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New COMEX Pledged Gold – Shrinking the Pool of Registered Inventory by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star TDC Note – COMEX inventory categories are nothing more than a legal form of the centuries old parlor trick – “shell game” or...
Chinese central bank gold buying – On a need to know basis by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star After announcing monthly gold purchases for ten straight months between December 2018 and September 2019, the Chinese central bank, the People’s Bank...
The Power of Gold in Times of Crisis by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star While physical gold is a well-known safe haven asset which investors flock to in times of market turbulence as a way of protecting their wealth, gold...
Why are gold and bonds rising together? by JP Koning for Bullion Star In a previous post I mentioned that when I first broke into the financial industry, the owner of the brokerage where I worked was a dyed-in-the-wool gold...
Wag the Dog – The new COMEX and SGE Gold Contracts by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star TDC Note – I questioned this whole thing during a recent Daily Briefing at The Gadfly – one week FREE TRIAL – I don’t trust...
Buy Gold & Silver in New Zealand – Diversify your Bullion Storage by Torgny Persson for Bullion Star Buy & Store Gold & Silver in New Zealand While Singapore is arguably the best country in the world in which to...
LBMA needs reform to serve the physical precious metals market by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Among the wider precious metals community, it would be fair to say that the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has always been looked upon...
Does anyone use the IMF’s SDR? by JP Koning for Bullion Star Last week I poked some fun at the International Monetary Fund’s special drawing rights. I claimed that no on uses them. I wouldn’t be the first to make...
LBMA Removes JP Morgan’s Michael Nowak from the LBMA Board by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Just when you think it couldn’t get any more embarrassing for JP Morgan’s precious metals business and its embattled head, Michael Nowak, today it...
LBMA Board Member & JP Morgan Managing Director Charged with Rigging Precious Metals by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Michael Nowak, JP Morgan Chase managing director and head of the bank’s global precious metals desk, who is also a Board...
Rothschild emerges from the shadows for the Centenary of the London Gold Fixing by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star “The history of the London Gold Fixing is a history of gold price intervention and manipulation“ This month in London marks...
Hyperbitcoinization by JP Koning for Bullion Star I hear the term hyperbitcoinization a lot these days. It reminds me of some of the narratives that have long underpinned the gold sector. When I first found a job in the financial...
Gold, Silver and Platinum surge ahead with impressive double digit YTD returns by Torgny Persson for Bullion Star The recent trading action of gold, silver and platinum on international markets has been nothing short of spectacular, with the spot prices...
Chinese gold imports – Better data, lower inflows, unanswered questions: Ronan Manly for Bullion Star In mid-August Reuters published a story titled ”China curbs gold imports as trade war heats up” claiming that the Chinese authorities had been ”severely restricting gold...
