Salient to Investors: Tyler Durden writes: Jason Zweig at the Wall Street Journal recently described gold as “like a pet rock” and said owning gold was an act of faith. An article by Floyd Norris in The New York Times in 1999 slamming gold was followed by a 650% rise in the
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Harry Dent writes: All the signs point to the end of the global bubble. The greatest trigger will be the bursting of the massive, unprecedented China bubble. China’s stock market loss of 35% in less than 30 days signals its stock bubble has peaked: a drop of 30% to 40%
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: China last reported its gold reserves in 2009 at 1,054.1 tonnes, just 1% of the value of its foreign currency reserves, and less gold reserves than Germany, the IMF, Italy and France, and a fraction of those of the US. Bloomberg Intelligence believes China’s reserves exceed 3,510 tonnes,
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Speculators boosted bullish gold bets to a 3-month high. Frank Holmes at US Global Investors said gold prices have to rise because of the sheer size of the monetization of global debt – gold is insurance. Jessica Fung at BMO Capital Markets sees very little prospect of
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Eric Zoldan at JHS Capital Advisors said that over the last two weeks, it is much clearer that while money is flowing out of all asset classes, it is not flowing out of the gold market, and that deteriorating global growth and demand is leading investors back to gold.
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Investors pulled the most money from US ETPs backed by raw materials since April. US corn and soybean crops are the biggest ever, global stockpiles of nickel are at an all-time high, the US is producing the most oil since 1986, while China is headed for its slowest
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Gold held in ETPs are the lowest in 5 years, gold’s 60-day volatility is near a 5-yr low, and open interest near the lowest since 2009. Brian Levitt at OppenheimerFunds sees no compelling reasons to be in gold, and said no inflationary pressures and a Fed that will
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Silver ETP holdings are near October’s record while money managers reduced bullish wagers by 95% – Coeur Mining has hedged a third of its production through Q1 2015. Retail investors account for 80% of US ETP purchases and expect long-term growth to spur industrial demand from solar
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Gold prices and gold ETP holdings have the most-negative correlation since 2004, making the latter less useful as market predictors.. Mark Luschini at Janney Montgomery Scott said the disconnect is because a lot of money has left. Comex open interest fell to a 5-yr low this month and volatility
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: IMF data show: Central banks lowered world gold reserves for a second month by May. Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Serbia, Greece and Ecuador boosted gold reserves in June. Turkey increased its gold holdings in May. Germany lowered its holdings in June. Hedge funds almost doubled their net-long positions
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