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Just how much risk is there for the gold market?
JUST IMAGINE, says Adrian Ash at BullionVault a cache of clever fakes is discovered, notionally valued at $134 billion. Blogs from your moms bedroom to Bloomberg immediately light up, claiming that the entire asset-class is now prone to suspicion in every trade, every portfolio, making a price-drop nailed on. The result?
In June 2009, when four Japanese businessmen were caught in Italy with a suitcase full of fake US bonds, the price of T-bonds first dipped (gasp!), then rose (oh), pushing yields down below where the fun had started on the 16th. view full post GD Star Rating loading… GD Star Rating loading… Source: http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/tungsten-gold-033020124 Posted by Raul Valenzuela – March 30, 2012 at 9:18 pm Categories: Gold News Tags: Examining the Gold Price in Light of the U.S Money Base April Report I have already examined in the past the relation between the U.S. Monetary base and the changes in gold price.
As the U.S. Monetary base tends to expand, the price of gold tends to increase as well.
Let examine the recent changes in these two fronts and try to make sense of the changes in gold prices in light of the changes in the U.S money base. The following chart shows the development of gold price (monthly average prices) and U.S. Monetary Base during 2011 and 2012 (up to March for Gold price and up to February for U.S. Monetary Base). According to the chart, U.S. Monetary base expanded during the last couple of months which could partially explain the rise in gold price. view full post GD Star Rating loading…
GD Star Rating loading… This fall coincided with the sharp drop of other commodities prices and U.S stock market indexes following the recent U.S durable goods report that showed growth. natural gas future sharply rose, while the spot price declined again yesterday.
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From: (gold site) http://goldeconomy.org