US paper gold suppression allowing Russia & China to buy real gold at discount prices

What used to be referred to as conspiracy theory is now pretty well-known in the precious metals investment community:  western bullion banks suppress the prices of gold and silver by shorting COMEX futures contracts, inducing panic selling among buyers who are long the contracts.  Gold bugs insist the bullion banks are acting as agents for central banks--mainly the Fed, in an attempt to artificially prop up the dollar even as the greenback is being systematically debased by a profligate printing press, in order to fund huge U.S. government budget deficits.

But I've also posited that western bullion banks have accomplices--Asian central banks, specifically China and Russia.  While their motives for suppressing gold prices are different, their desired short-term outcomes are identical:  capping prices of the precious metals.

Recall I mentioned their respective motives are different.  The Fed attempts to mask dollar weakness by suppressing gold prices.  Asian financial authorities also want lower gold prices--but for a different reason:  they are accumulating gold, so they naturally desire lower prices.

The net effect is the transfer of gold (i.e. wealth) from western central bank vaults (leveraged shorting, i.e. selling of paper gold assets) to Asian central bank vaults and retail buyers in Asia, in the form of physical bullion.

The long-term impact?  The bankrupting of western central banks.

https://www.rt.com/business/429573-us-china-russia-physical-gold/

Great Frauds Require Darkness

http://www.24hgold.com/english/news-gold-silver-great-frauds-require-darkness.aspx?article=12992238832H11690&redirect=false&contributor=Theodore+Butler

Silver to Outshine Gold

https://dkanalytics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/DK-Analytics-Post-39-Silver-to-outshine-gold-post-reset-5_31_18.pdf

Two Mines Supply Half Of U.S. Silver Production & The Real Cost To Produce Silver

https://srsroccoreport.com/two-mines-supply-half-of-u-s-silver-production-the-real-cost-to-produce-silver/

World Silver Survey 2018

http://sprott.com/media/1834/the-silver-institute-world-silver-survey-2018.pdf

J.P. Morgan Files Patent for Blockchain-Powered Payments

http://fortune.com/2018/05/04/jpmorgan-blockhain-patent/

Is the Supply of Gold Depleting?

http://www.goldtelegraph.com/is-the-supply-of-gold-depleting/

The case for gold in the era of financial virtual reality

 

 

http://usagold.com/publications/NewsViewsMAY2018Sum.html

Econ 101 -- Silver Market Manipulation

https://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/8252/econ-101-silver-market-manipulation

WORLD EDGES CLOSER TO WAR: Greyerz – Forget Pullbacks, Silver Price Set To Skyrocket 46X!

https://kingworldnews.com/world-edges-closer-to-war-greyerz-forget-pullbacks-silver-price-set-to-skyrocket-46x/

Goldman Sachs expects gold to 'outperform' amid growing fears of a stock market correction

It would have been nice if they had given this warning to investors BEFORE the stock market correction.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/26/goldman-sachs-expects-gold-to-outperform-amid-growing-fears-of-a-stock-market-correction.html

Gold and 2018: Looks Like the Perfect Storm

http://www.goldtelegraph.com/gold-and-2018-looks-like-the-perfect-storm/

Greyerz – $33,750 Gold And $575 Silver And The Biggest Wealth Destruction In History

https://kingworldnews.com/greyerz-33750-gold-and-575-silver/

JPMorgan's Domination of COMEX Silver

https://www.sprottmoney.com/Blog/jpmorgans-domination-of-comex-silver-craig-hemke-21-032018.html

Why the World’s Central Banks hold Gold – In their Own Words

https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/ronan-manly/worlds-central-banks-hold-gold-words/

Bear Stearns – A Different Opinion

http://silverseek.com/commentary/bear-stearns-%E2%80%93-different-opinion-17161

Monetary Aggregates vs. Gold Reserves

According to this chart by Santiago Capital, the price of gold would have to be up to $53,000/oz. to fully back monetary aggregates (M0, M1, M2).

The current spot price of gold is $1330/oz.

http://www.jsmineset.com/wp-content/uploads/images/dfd8adffa923_8C00/clip_image002.jpg

Google Is Working on Its Own Blockchain-Related Technology

To my Luddite naysayers:  Got crypto?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/google-is-said-to-work-on-its-own-blockchain-related-technology

Twitter CEO Says Bitcoin Will Become World’s ‘Single Currency’ Within A Decade

https://cointelegraph.com/news/twitter-ceo-says-bitcoin-will-become-worlds-single-currency-within-a-decad

Steen Jakobsen: Now Is The Time To Be In Capital-Preservation Mode

So what Jakobsen is basically saying is what I've been pounding the table on for a while: the all-everything bubble of both equities and bonds (and by extension, real estate since it's collateral) will burst, which is bullish for this asset class: "As for a longer view, he predicts commodities will be one of the best asset classes to own over the next five to ten years."
Got gold?

https://www.peakprosperity.com/podcast/113849/steen-jakobsen-now-time-capital-preservation-mode

Central banks manipulating & suppressing gold prices – industry expert to RT

https://www.rt.com/business/421618-central-banks-manipulating-suppressing-gold/

Greyerz Issues Fake Gold Warning! Says Silver Ready To Explode Higher

https://kingworldnews.com/greyerz-issues-fake-gold-warning-says-silver-ready-to-explode-higher/

How Will Gold Prices Behave During Economic Crisis?

https://www.birchgold.com/news/how-gold-will-behave-during-economic-crisis

Robert Reich Gets These Seven Economics "Fundamentals" Very Wrong

https://mises.org/wire/robert-reich-gets-these-seven-economics-fundamentals-very-wrong

JPMorgan’s Motivation

http://silverseek.com/commentary/jpmorgan%E2%80%99s-motivation-17141