(Mineweb) Higher gold imports have been curtailing the government’s efforts to stem the yawning gap in the country’s current account deficit. However, jewellers in the country are already facing the music, given the extremely perilous situation with low gold stocks and correspondingly high premiums of around $40 per ounce or…
(BANGKOK: Many traders put $300,000 at a time on the counters of the hundreds of gold shops here in the city). We want to hear what is going on in your area of the world… whether it’s about precious metal availability or premiums, inflation, political events, important local news, employment/job…
By Tekoa Da Silva — While mainstream news sources continue the war against gold and gold-related investments, three of the world’s top performing hedge fund managers have been busy at work building speculative gold positions during the first quarter. George Soros, John Paulson, and Steve Cohen, who in aggregate control…
There seems to be a great deal of the yellow metal heading out of the United States and into certain foreign countries lately. According to the USGS, the United States exported 129 metric tonnes of gold Jan-Feb, 2013. At this rate, total U.S. gold exports could reach 700-800 metric tonnes this year. With…
SINGAPORE, May 16 (Reuters) – Premiums for gold bars rallied to all-time highs in Hong Kong and Singapore on Thursday after bullion’s steepest drop since its April sell-off fuelled another round of buying, constricting supply. Gold bars in Hong Kong fetched premiums of up to $5 an ounce over spot…
The tactic by the Fed and Central Banks is to inflate the stock markets while manipulating the price of gold and silver lower. This achieves two goals, 1) it reassures the public’s faith by pumping up stock prices while the economic indicators continue to deteriorate and 2) it elevates the dollar while it destroys market sentiment in the…