Paper Gold

How “Paper Gold” Affects the Price of the Metal

Oddities in the gold market have been alleged for quite some time, but few know where to start looking, and even fewer have the patience to dig out the meaningful bits from the mountain of market data available. In today’s article Casey Research Chief Economist Bud Conrad turns his keen eye to the Gold sector in order to discover how the big banks are using the futures market to manipulate the price of gold.

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Physical Gold vs. Paper Gold

Physical Gold vs. Paper Gold

Looking at the factors forcing the price of gold down last week caused me to scratch my head a bit. Even though the price of gold was falling on the futures market anecdotal evidence showed that physical gold dealers were doing a booming business as sales volume was actually up by 50% last week as buyers of the physical metal were jumping on the opportunity to buy gold at a discount. So I wondered how could demand for physical gold be up while prices continued to fall? The answer it appears is that there is a major disconnect between physical gold vs. “paper gold”. In today’s article, Bud Conrad looks at the factors in this disconnect.

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