This week: Venezuela wants it’s gold home Ben Davies: gold to reach $2100 in a matter of weeks Has gold decoupled from stocks? Silver surprisingly strong In “celebration” of the 40 year anniversary of Nixon “closing the gold window” there has been a fair bit of news in the past week. Biggest perhaps was that Venezuelan...

One of the writers we feature regularly (and follow closely) is J.S. Kim.  Below he is interviewed by the often over the top but also informative Max Keiser in what is quite an advanced account of the goings on in the paper futures market for gold and silver.  An interesting point in the video is the concept of how the European Parliament is looking to accept...

What This Key Technical Signal is Flashing Right Now I have stated this for many years now and I’ll continue to stand by this statement: Technical and fundamental analysis are of limited utility in predicting short-term trends in manipulated markets when analyzed in a vacuum absent of the context of government and bank manipulation. This not only applies to...

Last week in our Weekly Wanderings, we brought you the story of Andy Maguire’s whistle-blowing testimony to the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission). Despite the importance of this financial news, it has received virtually zero coverage by the mainstream press. However, the alternative media, via the internet and the blogosphere have covered the story...

This week in our musings, we bring you some slightly more unusual items that we have found interesting…. Central Banks Buy Gold A master bullion trader sets the CFTC straight on manipulation Treasuries Riskier Than Toilet Paper! Fed-up Mainstream journalist starts web-site Central Banks Buy Gold From the Daily Bell comes this report…. Central...