Monthly Archives: May 2013

From Petrodollar To Petrogold: The US Is Now Trying To Cut Off Iran’s Access To Gold

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“The US is moving to broaden its ‘blockade’ efforts of Iran to the movement of pure gold into the Islamic Republic. The US-led embargo of Iranian crude succeeded in slowing the flow of petrodollars into the nation but as Foreign Affairs committee chairman Edward Cohen remarked, there is ‘no question that there is gold going from Turkey to Iran.’ While the official line from US elite such as Bernanke remains that ‘gold is not money’ it appears that increasingly other nations would disagree, as Cohen admitted, ‘in large measure what we’re seeing is private Iranian citizens buying gold as a protection against the falling value of Iran’s currency.'”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-16/petrodollar-petrogold-us-now-trying-cut-irans-access-gold

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Gold Demand In One Chart: Physical vs ETF

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“China’s demand for gold jumped 20% to 294 tonnes in the first quarter of 2013, while global gold demand overall slid 13% thanks to the dramatic rotation of demand from paper to physical. Central banks added 109.2 tonnes of gold to their reserves in Q1 2013, the ninth consecutive quarter of net purchases. But it was the Q1 ETF outflows of 176.9 tonnes, equating to a 7% decline in total gold ETF holdings that obscured the strong rise in investment for gold bars and coins at the retail level. In the face of the huge ‘paper’ gold ETF outflows, ‘physical’ gold demand surged to its highest in 18 months.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-16/gold-demand-one-chart-physical-vs-etf

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Gold’s dichotomy: Investment demand plunges, but consumers keep buying

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“Today’s gold market is being defined by two trends: aggressive selling by investors in North America through exchange-traded funds, and aggressive buying by consumers in Asia.  But for now, the ETF investors are overwhelming everyone else.  Gold prices settled below US$1,390 an ounce on Thursday, and after five rough trading days in a row, they are approaching the lows that were reached during last month’s dramatic collapse.  Chinese gold imports have been going through the roof. Data released last week showed that China imported 223.5 tonnes (or 7.9 million ounces) from Hong Kong in March, crushing the previous monthly record.”

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/05/16/golds-dichotomy-investment-demand-plunges-but-consumers-keep-buying/

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WSJ: Five Reasons Why the Gold Bulls Are Right

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“1)  Sentiment is improving in peripheral Europe: The recent collapse in gold prices was precipitated by news that Cyprus may sell its gold holdings to assist in the recovery from its banking crisis.  2) Equities could tumble: Record strength in stock indices such as the Dow is not supported by macroeconomic fundamentals. 3) India’s monsoon season won’t last forever: Inhabitants of the world’s second most populous country are also the biggest buyers of gold jewellery. 4) The important Indian demand for gold isn’t all about jewellery: In some jurisdictions, notably India, gold counts as part of a bank’s liquidity ratio. 5) Retail investors are still buying.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/05/wsj-five-reasons-why-gold-bulls-are.html

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Soros Reports Over $239mm In Gold Positions, Buys $25mm In Junior Miner Calls

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“While debate continues as to how far gold and gold equities will continue to drop, the Soros Fund is lightening up on physical gold in exchange for gold mining equities and call options on the extremely volatile junior mining stocks.  There couldn’t be any stronger indication by the fund as to its beliefs about the timing of this bottom (outside of selling everything and going all-in on call options of course).  It remains to be seen whether these positions will end up in the green or not, but with a forty year track record of 20% annual returns, I’ll be betting on the Soros Fund.”

http://bullmarketthinking.com/soros-reports-over-239mm-in-gold-positions-buys-25mm-in-call-options-on-juniors/

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Global Central Banks Added To Their Gold Stockpiles In Q1 Even As Prices Tumbled

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“Gold prices are down about 12.5% since the start of April. But global central banks have been increasing their reserves of the yellow metal. A new report from the World Gold Council shows that central banks bout 109 tonnes of gold in the first quarter. This was the seventh straight quarter in which they purchased over 100 tonnes of gold.  According to the WGC, Russia and South Korea were among the biggest buyers of gold.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/central-banks-buy-gold-in-q1-2013-5

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Bitcoin concept is gaining currency

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“Bitcoin’s growing popularity and a recent surge in value has caught the eye of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, including some who are convinced that Bitcoin could be the biggest thing on the Internet since, well, the Internet itself changed our lives two decades ago. This weekend, about 1,000 representatives of the growing Bitcoin economy will gather to discuss how far the currency has come, and what needs to happen next to fulfill what they see as its revolutionary promise. So far, Bitcoin has been used to buy games and virtual products from Internet merchants. Online exchanges have also sprouted up to trade the currency.”

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bitcoin-conference-20130517,0,1935134.story

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Ex-BlackRock MD: US raid on Bitcoin exchange is ‘hysterical’ reaction

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“Warwick Business School’s professor Jon Rushman, a former BlackRock managing director, says: ‘It is a little bit of a hysterical reaction from the US authorities.  There are concerns of Bitcoin being used in illegal ways, but unless there is more substantial evidence of this I don’t think there is any reason to shut down the main Bitcoin exchange. US dollars, Russian rubles and euros have all been used by criminals, but nobody is suggesting their central banks should be closed down and their governors imprisoned.’ Rushman calls for more ‘intelligent debate about Bitcoin and its future’.”

http://www.fundweb.co.uk/alternatives/ex-blackrock-md-us-raid-on-bitcoin-exchange-is-hysterical-reaction/1071378.article

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From the IRS to the EPA?

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“Government agencies like the EPA typically waive so-called Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request fees for groups disseminating information for public benefit, but it’s up to the agency to decide whether a fee-waiver is justified. At the EPA, fees were waived for liberal environmental groups like Greenpeace and EarthJustice almost always. Meanwhile, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market think tank, ‘had its requests denied 93 percent of the time. Most were denied because the agency said CEI ‘failed to demonstrate that the release of the information requested significantly increases the public understanding of government operations or activities.'”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324767004578485020262618766.html

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Benghazi: Who Cares?

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“In Libya, the media has gotten side tracked on a potentially sensational Obama administration cover up—no matter how minor—instead of asking the more important questions: ‘Would U.S. diplomats have been killed if the United States had not overthrown Muammar Gaddafi and destabilized Libya?’ or ‘Did the U.S. military intervention destabilize the entire region by unleashing Gaddafi’s huge weapon stocks and fighters into places like Mali?’ Bloodthirsty Republicans, such as John McCain and Lindsay Graham, don’t want to ask these questions, because it would undermine the rationale for their zealous advocacy of an ill-advised American intervention in Libya.”

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=3617

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