... the headline seems off to me. Buying gold makes sense especially if the currency is getting weaker, not in spite of that fact. ... Weaker Yuan/RMB (relative to other currencies) = Cheaper exports, and more expensive imports It means that the price of internationally sourced (COMEX/LBMA) gold, p...

Sorry! I didn't even realize there was a paywall. I have NoScript extension installed on my browsers and rarely see paywalls when I browse.

Speaking of which, end of the world talk is now mainstream:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... -dystopia/

coasting wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:37 pm... "paper gold" is often a term used to describe ...

Futures contracts

Thanks!

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Iran/Israel getting hot. China/SGE gold closed Friday at $2,434.73 - a $90 premium to the US close. Seems to me that gold is sitting on plenty of rocket fuel.

Same details (username, avatar, signature, registration email, etc.) as I used here. I guessed they didn't want me around because I like gold.

I tried to join that forum some time ago. They banned me immediately before I could post one message. Lol.

... Wall Street (as measured by ETF flows) is still largely asleep on gold. That seems to be changing... Gold-backed exchange-traded products are showing signs of life as they attracted some attention from North American investors last month, even as European markets continued to see significant ou...

... Apparently it's not redeemable for gold. ... Where did you see this reported? The RBZ says (bold is mine): ... 149. The Reserve Bank is introducing a structured currency which is generally defined as a currency that is pegged to a specific exchange rate or currency basket and backed by a bundle...

Zimbabwe has announced they will be replacing their existing fiat currency (ZW) with a gold standard currency (ZiG) backed by a basket of gold and USD:

https://www.pmbug.com/threads/zimbabwe- ... post-98582

sophie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:59 pm...
I have the same question as the title of this thread...

It's mostly being driven by foreign central banks and retail demand from China and India. Wall Street (as measured by ETF flows) is still largely asleep on gold.

Broke above USD $2200 this morning. Waiting to see if it holds through the close...

Long-run price stability could be a key feature of the gold standard, researchers with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia find. In their working paper, published in February, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Daniel Sanches explore how the gold standard would operate as a monetary framework in a...

The Texas Bullion Depository is owned by the State of Texas and administered by the Office of the Comptroller. Lone Star Tangible Assets is a contractor that was awarded a contract for building and running the day to day operation of the facility.

https://www.texasbulliondepository.gov/

You can definitely handle them bare handed and worry free - no gloves required. The only real downside I see to them is that, while flexible/bendy, they don't seem like they can be folded without damaging them. They really should be kept flat (not folded).

I don't know about Karat Pay/Gold, but if you are looking for fractional gold that is a practical form for consumer trade, I'd suggest looking at goldbacks: https://www.goldback.com/ They have a high premium because of the manufacturing process, but they are really neat inventions. I own a few of th...

... There is a good podcast on this subject from Palisades Gold Radio. I was actually thinking I need to re-listen to it and find out more info on the legislation and potentially get involved. I haven't listened to their podcast, but you can find info (and some of the people pushing these initiativ...

... if a state make it secure, redeemable, and legal tender. Texas already built a State repository and there are bills pending in several states to either build their own repositories or to use the Texas repository for managing gold and silver legal tender / payment systems. Texas itself might rei...

Understood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDy8TJwDEgc

...maybe Texas. Don't know how easy it is to take gold out of the USA though. In my opinion, Singapore is preferable to Australia. ... BullionStar has offices in Singapore and Texas and offers vaulting services in both places. I've never done business with them, but they have been around for many y...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:03 pm... I get a little nervous at the idea of purchasing naked gold that could get shellacked at any moment.

What do you mean by "shellacked"? I get wanting silver protected from the elements as sulphur in the air or body oils can accelerate tarnish, but gold doesn't have that problem.

... Does anyone have any advice? ... Yes. ~~~ Your question requires a lot more information to answer properly. What is the state of your current portfolio (do you already own any metals?) What are your investing goals (short term profit/turnaround, long term or pass metals to my kids when I die)? ...

... Blackrock ... a spot BTC ETF application pending with the SEC (deadline for decision in March 2024). SEC approved all 11 pending spot BTC ETFs yesterday. One started trading 4am this morning: Grayscale, the manager of GBTC, is claiming bragging rights for being the first of the newly approved c...

ppnewbie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:45 pm... Are you logged in?

Sorry, no, I was not logged in when I tested.