When you start to see long term supporters of the USD making statements like this, you know this isnt just a drill.

The inverse trade to the USD is gold.

Dollar to Hit 50 Yen, Cease as Reserve, Sumitomo Says

By Shigeki Nozawa

Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — The dollar may drop to 50 yen next year and eventually lose its role as the global reserve currency, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.’s chief strategist said, citing trading patterns and a likely double dip in the U.S. economy.

“The U.S. economy will deteriorate into 2011 as the effects of excess consumption and the financial bubble linger,” said Daisuke Uno at Sumitomo Mitsui, a unit of Japan’s third- biggest bank. “The dollar’s fall won’t stop until there’s a change to the global currency system.”

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The DOW moves back above 10,000…..

Problem is that its measured in dollars…so if you factor in the rate of money creation and assume that affects buying power you get a DOW thats worth about 5000 in buying power.

When measured against gold however, it looks more like this:

DOW / GOLD Ratio Chart - 10 Yr

That tiny little uptick is what all the Wall St cheerleaders are excited about.

If history repeats and the DOW and Gold meet at a 1:1 ratio at the top of golds run up, and the DOW keeps rising (due to inflated dollars more than anything else) , then where is that meeting point going to be? Maybe these guys calling for a 20,000 DOW are right…but what also does that mean for gold? What also would that mean for the buying power of the dollar?

To me that looks like a buying opportunity in a major trend.

China - Hungry Dragon

I have been saying for a long time that China has been aggressively stockpiling commodities, buying mineral rights all over the globe, and buying up companies that produce products of the earth.

This signals a new tactic for the Chinese: outright unsolicited offers for mining companies.

Normally the Chinese are more reserved, tactful, willing to be patient and win via masterfully executed maneuvers – much like Sun Tzu’s Art of War.

It seems their patience, as well as their willingness to depend on the dollar retaining its value (and thus the buying power of their portfolio) is coming to an end.

I think this is the beginning of an ever more aggressive stance towards purchasing commodities and raw materials. They know the dollar is going to the deadpool of currencies, and want to buy while it still commands the value it does.

Gold will again reign as the king of currencies.

China makes unexpected grab for Canadian miner

State-controlled Jilin Jien launches a surprise bid for Canadian Royalties, a stark change in tactics for the Asian superpower

ANDY HOFFMAN

From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail Last updated on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009 02:44AM EDT

China’s insatiable hunger for natural resources has officially turned hostile.

State-controlled Jilin Jien Nickel Industry Co. Ltd. launched a surprise $148.5-million unsolicited takeover bid for Canadian Royalties Inc. yesterday, marking one of the first times the Asian economic superpower has gone after foreign resource assets without first winning a friendly agreement with management.

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Again, this is right in line with all secular bull markets.

First investors are the contrarian sophisticated investors. We have clients who were selling tech and buying gold and silver in 1995.

Next comes the institutional players. The price action from this causes the final wave.

Mom and pops pile in last, usually ending in a blow-off top, but by then all the money has been made.

Gold fast becoming asset class in every investment portfolio – Gold Fields

By: Martin Creamer
7th August 2009

Nick Holland - CEO Gold Fields

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Gold is fast becoming an asset class in virtually every fund manager’s investment portfolio, which is going to take the gold price to the next level, says Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland.

Holland, who visited 60 fund managers in the last year, says that virtually every one of them is seeking the best investment entry point into gold.

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This is theft. You still trust these people?

Unjust weights and Measures are an abomination unto the Lord.

The Lord delights in just weights, all the weights in the bag are his.

It took me a long time to figure out that last part. Do you realize that out of the thousands of various types of paper currencies to paper derivatives of every imaginable stripe and color, that only gold and silver were here before man?

Traders Profit With Computers Set at High Speed

July 24, 2009, 4:10 am

It is the hot new thing on Wall Street, a way for a handful of traders to master the stock market, peek at investors’ orders and, critics say, even subtly manipulate share prices. It is called high-frequency trading — and it is suddenly one of the most talked-about and mysterious forces in the markets, writes Charles Duhigg in The New York Times.

Powerful computers, some housed right next to the machines that drive marketplaces like the New York Stock Exchange, enable high-frequency traders to transmit millions of orders at lightning speed and, their detractors contend, reap billions at everyone else’s expense.

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Switzerland sold 1550 tons of gold between 2000 and 2009, roughly 127.78 tons per year according to this article.

They also say that no further sales are planned for the foreseeable future.

That is a whopping 127.78 tons per year LESS supply to the worlds demand.

Is this bullish for gold?

Swiss to sell 127 tons less gold this year

Original Article: http://www.20min.ch/finance/news/story/Schweiz-verkauft-kein-Gold-mehr-30046438

Translated from German to English via Google Translate: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.20min.ch/finance/news/story/Schweiz-verkauft-kein-Gold-mehr-30046438

Alex’s Notes: This keeps getting better and better. The Federal Reserve act was passed in 1913. In direct conflict with the US Constitution which states only gold and silver are legal as money, it allowed a private bank to control the issuance of currency, to basically create money at will.

I can already hear the argument versus gold and silver as money starting up..the barbarous relic theme…instead of addressing this argument which has gone on for as long as man has wanted to control issuance of currency, let me just point out one simple fact: you cannot build a stable house with a measurement of value that changes all of the time. If the inches on a slide rule a carpenter used changed its size constantly, the house would be a catastrophe waiting to happen. That is precisely what the US Dollar is, a measure that changes value constantly. It would take you almost $100 to buy in raw goods what $1 would buy you 100 years ago. These are simple, indisputable facts, and have nothing to do with the idea that people do not want gold coins clinking around in their pocket. The point is money must have a stable measure or it cannot be the foundation a financial house is built upon.

Evidence of this is pretty obvious and widespread in today’s economy.

The US government literally borrows money from the Fed then taxes US citizens to pay the interest, then the Fed, which is a private bank, then uses your tax dollars to buy garbage out of the market and off the books of financial firms, cleaning their books and padding everyone’s pockets in the process, once again at the cost of the american taxpayer.

Lets be clear here: I am not trying to get you mad at the government, I am trying to point out that you can either trust the paper system with your money, or you can put your money in gold. History proves that parabolic debasement of the money supply that is occurring now, has led to the demonitization of that particular form of money, every time.

Get safe. Gold is the Money of Kings.

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Wall Street profits from trades with Fed

By Henny Sender in New York

Published: August 2 2009 23:04 | Last updated: August 2 2009 23:04

Wall Street banks are reaping outsized profits by trading with the Federal Reserve, raising questions about whether the central bank is driving hard enough bargains in its dealings with private sector counterparties, officials and industry executives say.

The Fed has emerged as one of Wall Street’s biggest customers during the financial crisis, buying massive amounts of securities to help stabilise the markets. In some cases, such as the market for mortgage-backed securities, the Fed buys more bonds than any other party.

However, the Fed is not a typical market player. In the interests of transparency, it often announces its intention to buy particular securities in advance. A former Fed official said this strategy enables banks to sell these securities to the Fed at an inflated price.

The resulting profits represent a relatively hidden form of support for banks, and Wall Street has geared up to take advantage. Barclays, for example, e-mails clients with news on the Fed’s balance sheet, detailing the share of the market in particular securities held by the Fed.

“You can make big money trading with the government,” said an executive at one leading investment management firm. “The government is a huge buyer and seller and Wall Street has all the pricing power.”

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Alex’s Notes: When you see the WGC talking about gold going up, then it is probably going up. Why? Well because for a firm that is supposed to represent the interest of some of the worlds largest mining companies, it is usually pretty bearish on gold. If these guys think its going up, then it has hit the fan.

Gold will hit $1,000 again

Gold will revisit $1,000 as investment demand and jewellery purchases rebound and supply decreases annually, a senior World Gold Council official said.

On the supply side, gold mining production has been decreasing at a rate about 4 to 5pc per year after reaching a peak production in 2001, Jason Toussaint, managing director of exchange traded gold, said today. “Even if demand stays the same, prices must go up.”

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Alex’s Notes: Hold on to your gold, and buy more.

The Chinese are pretty smart cookies. Ya, I know, I go on and on about the Chinese, but why shouldn’t I?

In many ways, they are taking the exact same path the US took in its rise to dominance.

The US used to have strategic stockpiles of virtually everything, from base metals to rare metals used in military applications, to silver, gold, oil, etc. Today, those stocks stand depleted, or completely sold off.

China on the other hand is buying raw materials hand over fist. The copper consumption of the Chinese is off the charts for example. This is a simple and expedient way for China to diversify their massive stockpile of USD denominated foreign reserves (roughly $2Trillion) and buy up commodities while the USD is still retaining its value, as well as position themselves in the investments that will hold the greatest value moving forward.

If I were diversifying out of my reserves I would also buy US Treasuries, not because I thought they were worth anything, but because it maintains the buying power of my other $2Trillion USD…call it the cost of doing business. Keep in mind, the Chinese have also found a means of using their USD Treasuries as collateral for direct exposure to the commodities markets via hedge funds…this puts a backstop in place that if the US wanted to slam commoditites prices to prop up the dollar it would do so at the potential risk of devaluing the Treasury instruments the Chinese are using as collateral for their margin calls. Quite brilliant.

Then, when the fiat system resets, China will be holding the aces…commodities…both in raw form and the companies that produce them.

Gold and silver will be much more relevant as money moving forward, do not forget there are 1.4 QUADRILLION dollars worth of OTC derivatives currently in the process of blowing up…it is the biggest paper market on earth..that virtually no one knows about or talks about. As the current fiat currency cycle hurtles towards a reset, people will rush into ‘honest money’.

China to deploy foreign reserves

By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing

Beijing will use its foreign exchange reserves, the largest in the world, to support and accelerate overseas expansion and acquisitions by Chinese companies, Wen Jiabao, the country’s premier, said in comments published on Tuesday.

“We should hasten the implementation of our ‘going out’ strategy and combine the utilisation of foreign exchange reserves with the ‘going out’ of our enterprises,” he told Chinese diplomats late on Monday.

Mr Wen said Beijing also wanted Chinese companies to increase its share of global exports.

The “going out” strategy is a slogan for encouraging investment and acquisitions abroad, particularly by big state-owned industrial groups such as PetroChina, Chinalco, China Telecom and Bank of China.

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Chinese have a memory of fiat currency failure as it has happened a handful of times. The chinese cultural memory goes back a long ways. Metal is flowing like a river from west to east.

There is an ancient saying of ‘He who has the gold, makes the rules’. This isnt just a cliche, but rather proven out by historical evidence. Wherever the largest stocks of gold were, the nations who have held it were usually the most influential nations of their time period.

Egypt, Rome, Byzantium, Western Europe and England, then the USA.

The US gold stocks have not been audited since the 50’s, and many analysts believe that what is claimed to be there is alot more than what is actually there.

China is still making strong strides to make the Yuan a fully convertible currency. When the veil spun by the mass media comes off, people will run to whats ultimately safe, which is gold and silver.

China May Overtake India in Gold Demand, Council Says

By Sophie Leung

July 24 (Bloomberg) — China may overtake India to become the world’s top gold consumer this year, the World Gold Council said, as the nation became the first of the major economies to rebound from the global recession.

Jewelry demand in China expanded in the first quarter while dropping in India, Marcus Grubb, a managing director at the London-based council, said today at a conference in Hong Kong. Chinese gold demand will keep rising, he said.

China’s economy grew 7.9 percent in the second quarter after a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package spurred record lending and consumption. India’s gold purchases slumped 54 percent in the six months ended June after a decline in the rupee pushed up the cost of owning bullion, cooling demand from housewives and jewelers, the Bombay Bullion Association said.

“There is a possibility that China might overtake India as the world’s largest gold consumer this year,” Hou Huimin, deputy head of the China Gold Association, said by phone from Beijing today. “India’s gold consumption is reportedly dropping this year due to the financial crisis.”

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Consumer level investors do not stand a  chance trading these markets. If you arent a big trading firm with access to Dark Pools, you are at a serious disadvantage.

Talk to and inteview the guys who built the technology behind the Dark Pools. Its an eye opener.

Solution: Protect wealth using gold and silver

By Jonathan Spicer

NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer warned a top regulator on Friday that if she does not ban so-called “flashes” — orders that stock exchanges send to a select group of traders before revealing them to the wider market — he will introduce legislation that does.

In a letter dated Friday to Mary Schapiro, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Schumer said this type of order “seriously compromises the integrity of our markets and creates a two-tiered system where a privileged group of insiders receives preferential treatment.

“If allowed to continue, these practices will undermine the confidence of ordinary investors and drive them away from our capital markets,” Schumer, a senior Democrat on the Senate Banking panel, said in the letter obtained by Reuters and verified by an aide.

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Alex’s Notes: Just found an interesting post by mosesman over at socioecohistory.wordpress.com:

* I still see a global monetary collapse. A crisis of confidence in fiat currencies triggered by a USD collapse. Gold will do well. Here are the 10 reasons :

The Stimulus Effect:Including $1 trillion in cash infusions, the stimulus plan will pump $9.7 trillion into the economy, according to Bloomberg. As the Globe & Mail reports flatly, “Many believe that the monetary stimulus efforts will cause a spike in inflation,” driving gold higher.

COMEX Traders Predict $1,600 Gold… by December: If gold trades at or above $1,600 by December, some 100,000 call option contracts will be “in the money.” Big-money players Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are reportedly helping to drive the action, ahead of a huge purchase of gold futures contracts.

“Big Money” Inflows:In 2008, NYC-based hedge fund Paulson & Co’s flagship fund returned 37%, as the world markets burned. Paulson’s bullish on gold, big time, including the Mar. 17 purchase of 39.9 million shares of AngloGold, worth $1.28 billion. Other major hedge funds are piling into gold, too, including Eton Park Capital, Green light Capital and Hayman Advisors.

China’s Doubling Down! China just revealed that it has doubled its gold holdings to 1,054 tons. Yet that still only equals 1.6% of its overall reserves. As China moves out of U.S. Treasuries and into gold, this will help fuel the next leg of the run-up.

Demand Building across the Board:Worldwide demand for gold jumped by $29.7 billion in the first quarter, a 36% bolt, according to the World Gold Council. Demand for gold ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) rocketed 540%… another trigger for the coming gold boom.

The Paper Dollar’s 30% Drop: Since 2001, the U.S. Dollar Index has tanked 30%… while gold has risen 300%. With all the downward pressure on the dollar, and inflation on the way, this trend is about to pick up steam.

Gold/Dow Ratio Signals $8,000 Gold: During major gold bull markets (and corresponding equity bears), gold and the Dow converge at a 1-to-1 ratio. During the last gold bull, the Dow sank to 850 and gold rose to $850. The Dow is now over 8,000… But even if it fell to 4,000, we could see $4,000 gold before this bull run is over!

U.S. Treasury Dept. Signals $5,468 Gold: Currently, the U.S. government holds about 286.9 million ounces of gold. It has printed about $1.569 trillion worth of paper dollars. If each dollar were backed by gold, that would put the price at $5,468.80 an ounce.

Riding the “Commodity Super Cycle”: Jim Rogers expects the Commodity Super Cycle to drive commodity prices higher for another eight years… including gold. And he’s stockpiling the yellow metal by the day. Every pullback, says Rogers, is another buying opportunity. Considering he’s been dead right on every major trend of the past 40 years, we wouldn’t bet against him.

Historic Model Predicts $6,214 Gold: During the last gold bull, the yellow metal ran from $35 an ounce to $850, a 24-fold increase. This bull started with gold at $255.95, meaning that if historic trends hold, the price target would be $6,214 an ounce.

Do you trust the Federal Reserve?

Do you trust Wall Street?

Congressman Alan Gray discusses the Federal Reserve lending to foreign countries in the last year with Chairman Bernanke.

The reason people are running to gold is because it isnt paper…it doesnt depend on a bank or a government for it to have value.

There is a reason gold and silver have been money for almost 6000 years of recorded human history. Is it really possible that mankind has become so enlightened in the last 200 years that the accumulated wisdom and experience from the prior 5800 years has become obsolete?

Or maybe is this just hubris?

Alex’s Notes: The last time the US Mint suspended gold sales it marked a start point for a rise in volatility and major sell-off in commodities.

You may notice that the date I posted that article in the link above perfectly co-incides with a spike in the ‘Fear Index’.

This chart is the ‘VXO’ also known as the ‘Volatility Index’ – it typically represents when there is a great deal of fear sentiment in the marketplace, or lack of.

Volatility Index Chart Chart

The interesting thing I would like to point out is that although we saw a rise in fear as well as a general sell-off in commodities, retail demand for gold soared and it was not un-common to see anywhere from 10% to 300% premiums on gold coins for sale on Ebay.

Are we about to see another massive spike in retail gold demand?

U.S. Mint gold, silver coin sales ‘temporarily suspended’ – again

Sales and suspension of gold and silver coin or bullion coin sales by the U.S. Mint are becoming a regular part of doing business as overloaded refiners and mint facilities struggle to meet continuing high demand.
Author: Dorothy Kosich
Posted:  Tuesday , 14 Jul 2009

RENO, NV -

Unprecedented demand, a shortage of blanks, and restrictive policies and regulations continue to exacerbate what is almost becoming a chronic shortage of gold and silver coins authorized by the U.S. Mint.

The U.S. Mint has again “temporarily” suspended sales of almost all of its gold uncirculated and proof coins, along with nearly all of silver uncirculated coins because of the limited availability of blanks.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
July 13th, 2009AD

Here is a little global economy roundup:

Many still think the economy is on the verge of recovery. While the rest of the developing world continues to steam ahead plowing through obstacles, the western world continues to spiral downward. This still does not take into consideration ALT-A and ARM loan resets through 2011.

July 9 (Bloomberg) — The $3.5 trillion commercial real estate market is a ticking “time bomb” that may lead to a second wave of losses at large U.S. banks, congressional Joint Economic Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said.

About $700 billion in commercial mortgages will need to be refinanced before the end of 2010 and “doing nothing is not an option,” Maloney, a New York Democrat, said at a committee hearing today. This “looming crisis” may lead to significant losses for banks, force shopping center and hotel owners into bankruptcy, and impede economic recovery, she said.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world forges onward.

The IMF  claims Asia cannot decouple from the western world economies and will not continue to grow until the west recovers…this article doesn’t agree. Also….has the head economist of the IMF forgotten that China has almost $2 Trillion in savings that it can spend?

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – China wrestled the new-car sales crown from the U.S. through the first half of the year, topping 6 million cars and trucks at a time when the long-time global sales leader grapples with historic declines.

Do you really think the worlds leaders believe all this BS about green shoots? If they did, would they be plowing money into commodities like this? Or maybe is it, that they know that if you print $13.5 Trillion (and growing) you will see massive inflation of real prices, so they are buying while its cheap and using lip service to keep the dollar value from dropping to preserve as much buying power as possible?

BEIJING, July 10 (Reuters) – China’s imports of unwrought copper and semi-finished copper products in June hit an all-time record for a fifth straight month of 475,999 tonnes, from May’s record 422,666 tonnes, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Friday.

Rats from a sinking ship

More Diversification out of Dollar…Japan has always been one of the biggest supporters of the USD…and now there is public discussion of diversifying out of it…this is very bearish for the USD (and very bullish for gold)…this may be a prelude to a new ‘basket of currencies’ as an index to a new global exchange currency

July 13 (Bloomberg) — Japan’s opposition party, leading in polls ahead of next month’s election, said the nation should consider shifting its $1 trillion of foreign reserves away from the dollar and buying International Monetary Fund bonds.

The next world reserve currency

President Medvedev has called for a gold backed currency over and over. This time, he isnt just calling for it, he is producing examples of it. He handed coins to the leaders of G8 delegations, a proto-type of a potential new global currency…and these coins were pure gold. Any move in this direction would be extremely bullish for gold. Read an article I wrote regarding shifting to a gold back currency to understand why.

July 10 (Bloomberg) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev illustrated his call for a supranational currency to replace the dollar by pulling from his pocket a sample coin of a “united future world currency.”

My colleagues have been right so far, having called the current economic crisis over a decade ago. This video proves it: Millennium Money as it was produced in the mid 90’s.

Our portfolios also reflect the fact that those who listened to us over the last few years are doing quite well right now. Those who did not…maybe not so much.

I will be sending out a ‘Rapid Trends Insider’ email later today with an exclusive chance to listen in on a recent round-table discussion with my colleagues regarding the global supply / demand situation, as well as an interview we did with David Morgan, one of the worlds top recognized silver analysts.

You can join our newsletter here: Rapid Trends Insider

at least if you are silly enough to believe what the US Constitution says

Interesting Video on Gold and Silver

BRICs Add $60 Billion Reserves as Zhou Derides Dollar

By Shanthy Nambiar and Lilian Karunungan

June 8 (Bloomberg) — The BRICs are buying dollars at the fastest pace since before credit markets froze in September, protecting exports even as leaders of the biggest emerging markets consider alternatives to the U.S. currency.

Brazil, Russia, India and China increased foreign reserves by more than $60 billion in May to limit currency gains as the first global recession since World War II restricted exports, data compiled by central banks and strategists show. Brazil bought the most dollars in a year, India’s reserves gained the most since January 2008 and Russia added the most foreign exchange since July.

While Russian, Chinese and Brazilian leaders suggest substituting the dollar, the central bank purchases show just how dependant they remain on the world’s reserve currency. Russia is proposing the BRICs consider creating a new unit of exchange when they meet in Yekaterinburg on June 16. China and Brazil said last month they may look at ways of dropping the dollar for trade between the two countries.

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By Charles Wyatt

Minesite.com

Thursday, May 7, 2009

It was great timing by Adam Fleming, chairman of Fleming Family & Partners, to have the team from GATA in London simultaneously with Marc Watchorn, chief executive of Wits Gold. Bill Murphy and Chris Powell of GATA — or the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, to give it its full title — were accompanied by John Embry the top gold fund manager at Sprott Asset Management.

Everyone with a serious interest in gold in London was there to hear them explain just how governments and banks over a long period have acted in concert to suppress the price of gold. Gold is seen as the “canary in the cage” that warns when inflation or interest rates are getting dangerous. Politicians and bankers prefer to tie up the beak of the canary so that it cannot sing, and this they do by selling gold and hiding the evidence.

No one knows how much gold is currently held by the U.S. Treasury or the International Monetary Fund. Small wonder then that there was a very muted response from the IMF when Gordon Brown suggested at the G20 fiasco that it should sell gold to raise money for less-developed countries hit by the current financial crisis.

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CHINA’S revelation that it has been stockpiling gold signaled it may accelerate the diversification of its foreign-exchange reserves as a hedge against the global economic downturn, but it’s unlikely to stop buying US-dollar assets, analysts said.

China has added 454 tons to its gold reserves since 2003, bringing the total to 1,054 tons, through domestic purchases and the refining of scrap gold, Hu Xiaolian, head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, said in late April.

It was the first public comment on the top-secret gold holdings in the past six years. The figure confirmed what many gold bugs have suspected for years – that China has been quietly amassing a stockpile of the precious metal.

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Just posted an excellent article by J.S. Kim in regards to golds role as a monetary balancer.

In this article, Mr. Kim goes back through Greenspans famous essay and shows clearly why gold is the only means of counterbalancing what governmental and banking oligarchies do with fiat currency systems.

An excerpt:

Today, due to the proliferation of fragile and confusing financial instruments called derivatives and the fraudulent nature of our fractional reserve banking system, hundreds of billions, and more likely, trillions of more dollars exist than claims on real assets and goods.

The comparable analogy would be if, as an Apple (AAPL) store owner, I sold the same 100 Apple desktop computers to 10,000 clients. As long as no more than 10 of my customers required delivery in any given year, then my business could operate for many years without this fraudulent scheme ever being exposed. However, the instant my clients collectively decided they wanted to take delivery of all 10,000 computers in the same month, my ruse would be exposed and my business sentenced to a fate of bankruptcy.

Almost all of us would agree that this would be an insane way to run a business, yet we readily accept the fact that all major banks in every modern, developed nation run their businesses in this very manner. However, the development of such a situation would be next to impossible with the institution of a true gold standard and this is why Alan Greenspan once made the timeless statement that economic freedom and gold are inseparable.

The full article is here: Gold is the balance to fiat currency