greenspan wrote, “Gold and freedom are inseparable. In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. Gold stands as the protector of property rights. If one grasps this, one has no difficulty in understanding the statists’ antagonism toward the gold standard.”

Bernanke's Neofeudal Rentier Economy

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2013/05/bernankes-neofeudal-rentier-economy.html
The Fed has directly created a neofeudal rentier economy and society. Giving the financier class unlimited access to free credit with which to buy rentier assets serves two purposes: 1) it drives the valuations of rentier assets ever higher, creating the useful (in terms of propaganda and perception management) illusion of economic vitality, and 2) it greatly enriches the financier class at the expense of the bottom 95%.

Goebbels would approve of the Fed's masterful propaganda campaign: rob the bottom 95% to benefit the financier class, all the while piously proclaiming that its policies were aimed at increasing employment for the bottom 95%.

In terms of propagandistic chutzpah, it doesn't get any better than this. Congratulations, Bernanke, Yellen, et al.

Rick Santelli: Mortgage Market Outlook





What Is a Gold Standard?


http://youtu.be/LdyHso5iSZI

China rejects Pentagon charges of military espionage

China is denying they are engaging in cyber espionage.  Obviously, they are lying about it.  But do you honestly believe the US military and intelligence community isn't engaging in cyber espionage as well?  We have two superpowers being deceitful about spying on each other--one by denial and one by misdirecting omission.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/07/us-usa-defense-china-idUSBRE94511720130507

Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Lorcaserin into Schedule IV

This is long-delayed, but good news for Arena Pharmaceuticals longs.

http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2013-10895_PI.pdf

It's in the Office of the Federal Register Special Filing here:

http://ofr.gov/%28X%281%29S%282zvyweytxpfeflhvvipmdl0f%29%29/inspection.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1#reg_D

Akshaya Tritiya and Dhanteras dates

Akshaya Tritiya falls on May 13 this year, and Dhanteras (first day of Diwali) falls on November 1.  These are key dates for gold-buying Indians.  Also, the wedding season is in full bloom.

Embry - This Is How Close We Are To Total Collapse

At least you can't blame John Embry for lacking conviction.

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/6_Embry_-_This_Is_How_Close_We_Are_To_Total_Collapse.html

Monday, May 6, 2013

This Is The World's First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun (Photos)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/03/this-is-the-worlds-first-entirely-3d-printed-gun-photos/

The Indian Gold Jewelry Market

http://www.lbma.org.uk/assets/Alch70TheIndianGoldJewelleryMarket.pdf

Richard Russell quote on Goldman Sachs Short Call on Gold

Mighty Goldman Sachs even got into the act by predicting publicly that gold was headed lower, and hinting that gold might even be a short candidate. The newspapers and the media in general jumped on the ‘we hate gold’ bandwagon. It was unanimous. ‘Gold is a worthless relic of prehistoric times. If you own it, get rid of it, before you lose your shirt.’ But after the crash Goldman suddenly rescinded its bearish forecast on gold, and the gold-hating propaganda calmed down. … Actually when Goldman dropped their bearish forecast on gold, I assumed that Goldman had bought all the gold that they wanted. Net result, a good many of the big boys plus many central banks grabbed all the gold they desired at bargain prices. The great gold panic ended with a thud, and the big money got what they wanted—all at fire sale prices. –Richard Russell in DOW THEORY LETTERS(May 1)

Columbia Economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs speaks candidly on monetary reform


http://youtu.be/hCCr-uiqtAY

The Global Run On Silver & What It Means Going Forward

This essay on the difference between silver and paper currencies is brilliant due to its simplicity.  It clarifies the two functions of silver:  as a medium of exchange and a store of value.  If I sound redundant, it's because people may hear it, but they aren't internalizing it.  Perhaps after reading this piece, they will finally put this debate to rest.  Own the physical.

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/6_The_Global_Run_On_Silver_%26_What_It_Means_Going_Forward.html

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Federal Reserve Blows More Bubbles

http://www.the-free-foundation.org/tst5-6-2013.html

German Finance Minister Who Launched Euro, Calls For Euro's Breakup

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-05/german-finance-minister-who-launched-euro-calls-euros-breakup

Israel Confirms 'Game Changing' Airstrike on Syria

http://news.yahoo.com/video/israel-confirms-game-changing-airstrike-120704578.html

The Global "Fractional" Paper Bullion Market Is Collapsing

http://truthingold.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-global-fractional-paper-bullion_6103.html

Whom do you trust: Bitcoin or Bernanke?

http://bastiat.mises.org/2013/05/whom-do-you-trust-bitcoin-or-bernanke/

Las Vegas Housing: 8% of Single Family Homes Vacant, Yet New Construction Permits Up 50%

http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2013/05/02/las-vegas-housing-8-of-single-family-homes-vacant-yet-new-construction-permits-up-50/

Foreign Cash is Now Bidding for “Rat Infested” Homes in America’s Latest Housing Bubble

http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2013/04/03/foreign-cash-is-now-bidding-for-rat-infested-homes-in-americas-latest-housing-bubble/

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Special Report - How to Avoid Fake Silver & Counterfeit Gold Products

http://goldsilver.com/video/special-report-how-to-avoid-fake-silver-and-counterfeit-gold-products/

What bullion dealers are saying about gold demand

This article is a good scan for physical precious metals dealers and the current shortages in bullion coins and bars.  It's interesting that near the end of the article, the author mentions rising premiums in physical gold prices, but she doesn't mention the much larger rise in silver premiums.  I question whether the omission was accidental or intentional.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-bullion-dealers-are-saying-about-gold-demand-2013-05-03

China’s Real Gold-Reserves At 4,000 Tonnes?

The speculation that China's official gold reserves are much higher than reported is old news to gold bugs following people like Jim Rickards, best-selling author of "Currency Wars."  For the rest of you, this will be a good primer.

http://www.bullionbullscanada.com/gold-commentary/26166-chinas-real-gold-reserves-at-4000-tonnes

China Set to Become World’s #2 in Gold Reserves?

China's been pretty transparent about their plans to accumulate gold.  The US media has not been reporting it, which isn't surprising--considering this signals the demise of the USDollar as the reserve currency of the world.  The dollar will collapse, along with our savings and purchasing power.

http://www.goldalert.com/2012/11/china-set-to-become-worlds-2-in-gold-reserves/

Former US Treasury Official - Gold, Silver, The Fed & Bank Runs

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/4_Former_US_Treasury_Official_-_Gold%2C_Silver%2C_The_Fed_%26_Bank_Runs.html

Seth Klarman: "If The Economy Is So Fragile That Government Can't Allow Failure Then We Are Indeed Close To Collapse"

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-03/seth-klarman-if-economy-so-fragile-government-cant-allow-failure-then-we-are-indeed-

Elliott's Singer On Bernanke Destroying "The Value Of Money" And "Uprooting The Basic Stability Of Society"

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-03/elliotts-singer-bernanke-destroying-value-money-and-uprooting-basic-stability-societ

Friday, May 3, 2013

Real ‘price tag’ for gold and silver manipulation by Wall St.

http://rt.com/op-edge/price-tag-gold-silver-718/

Largest Wholesaler In U.S. Sold Out Of 100 Ounce Silver Bars

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/4_Largest_Wholesaler_In_U.S._Sold_Out_Of_100_Ounce_Silver_Bars.html

Swiss Refiners Unable To Keep Up With Massive Gold Demand

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/3_Swiss_Refiners_Unable_To_Keep_Up_With_Massive_Gold_Demand.html

JPMorgan Caught in Swirl of Regulatory Woes

If I'm such a conspiracy theorist, how did I predict Blythe Masters of JPMorgan would be investigated by federal authorities--3 years before it is actually materializing?

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/jpmorgan-caught-in-swirl-of-regulatory-woes/

Middle-Aged Suicide Rate Surges

A good friend of mine brought these unfortunate statistics up yesterday.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-03/middle-aged-suicide-rate-surges

Blythe Masters' Crowning Achievement: The Credit Default Swap

Here's more on our lady Blythe Masters.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-03/blythe-masters-crowning-achievement-credit-default-swap

Bail-out Is Out, Bail-in Is In: Time for Some Publicly Owned Banks

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-brown/bailout-is-out-bailin-is-_b_3178702.html

U.S. investigators say JPMorgan "manipulated" power trading-NYT

Ah, that name Blythe Masters of JPMorgan keeps popping up (click here for other blog entries mentioning Blythe Masters, the doyenne of JPMorgan's commodities trading desk), this time for manipulating the energy markets.  Manipulating LIBOR and energy may be (now) understandable, but manipulating the COMEX and London gold and silver exchanges is impossible--the realm of conspiracy theories and nut jobs, right?

Not only is she a central player in the manipulation of commodities and futures markets (including equities, foreign currencies, and interest rates--which essentially means JPMorgan and its too-big-to jail banking peers manipulate all markets--see Matt Taibbi's latest rant), she was also one of the architects for that beautiful man-made, financial thermonuclear invention: credit derivatives.  You know, the structured investment vehicles that almost plunged the world economy back to the stone age in 2008, and will some day de-industrialize the first world.  Warren Buffett dubbed them the "financial weapons of mass destruction" (it is strange that Buffett uses them in his mergers and acquisitions, as hypocrisy has no bounds among octogenarian billionaires).

Again, it takes a British paper to provide whistle-blowing commentary on American bankers, and it'll take US regulators to fine British bankers on LIBOR manipulation.  Where is CNBC and Bloomberg on this breaking story?  Hell, even the New York Times is all over this.  Somehow I don't sympathize with any of the characters involved.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/03/jpmorgan-ferc-idUSL3N0DK0EV20130503

John Hathaway - I Haven’t Seen This In Gold In 15 Years

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/3_John_Hathaway_-_I_Havent_Seen_This_In_Gold_In_15_Years.html

Hathaway - This Is The Truth About Where The Gold Market Is

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/3_Hathaway_-_This_Is_The_Truth_About_Where_The_Gold_Market_Is.html

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Yamada - 3 Absolutely Incredible Gold Charts & Commentary

The recent lows in gold may or may not hold short- to mid-term.  But longer-term, Yamada suggests gold has much higher to run.

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/2_Yamada_-_3_Absolutely_Incredible_Gold_Charts_%26_Commentary.html

You Are The Hope — Paul Craig Roberts

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/05/01/you-are-the-hope-paul-craig-roberts/

US judge receives 28-year jail term for his role in kids-for-cash kickbacks

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-judge-receives-28year-jail-term-for-his-role-in--kidsforcash-kickbacks-8598147.html

This is what it means to be Free in America

http://www.sovereignman.com/trends/this-is-what-it-means-to-be-free-in-america-11754/

Leeb - Investors Should Be Buying Silver Aggressively Here

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/5/1_Leeb_-_Investors_Should_Be_Buying_Silver_Aggressively_Here.html

Gold ETP Holdings Cap Record Drop as $17.9 Billion Wiped Out

Yet, demand for paper gold is down (see previous blog entry about another Bloomberg article reporting soaring demand for physical gold).  It's interesting to note which analysts are bearish on gold and their stated reasons.  One can decipher which firms are part of the anti-gold propaganda machine based on their comments.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-30/gold-etp-holdings-cap-record-drop-wiping-17-9-billion-in-assets.html

U.S. Mint Sales of Gold Coins Jump to Highest in Three Years

Demand for physical gold is soaring.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-30/u-s-mint-sales-of-gold-coins-at-three-year-high-on-price-drop.html

Decoupling In Precious Metals Markets

I have blogged numerous times about the decoupling of prices between the paper precious metals markets versus the physical markets.  Folks, it is already here.

http://www.bullionbullscanada.com/gold-commentary/26158-decoupling-in-precious-metals-markets