My response was to the implication that gold is somehow tainted by the fact that criminals are apparently involved in its extraction in Columbia. This is of course an absurd proposition.dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:29 amVery interesting!boglerdude wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:59 am"The growing demand for gold as a conductive metal used in phones and other electronic products has helped spawn a deadly illegal trade that’s harder to track than other black-market commodities like blood diamonds or drugs."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/the- ... ombia.html
I didn't understand your response to this one tech. In fact, reading up from the bottom of this page, I thought it was about drugs and not gold. Isn't it not a case of something being banned outright, but that there are illegal, unlicensed operations running alongside legal ones? And furthermore, it's happening in an environment where criminals are more powerful than a stable government.technovelist wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 6:36 amIf something is illegal, then criminals are the ones who will supply it.
In other news, water is wet.
When something becomes very valuable, be it metal, oil, refined coca leaves or a rare and purportedly healthful fungus growing in Asia, criminals are going to get involved, parallel to legal suppliers which may or may not exist.
The GOLD scream room
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"Assault" might be a bit extreme of a term. Both assets are due for a consolidation. This doesn't mean the long term uptrend is in danger for either. As we speak, even though both are having an ugly day, there is still 0 technical damage done to either chart. I don't see any need to provoke fear about both assets right now.ochotona wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:40 amGold and long Treasuries will be under assault for a while...Cortopassi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:17 amOnce again, all is right with the world, US and China are going to meet...Groundhog Day.
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I didnt read the article, but increasing non-monetary use of gold might screw with the PP philosophy?
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I keep having purely good luck. Sold my Newmont Goldcorp and SIVR out of my HSA a few days ago, because am moving the HSA, but now prices are down, so I could rebuy at lower levels. Please don't recover before the cash moves over to Fidelity...
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*Could* or will? This was always my dilemma.
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‘Gold is the way to go’ as interest rates fall, says Mark Mobius
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Mark Mobius, the founding partner of Mobius Capital Partners, recommends that investors hold 10% of their portfolios in physical gold, and invest the rest in dividend yielding equities.
In the first half of this year, central banks bought 374 metric tons of gold, according to the World Gold Council. That was the largest net increase for the first half of the year since at least 2000.
China’s central has been adding to its gold reserves for eight straight months since December, scooping up another 10 metric tons of the yellow metal in July, according to data from the People’s Bank of China.
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Gold has dipped below $1500 oz and silver has fallen below $18 oz. in overnight trading.
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Gold is quite volatile!
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And in other news, the sun rises in the east!

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Well, that didn't last long.
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Anyone buying physical metals over the weekend in response to recent events in the Middle East? I came close at least three times but held back.