CURRENTLY: In EU/UK markets... GOLD: $1,203.90 Silver: $17.99 Platinum: $1518 Palladium: $453 US market opening in about 25 minutes...
CURRENTLY: After the US market opening... GOLD: $1,205.10 Silver: $17.99 Platinum: $1527 Palladium: $460
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/7884272/Secret-gold-swap-has-spooked-the-market.html 380 tonnes of gold to the Bank of International Settlements in return for foreign currencies, there was widespread surprise and confusion
Well if gold does drop, I'd be surprised if the U.S. didn't take the opportunity to pick up even more gold, considering what seems the inevitable of the USD getting weaker, they should try to offload that by obtaining more gold....
If I understand the article correctly, the gold was "leased/loaned" in exchange for the foreign currency rather than outright sold. This could be that the owner of the gold saw more growth in the currencies obtained than in the PM itself. The arrangement most likely contains the payback conditions. One is betting that the value of gold is going to decrease compared to the currencies, and the other the reverse. Same if a person faces a decision to buy/sell gold today. IMO. Jim
It seems unlikely that this gold will ever leave the BIS/IMF/Central Bank circle of friends and end up being sold on the open market.
CURRENTLY: In EU/UK markets... GOLD: $1,206.10 Silver: $18.02 Platinum: $1531 Palladium: $465 US market opens in just under 2 hours... ***I'll be taking a few days... See ya' next week folks.***
18.320 silver 1217 SPIKE in gold from 1210 within 5 minutes. Could damper out over the day though considering how its stacked(speculation)