Is the bottom in or thereabouts
(as they say)
The Green Spots - highlight golds previous bottoms
Speaks for itself :o)
Does it look like we should have.....a nice big "Red Spot" at the very far right :o)
Make of 'em - what you will
But add in GOFO rated still running negative....11 days and counting
- plunging Crimex inventory
- the Morgue down to....it's very last tonne
- massive volume going thro the shanghai exchange
- huge far east premiums
(as much as $300 per oz - in a recent physical gov't auction in vietnam)
- Andrew Maguires comments - a few posts back
- Portugal, Ireland, Greece - all seeking to renogotiate their bailouts/needing more bailout
- Ratings agency downgrade - of one of Europes...actual "bailout funds"
- Impact of rising T-bond rates on....interest rate swaps
- Japan with a paperweight on "print"....until they hit desired inflation
- Comment that Italy will need a bailout...this year
- Detroit going into chapter 11 (city employees likely to lose 90% of their pensions)
- Month by month new record numbers on US foodstamps
- Middle East ....unrest
- The Cyprus debacle
- The Cyprus template - now in place UK, Canada, Australia, N/Zealand etc etc
- RothKiddies working on a Cyprus style - "Good Bank/Bad Bank) for a UK high street bank
- GLD bleeding physical (inventory down 30% this year) - sprott physical...down ZERO
- India - moving heaven and eart - to stop the sheeple....buying gold
- ABN Amros April Gold Default (punters only get fiat if they want to withdraw..their own metal)
- Germany told - must wait SEVEN years for return of it's ...own gold
- Central Bank buying of gold
- Fed Having To - take up ever increasing T-Bills - as Foreign Holders are.....quietly.... Dumping Them
And China - seems to be taking - all it can get hold of - massive ever increasing year by year imports (as well as retaining it's own....mining production)
Now ponder this chart in the light of - Just ...the above Chinese Demand
- and really put it in.....perspective
The left chart denotes.....Imports into China (just via the Shanghai exchange)
- now the really interesting....right hand chart
- the vertical bars - are DELIVERED GOLD......JUS via Shanghai
- the really interesting "greyed out area" - is TOTAL mining supply
Conclusion on that chart imo ??
If the equivalent of ..Newly mined "world" supply.... is totally being delivered through Shanghai
- all that Russian Central Bank gold purchased - plus all the other sundry central bank gold purchases - and the Indian & other far eas countries huge gold imports
- must be ....coming from somewhere ???
- and as we have accounted for...all the world new mining suppl as....going thro' Shanghai (just on an ccounting basis)
- where then also is ...The US Mint, Australian Perth Mint, South Afican Mint (and all the private mints)....getting there Gold
- For that matter....where is the LBMA getting it's gold to deliver
- unless they are buying through Shanghai (which is doubtful...to say the least)
The physical rape of GLD doens't cover it
- nor does the fall in Comex invent-ory
So where is...the supply coming from...to meet such huge demand ???
Moving on further into La La land accounting :o)
What happens when you are insolvent & bankrupt ??
- your debts just get bigger & BIGGER
- what happens when you go even beyond that ??
- ie you make cutbacks & ....austerity measures and....
- still...your debts still get bigger & BIGGER
- Like is happening in......The USA
- and well all over the place.....eg Euroland
The proud Q1 debt-to-GDP outliers, where the local economies are expected to continue plunging
- and thus..... in La La Land economics - send the stock markets (if mostly that in the US) surging,
- are the following:
•Euroarea: 92.2%, ...up from 88.2% a year ago
•Greece: 160.5%, ....up from 136.5% a year ago
•Italy: 130.3%; ....up from 123.8% a year ago
•Portugal: 127.2%, ...up from 112.3% a year ago
•Ireland: 125.1%, ...up from 106.8% a year ago
•Spain: 88.2%, ...up from 73.0% a year ago
•Netherlands: 72.0%, ....up from 66.7% a year ago
I think that all justifies ....the current bearish position in the ....... safe haven need for....
- being "in" precious metals
What do you think ??