WEEK IN REVIEW: October 20-26

Egon von Greyerz: A Swiss Gold Referendum YES Vote Will Be a Trendsetter for Central Banks
Published Oct 24, 2014 on Goldbroker by Dan Popescu

Exclusive interview with Egon von Greyerz. A Swiss gold referendum YES vote would be a trendsetter for central banks and a shock in the gold market

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Swiss: If You Say "No" to the Gold Initiative Referendum
Published Oct 21, 2014 on Goldbroker

If you say "No" to the Swiss Gold Initiative referendum on november 30, these will be the consequences.

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Swiss Gold Initiative Opinion Poll
Published Oct 21, 2014 on Kingworldnews by Egon von Greyerz

he first opinion poll has just come out. The Swiss paper just published the opinion poll. The ‘Yes’ camp has 45 percent and the ‘No’ camp has 39 percent, with 16 percent undecided.

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End of QE3 and First Signs of Panic
Published Oct 20, 2014 on Goldbroker by Léonard Sartoni

The Fed bankers must be really upset: They haven’t even started to raise their base rate and markets are already in panic mode with the expected end to QE 3, just like junkies being told they might have to go into detox. The truth is that economic recovery is so fragile that it can’t go without monetary fixes.

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How Well Has GOLD Performed Since 1970?
Published Oct 23, 2014 on Goldbroker by Nick Laird

Gold compared to the Dow & SP500 and to the other PMs

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Are Sovereign Bonds the Last Rampart Before the Collapse?
Published Oct 23, 2014 on Goldbroker by Philippe Herlin

Last week was a rocky one on the stock markets, with London, Frankfurt, Paris and New York sliding heavily. Sort of a mini-crash, but not too serious... a simple warning showing some nervousness among investors: has the time of disillusion come? In Europe and Japan, stock market indices are below their January 1st, 2014, level, and in the United States, they’re just slightly above it.

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Russian Gold Reserves Rise Sharply
Published Oct 20, 2014 on Goldbroker by Nick Laird

Russia has it's largest monthly purchase of gold in 15 years with 1.2 million ounces.

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China 10,000 tons of Gold Reserve? Could Have Been Done With Ease
Published Oct 24, 2014 on Srsroccoreport

Since August '11 to August of '14, China has decreased its holdings of US Treasury debt by Billion (according to the most recent TIC data)...while continuing to run record trade surpluses with the US.

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The Crucial Questions Financial Journalism Won't Ask and Central Banks Won't Answer
Published Oct 23, 2014 on Gata by Chris Powell

We have sent the recent CME Group documents to most major financial news organizations and to many financial letter writers, and as far as we can determine, not one has posed any question about them to the authorities or written or broadcast anything about them.

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I Believe We've Seen Peak Gold
Published Oct 22, 2014 on Goldswitzerland

On behalf of Matterhorn Asset Management, financial journalist Lars Schall talked with exploration geologist and mining entrepreneur Dr. Keith Barron.

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Why Gold Is Undervalued
Published Oct 22, 2014 on Peakprosperity

Gold has been in a bear market for three years. Technical analysts are asking themselves whether they should call an end to this slump on the basis of the "triple-bottom" recently made at $1180/oz, or if they should be wary of a coming downside break beneath that level.

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Your Personal Gold Standard
Published Oct 23, 2014 on Dailyreckoning

I always tell people who say we’re not on the gold standard that, in a way, we are. You can put yourself on a personal gold standard just by buying gold.

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Markets and Reality Disconnected
Published Oct 24, 2014 on Financeandeconomics

The behaviour of financial markets these days is frankly divorced from reality, with value-investing banished.

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Bullish Silver Stealth Buying
Published Oct 24, 2014 on Zealllc

Battered silver remains deeply out of favor, recently plumbing miserable new lows after drifting sideways for most of 2014. This metal’s relentless and oppressive weakness continues to break the wills of long-suffering contrarians. But professional investors are taking advantage of the epically-bearish psychology plaguing silver. They’ve been steadily accumulating positions all year long in massive stealth buying.

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Dollar is The Weak Spot for US-Paul Craig Roberts
Published Oct 19, 2014 on Usawatchdog

Former Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says all U.S. financial policy revolves around propping up the dollar. Dr. Roberts contends, " I've always said the whole system is rigged. It's a house of cards, and the weak spot is the dollar because they cannot print foreign currencies for which to buy dollars.

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Putin Warns Of Risk Of Major Conflict, Says Dollar Losing Reserve Currency Status
Published Oct 24, 2014 on Zerohedge

Adding that the risk of major conflicts involving major countries is growing, as well as the risk of arms control treaties being violated, Putin exclaimed that the US-led unipolar world is like a dictatorship over other countries and that "US leadership brings no good for others," and calls for a new global consensus.

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Why It's Now Too Late for Germany to Rescue the Eurozone Alone
Published Oct 22, 2014 on Telegraph

A German stimulus package may now be too late, and too small, to revive the euro area economy, according to a report by ratings agency Standard & Poor's.

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