Patrick Siu

This is a good take by TaoRay: “I didn't originally want to say this—you won't find such a straightforward revelation anywhere else across the entire web. But since so many people have been asking, I'll just lay it out. The underlying reason for the pressure on gold prices is actually a massive positive signal. One major abnormal factor behind the recent gold price movements is that many major central banks are taking advantage of this window to "secretly" ship gold back from the US to their own countries. The method they're using is to sell off the US gold and then repurchase it in new markets, completing the swap. Why go about it this way? Because under the current market sentiment, the buildup of selling pressure would be even greater. For example, if you sell ten tons of gold, the price will immediately get smashed down. Then you use shadow buyers to gradually repurchase those ten tons in batches, and the price won't even climb back to its previous high. Rinse and repeat, and you'll end up buying even more at a better deal. That's exactly what I mean when I say that national-level forces are ramping up their gold reserves right now—but since they're buying by weight, of course they want it cheaper. This is a form of market manipulation: suppressing prices to accumulate. But you need to understand that they hammer the price down hard when selling, take it slow when buying, and keep the cycle going, so prices stay under pressure. Yet in reality, physical gold is getting scarcer and scarcer until it hits a tipping point—ultimately, supply and demand will dictate the price. It will explode upward in an instant. So smart investors should see through the market sentiment, realize that the sentiment itself is just a tactic, and at a time like this, follow the lead of those national-level forces. Of course, the prerequisite is to keep an eye on your cash flow.” #Gold #Silver

China’s physical #Gold imports are relentless…