Eastern Hemisphere Physical Gold Buying is Going to be the Federal Reserve’s Waterloo!

Source: Merk Investments

Connecting all the dots, there is no question in my mind that the big price smashing of gold in mid-April was an operation designed to shake loose enough 400 oz. gold bars out of GLD in order to satisfy the enormous delivery demands coming from Asia, India and even within Europe GLD is the only possible source of above-ground 400 oz. gold bars that could be used to satisfy this enormous demand for physically deliverable bars.
At some point, and probably sooner than most people are willing to believe, this physical demand is going to force an upward “explosion” of the paper derivatives being used to hold down the spot price right now

In 30 years of studying and trading the financial markets, I have never seen contrarian indicators for any market sector flashing as bullishly as they are for gold and silver, which further confirms my view that the metals have bottomed and are getting ready to give those of us who held on the ride of a lifetime. [Read more...]

Real Money Flowing East: Gold & Silver Google Trends Searches in China vs USA

ChinagoldsearchIn today’s modern world, there may not be a better gauge for overall public sentiment than Google search engine results.
With gold and silver nearing 2 years of bull market correction, gold and silver search terms and traffic in the US are roughly 40% of the levels seen in 2011.
In China however, google search trends for gold  are a completely different story [Read more...]

“Tug of War” in Gold as Asians Buy Physical and ETF Investors Sell

tugofwarOutflows from the world’s biggest gold exchange traded fund, the SPDR Gold Trust (ticker: GLD), continued yesterday for the eleventh day running, taking the total volume of gold held to back GLD shares to its lowest level since November 2011.
“It is really a tug of war between ETF selling and physical buying right now,” says Yuichi Ikemizu, head of commodity trading, Japan, at Standard Bank.   “We have seen quite good physical demand from China and Southeast Asia, but the ETF selling has put a lid on gold prices.” [Read more...]

First-Hand Account of Gold & Silver Mania in China- Black Friday Style Mobs Scrambling for Bullion

imagesWith the recent claims from an Apple contractor that a Chinese silver shortage is the culprit for the production delay in the new I-Macs, an SD reader who has recently moved to China has given SilverDoctors a MUST READ first-hand account of the retail gold and silver mania underway in mainland China. 

With the Chinese New Year less than a month away, Ichban describes Chinese demand for gold and silver in Beijing as a tidal wave, and states that the demand for gold and silver is more intense than Thanksgiving/ Black Friday mobs in the US, despite the nearly 60% premiums retail dealers are asking for silver bullion!!

Ichban gives readers a glimpse of what to expect when the mania stage of the gold and silver bull markets finally reaches the US, as he describes the scene at Chinese retail bullion stores: 
Despite these high premiums, I have never seen such frenzied buying in my life!  I am a young adult male and 40 year old Chinese women are shoving me out of the way because they are trying to buy some gold and silver!

Ichban’s full first-hand account of China’s gold and silver mania below: [Read more...]

China to overtake India in overall gold demand: GFMS

While US consumers invest in the latest I-phone (with many actually now taking out loans for the latest tech gadget) Chinese consumers and investors continue to ramp up their physical gold purchases.  The GFMS said Thursday that China is set to surpass India as the world’s biggest gold consumer on an annual basis.   China’s annual gold demand is nearing a mind-boggling 1,000 tons! [Read more...]