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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...
The only gold the US shows – A working vault at West Point by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Every so often, US media coverage provides glimpses into the US Treasury’s gold reserves stored with the US Mint. While this...
Why central banks should hold gold (and many other assets too) by JP Koning for Bullion Star Canada is notorious among gold watchers for not owning any gold. In 2016, the Ministry of Finance sold off its last few ounces...
Curse of the London Gold Fix strikes again as SocGen abandons ship by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star News last week from the LBMA that French bank Societe Generale (SocGen) has resigned as a market maker for gold and silver...
The vast gold hoards held by Germany’s population by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star While the Chinese and Indian populations are well known for their insatiable appetite for importing, buying and hoarding physical gold, there is one market in the...
When Politicians and Central Banks clash – the Gold of Romania and Italy by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star TDC Note As we recently pointed out these banking cabals, just like the democrats / liberals discussing border security, are running...
Where did all the silver coins go? by JP Koning for Bullion Star In times past, small denomination coins were made of silver. The U.S. quarter dollar, for instance, once contained 90% silver, which meant that each quarter had 5.6...
Holding Precious Metals in your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) by Torgny Persson for Bullion Star Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) Under US tax law, an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is an account structure designed to save for retirement. IRAs can be...
Europe’s INSTEX payments channel won’t help Iran by JP Koning for Bullion Star Since they were implemented last November, U.S. economic sanctions against Iran have been remarkably effective. Iranian oil exports have plummeted to 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd)...
The Domino Effect – Romania joins Gold Repatriation exodus by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star TDC Note – When we reported on this – click here now – and then click here now – it seemed like a big deal....
RBA bosses squirm as Aussie politicians throw easy questions about RBA gold in London by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Following an 18 February RT.com article about the gold reserves of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) claimed to be...
Australia’s gold at the Bank of England – Extended Q & A by Ronan Manly for Bullion Star Recently, news network RT.com asked for my comments on the question of the 80 tonnes of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA)...
Italy’s Gold enters the Political Fray. But who really owns it? by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star Italy’s unpredictable political situation continues to throw up surprises with a controversial claim in national newspaper La Stampa this week that the country’s...
The Great Japanese Gold Trade of 1859 by JP Koning for Bullion Star The price of gold is $1,300 per ounce right now. But imagine if there was one place in the world – say Japan – where you could buy...
Bank of England tears up its Gold Custody contract with Venezuela’s central bank by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star In early November 2018, it first came to light that the Bank of England in London was delaying and blocking the...
How California stayed with gold when the rest of the U.S. adopted fiat money by JP Koning for Bullion Star This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar’s Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central...
Separating truth from fiction in China’s golden game of Poker by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star This month the Chinese central bank reported that in December 2018, its gold reserve holdings increased by 10 tonnes, the first claimed increase in...
Russian Central Bank buying Gold on the International market? by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star For a number of years now and even more so during 2018, the central bank of the Russian Federation, the Bank of Russia, has remained...
Venezuela’s gold in limbo amid tug-of-war at the Bank of England by Ronan Manly – Bullion Star In early November news was placed into the British media (Reuters and The Times) revealing that the Bank of England in London, one...
