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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...
More on the puzzle of negative interest rates by JP Koning for Bullion Star Interest rates on many bonds have plunged into negative territory. But why on earth would anyone be willing to save $1000 only to get $999 in...
Singapore Tops Global Rankings as the World’s Safest and Most Secure Nation by Torgny Persson for Bullion Star Happy Birthday Singapore! When BullionStar first established in 2012, we located in Singapore in the knowledge that Singapore is simply the best...
The not-so-crazy world of negative interest rates by JP Koning for Bullion Star A few years ago when I was working at a bank, I asked the bond trader who worked next to me what he thought about the newish...
The History of the World is a History of Gold by Torgny Persson for Bullion Star The history of gold is nearly as long as the history of human civilisation. Gold has been inextricably linked to human civilisations since at least...
Gold the Ultimate Asset as Fed Joins Race to the Bottom in Global Rates by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star The US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) today announced a 0.25% cut in the influential US federal funds...
By Not Renewing the CBGA, Central Banks in Europe Look Ready to Buy Gold by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Last month, a BullionStar article titled “The Fifth Wave: A new Central Bank Gold Agreement?” brought your attention to the...
Gold & Silver Price Manipulation – The Greatest Trick ever Pulled by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star There is probably no other topic in the gold and silver markets which incites heated debate more than the subject of precious metals...
Gold Smuggling to India & Japan is a Symptom of Governments’ War against Gold by Torgny Persson for Bullion Star TDC Note – We reported on this new / old phenomenon of gold smuggling into Japan back in September 2018...
Poland joins Hungary with Huge Gold Purchase and Repatriation by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star With a variety of the world’s central banks going on a gold buying spree in recent years such as Russia and China, there has unsurprisingly...
How Much U.S. Currency is Held Overseas? by JP Koning for Bullion Star What is the U.S.’s greatest export? Banknotes. There is probably no other product for which the balance of trade is so tilted in the U.S.’s favour. No...
Mahathir’s Gold-backed Currency – Loose Talk or pan-Asian Plan? by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star While the non-stop flows of physical gold into countries such as China and India are a constant reminder to the world of the importance of...
What is Money? by Torgny Persson for Bullion Star What is money? Although it might seem a straight-forward question, ‘what is money’ is a question which will return a wide variety of answers depending on who you ask. For something...
The Fifth Wave: A new Central Bank Gold Agreement? by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star For practically twenty years now since September 1999, a cartel of central banks in Europe have been running a coordinated scheme in the gold market....
Gold Price Breakout in Multiple Currencies by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star The most commonly watched gold price these days is of course the gold price per troy ounce measured in the fiat currency US dollars. This is so for...
Gold & Silver Bullion – Different Investment Approaches from Bullion Star TDC Note – We like the diversified portfolio approach that gold, silver, blue steel, brass and lead offer. Safety, security and wealth protection of all types! Can’t call me...
The Puzzle of Electrum Coins by JP Koning for Bullion Star For several years Brits have been hearing rumours that their 1p and 2p coins were on the cusp of being discontinued. Not so. Last month the UK Treasury announced...
Still Firing on all Cylinders: China’s Physical Gold Market by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star While headlines may be on the Sino-US trade war, China’s gold market continues to fire on all cylinders, with physical gold continuing to flow into,...
Pay-to-Play: LBMA shows contempt for the wider Gold and Silver markets by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Exactly six months ago, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) began weekly publication of rolled up trade volume data for the London and...
London’s annual Platinum Week: A showcase for the White Precious Metal by Torgny Persson for Bullion Star The third week of May sees an annual event in London known as “Platinum Week” when many participants from the platinum industry gather...
