Thai Guru's Gold und Silber ... (Informationen und Vermutungen)

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Zuersteinmal wünsche ich auch Dir schöne Osterfeiertage.
Das Wetter hier in Thailand ist herrlich, und sehr heiss dazu. Jeden Tag wird`s nun etwas heisser bis dann mitte/ende Mai die Regenzeit wieder etwas Abkühlung bringen wird.

Am nächsten Dienstag beginnt hier das thailändische Wasser Fest "Songkran" das 3 Tage dauert. Da darf man nach Lust und Laune seinen angestauten Frust, Ärger, oder was auch immer abladen, und alle Leute, vom einfachen Bauern bis hoch zum Ministerpräsidenten mit Wasser klitsche klatsch nass spritzen. Die hier anwesenden Touristen aus Europa und anderwo her, machen in diesem "Wasserkrieg" mit Enthusiasmus, und Engagement wacker mit.

Du musst wohl die Aussagen von User Karl und BoardMod Warren falsch ausgelegt haben. Der Karl möchte das Nivau hochhalten im Gold Forum, und vermutlich Postings wie "Morgen geht die Aktie XXX durch die Decke" vermeiden. BoardMod Warren bemüht sich echt für dieses GoldForum, und möchte es bekannter machen, damit möglichst viele neue Anleger sich hier sachlich über Gold informieren können. Ist übrigens auch mein eigener Wunsch. Er möchte interessante Poster direkt per Board Mail in den verschiedenen Foren bitten, auch hier zu posten. Ich sehe darin keine Zensur, sondern eine Qualitätssteigerung für dieses Forum, wenn er z.Bsp. einen Btrend, hpoth, niemandweiss, etc. bittet doch auch hier mal etwas zu veröffentlichen.

Nun zu Deiner Vermutung was sich hinter den Kulissen der Zentralbanken mit dem Gold abspielen könnte. Selbstverständlich wäre so was wie eine Umverteilung im Hinblick auf eine evtl. geplante wiedereinführung einer Golddeckung möglich. Das Problem kennst Du ja auch. Die Zentralbanken verstecken sich hinter ihren Mauern, und geben fast nichts an die Öffentlichkeit bekannt. Überprüft werden die "unabhängigen" Zentralbanken ebenfalls in den wenigsten Fällen.

Also müssen wir uns mühsam aus Veröffentlichungen verschiedenster Zentralbanken, und anderen Quellen, wie der Weltbank, IWF, BIZ, WGC, Regierungserklärungen, Zeitungsartikel, etc., uns selbst ein Bild zusammen tragen. Wenn nicht einmal der Bundeskanzler in Deutschland das Recht hat einen vermutetermasen korrupten Bundesbank Chef Welteke zu entlassen, was glaubst Du was die Zentralbanken sich alles erlauben können.

Es könnte so sein wie Du vermutest, es könnte aber auch sein, dass die Zentralbanken von der FED, oder Weltbank gedrängt (genötigt?) werden Gold zu verkaufen, um ihr mehr als 20 jähriges Goldpreis Unterdrückungs Schema weiter fortführen zu können, um damit die Gold Preise vorderhand noch kontrollieren zu können, bis eine Lösung gefunden wird, oder auch nur um weiter etwas Zeit zu gewinnen, falls eine Lösung für ihr Problem gar nicht mehr gefunden werden kann.

Ebenso nahe liegt der Schluss, dass effektiv weder von den Deutschen, noch Schweizern, Franzosen, oder anderen Zentralbanken geplant ist auch nur irgend etwas an physischem Gold zu verkaufen, sondern dies nur verbreitet wird, um damit wie in der Vergangenheit bereits öffters erfolgreich angewendet, die Gold Preise abzuwürgen, um dann in Wirklichkeit Gold Mengen die bereits bei den Zentralbanken physisch nicht mehr vorhanden sind, also nur noch als Papierforderungen in den Büchern stehen, in Fiat Money umzubuchen, und das Ganze nach aussen hin als Goldverkäufe darzustellen. Wie Dir sicher auch bekannt ist, hat der IMF in einem konkreten Fall, Zentralbanken angewiesen ausgeliehenes Gold weiterhin wie physische Goldbestände auszuweisen.
Warum wird so etwas verlangt, wenn nicht zur Verschleierung der wirklichen Bestände. Per Zufall wurde letztes Jahr bekannt, dass die effektiven physischen Goldbestände der portugisischen Zentralbank um einige hundert Tonnen weniger betragen, als veröffentlicht wurde.
Auch heute noch werden belegbar falsche Mengenangaben zur portugiesischen Zentralbank veröffentlicht.

Dass z.Bsp. die philipinische Zentralbank am 19. November 2000 veröffentlichte, dass praktisch die ganzen physischen Goldbestände an eine Gold Bullion Bank gegen Zinsen "verliehen" wurde, und trotzdem immer noch von offizieller Seite diese Mengen als Bestände ausgewiesen werden, ist einer Wahrheitsfindung der genauen physischen Gold Bestände der Zentralbanken eher mehr als nur hinderlich.

GATA http://www.GATA.org geht davon aus, dass nur noch etwa die Hälfte der ausgewiesenen 32000 Tonnen Zentralbank Gold Bestände wirklich physisch vorhanden sind, die grosse Differenz, so legt GATA nahe, bestehe nur noch als Gold Forderung auf dem Papier.

Es gibt einige weitere bekannte Fälle von Zentralbanken die ihr Gold bekanntermasen ganz, oder teilweise physisch nicht mehr besitzen, und es trotzdem weiterhin als Gold Bestände ausweisen, als wie wenn es noch physisch vorhanden wäre. Wie weit dies allenfalls auch bei der französichen Zentralbank der Fall sein könnte, ist mir bis jetzt nicht bekannt geworden.

Meiner Ansicht nach, wäre das Beste eine parlamentarische Kontrolle der effektiven Zustände der Zentralbanken. Vor allem die Überprüfung der effektiven physischen Gold Bestände der Zentralbanken, mit Angabe von Mengen und Lagerorten, ist dringend nötig, damit endlich Licht in die Gold Verleih, und Gold Swap Praxis der Bundes Bank kommt.

Auch wäre eine parlamentarische Diskussion über das Pro und Contra dieser der Bundes Bank gewährten umfassenden Unabhängigkeit ohne einer parlamentarischen Kontrolle zu unterstehen, mehr als nur sinnvoll.
Vor allem nach den kürzlich bekanntgewordenen Korruptionsvorwürfen an die Adresse Weltekes.

Gleiches gilt meiner Ansicht nach ebenso dringend für eine FED, BOE, SNB, etc.

Gruss

Thaiguru

Am 20. Nov. 2000 wurde dieser kleine Artikel über den Verbleib der philippinischen Gold Vorräte in der Bangkok Post veröffentlicht.

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'Gold prices to stay volatile this year'

BY SANDHYA D'MELLO

11 April 2004

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Sunday, Apr 11, 2004

Suriname opens country's largest gold mine, operated by Cambior subsidiary

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April 9 - Gold $420.80 up $1.40 - Silver $8.14 up 7 cents(London Closes)

Iraq Horror Show To Have Increasing Effect On Gold Price

Daniel Drew's sage advice from the 1860s on short-selling.

Zitat

"He that sells what isn't his'n must ultimately deliver or go to prison."

Keep that line of thinking in mind you naked silver shorts!

The Comex gold and silver pits were silent today due to the Easter Holiday, however, overseas markets were open. Both gold and silver recovered modestly from yesterday’s losses.

As mentioned in Thursday’s MIDAS, the Iraq War horror show is going to play a much greater role in the gold price in the months to come. This was evident in today’s gold and silver rallies.

Before the war started, I ranted this was going to be the biggest blunder in US history and it sure appears it is headed that way. No need for me to recap what you see all over the news all day and evening long, however, I think to emphasize the ramifications of this fiasco is important from a precious metals perspective.

We are in a war which need not have been waged in the first place. The way I see it will be controversial to some, but what else is new. Based on recent revelations (9/11 Commission), the Bush Administration should have been more vigilant on the terrorism threats based on the input they were receiving. Whether the 9/11 disaster could even been averted is highly questionable, but certainly this Administration was not "Johnny On The Spot."

Having dropped the ball to some degree at least, it appears President Bush and crew had temper tantrums, determined to lash out at someone, regardless of what the truth was. Hence, the WMD stories, et al. Now, their reasons for going to war have been discredited. Yet, we are stuck over there. It keeps getting worse. President Bush won’t admit to making any kind of mistakes and this arrogance is going to be his undoing. Too many of his intelligence sources had conflicts of interest, which facilitated his misguided notion of what should be done to combat terrorism. Now he has backed his way into a corner with his bombastic views and Iraq policies.

While a number of Café members may not agree with this view, it certainly cannot be looked upon as "over the top" kind of thinking. Knowing how this government lies on just about everything, why should Iraq be any different? Never in my life would I have ever thought this way if it were not for what I have learned in my role as GATA chairman. I feel as if I hardly knew anything about what was really going on in the financial/political world before GATA.

The point of delving into this is the US and certain bullion banks (in The Gold Cartel) have lied to the investment world about the true gold story over the past decade. The gold story as known today by most is an illusion JUST AS the reasons for invading Iraq were illusory.

United States credibility sinks by the week as more and more of the Iraq truth surfaces and our future and the outcome over there turns bleaker almost on a daily basis. As the ramifications of this blunder evolve, more and more in the financial world are going to turn to gold, regardless of whether the dollar tanks, although I believe it will.

As a result of their orchestrated precious metal’s deception, The Gold Cartel and the Bush Administration are petrified of gold taking out $430. There is no telling what could happen in the derivatives world should gold break through this key barrier and storm for $500. They will pull out all the stops to keep this from happening. Unfortunately for them, the conditions are such they will soon be overpowered and they will lose their "Guns of Navarone" battle to hold $430. Meantime, they have run out of physical silver to perpetuate that fraud. Silver, the cabal’s weak link, should explode towards $10 once it closes above $8.30.

GATA stretcher-bearers: maintain your vigilance!

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CARTEL CAPITULATION WATCH

But, there is no inflation! The CRB made a new high weekly close:

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/RB/W

GATA’s Mike Bolser:

Hi Bill:

The DIVG's 200-day ma (yellow trace) has ticked up a bit from its linear phase and this is a bit unusual, although very early and smallish as an event. I'm biased towards, but not fully convinced that the gold cartel may be in some real trouble at this stage. On the other hand the cartel could just be playing cat and mouse with us by letting gold run a bit. The Weltke ECB admonishment only adds color to the gold drama.

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With regard to Frank Veneroso's pessimistic commodities views, I'm looking only at the DIVG and its 200-day ma and getting very good vibes. The cartel seems in a retreat that shows no sign of waning. However, it could change at any moment but that change would demand a huge, sustained multi-week drop in gold and I don't see it happening especially seeing the DIVO's 200-day ma.

Since the DIVO (Dollar index value of oil) is also adjusted for the dollar's variations it, like the DIVG, is a true look at the commodity. By going further to the DIVO's 200-day ma we can glean very important trend prediction insights.

As mentioned in prior commentaries at the café, the current bottoming phase in the DIVO seems to be over and oil thus seems headed higher. The red trace 100 day ma is turning noticeable up. Because of the huge $458 Billion cache of petroleum derivatives (Reported by the BIS) things simply CAN'T change quickly in the oil price trend without wrecking the bulk of those derivatives.

In order for the DIVO to fall from here, the dollar would have to rise substantially with oil steady at $34-$35 or oil would have to fall substantially with a steady dollar. Neither of these things appears likely, so the trend should be up or at least flat in the price of oil. This ignores the current explosive Middle East turmoil.

These two commodities alone, represent first order threats to the US financial system and they both are telling us that the threat is rising.
Mike

Chuck checks in:

Bill:

Good morning. Having thought over the current gold and silver situation and the proliferation of bears in the past couple of weeks, here are some thoughts.

First, what makes so many of them uncomfortable are two things: the strength of the dollar and the lethargic action of the shares. The more each of them confirms the move, the more we are seeing the bears since this does not fit their static scenario. Most of the move in the stocks came during the obvious time-when the dollar was weak. It became very obvious that one weekend when all of the currencies were at historic sentiment extremes against the buck. Since then the shares have traded more off the strength of the dollar than gold, but we are still way off the lows after seeing day after day of panic selling on the openings. Plus, we had all of that dumping at the beginning of the correction in December. That is why I felt impelled to write the article about the correction. Finally, as there was at the other minor correction points such as June 2002 and late last year, there has been no interest in the smaller exploration companies.

Most of these nouveau bears do not have in their script the possibility of gold rising against a backdrop of a strong dollar even though you have presented this point on many occasions. The bottom line is that most of the new gold bugs are not really convinced about the metal reaching unimaginable heights and worry more about a 10-20% correction than what will eventually happen on the upside. I think that this is to be expected at this early phase of the move. They also lose sight that gold is a contrary investment to all other respectable alternatives such as commodities, housing, and of course stocks. And we have not had that dramatic decline occur yet in those sectors. This is similar to 1973 when the market still held up. That is why I like Hoye because he views gold through a different prism, not a simplistic one like lines and "feelings and emotions."

What is astounding is that we are only $10 off a multi-year high and silver is at one. You would think that gold has violated all technical lines and support. Also, all the HUI needs is to get up to 241 and hold for the move in the shares to accelerate. There are times when the shares anticipate the metal, such as in December at the top and then the bottom, and then when the metal moves ahead without the shares in tandem. I believe that this is one of those times.

Given all of the potentially cataclysmic possibilities at this time in history, it is very difficult to foresee a real drop in the precious metals. We are still on an exponential pattern, and I believe that a break out through the $432 or so will not only surprise people but will be a real shocker.

I am confident that next week will commence some very unusual and unexpected action in the financial markets. Batten down the proverbial hatches.

Chuck

Houston's Dan Norcini:

Happy Easter weekend to you buddy.

I was checking to see if the commitment of traders was going to be released today with the holiday and was surprised to see it. So here's a bit of commentary on it if you want to stick it in somewhere in an upcoming Midas.

The Silver Commitments is pretty amazing. I was under the impression that the funds were driving the silver market since that is what is being regularly reported in the wire feed stories. Lo and Behold, this past week the long funds were actually getting out and reducing their long positions while the short funds were adding to theirs. It looks like some of them must have taken some money off the table when silver spiked 850 on Friday, April 2./[b]

[b]All in all we had total fund selling of some 4000+ silver contracts thru Tuesday.

What is more interesting is that in the last two weeks we have seen a reduction (not much - roughly 2500 contracts - but a reduction nonetheless) in the commercial short category. It appears that some in that category are throwing in the towel or at least beginning to lighten. It could very well be that the gig is coming to an end in there and the rats are thinking about abandoning ship. This could turn out to be an extremely important inflection point in silver. If the commercial perma-shorts begin to cover in quantity it will portend tremendous upside for silver. The question will then be, who will sell to them on the way up? Silver will have to run to a price that actually clears the market and where that price is, is anyone's guess.

Open interest still continues to rise in the Silver pit and any funds that were long and got out were replaced by small specs and new commercial longs. I personally would like to see the funds continue to add to their longs as that would betoken continued fund interest and commitment to silver. One of the indicators that copper was slowing its recent ascent was the reduction in the fund long positions in there. Apparantly, some of them decided that the copper rally had been so good to them that they had better take some money off the table. When they did, some of the would-be shorts who were looking for a short term advantage tagged the market pretty good and drove it back down for a brief, but hard correction. It has recovered considerably since then but has yet to better its yearly high. We will have to see if the same pattern develops in silver or if the investment demand for the metal is too strong to allow even a setback of any depth.

In regards to gold - really nothing to say except "Groundhog Day." Same ol', same ol'. The commercial category sold some 18,000 contracts this week including the commercial longs who sold off some positions and the cartel which continues to flaunt its elitist attitude that declares the gold market to be its own private sand box. The goons added 11,348 brand new shorts! Again, the bulk of the selling is due to this category. Apparantly some of the small specs are becoming born again Prechterites as they put on new shorts by a 2.5 : 1 ratio of shorts to longs. Still, in the general scheme of things their selling is neglible compared to the cartel. Once again we see the same thing we have seen for years now. Without the constant, never ending selling of the gold cabal, the gold price would have soared long ago.

I challenge any of the naysayers who continue their asinine denial of the facts by dismissing GATA and its supporters as a bunch of kooks and conspiracy nuts to state the reasons that the commercial short category continues to pile short upon short when the vast majority of the mining industry is moving or has moved to a "no-hedge" policy or at the bare minimum reducing the size of their hedge book. Let them declare the reason that the bullion bank cartel of Morgan, Goldman, et al, have for bona fide short hedges of this magnitude. The simple truth is that there is none. The only reason these by now "obscene" short positions continue to escalate is to slow the rise in the price of gold so as to avoid drawing the attention of the public and the excitement that would inevitably follow. Translation - it is for rigging the price of gold. That is the only reason and anyone who denies that is best ignored and relegated to the category of archaic and incompetent and forfeits the right to any credibility in regards to gold in my opinion.

Dan Norcini

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Down Under news:

Hi Bill

In the last couple of weeks, the federal ACCC (corporate watchdog) has done the following:

1. Fined a group of the biggest electricity contractors $35 million (a record in Oz) for price fixing to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in govt contracts

2. Announced that they have another 30-odd national cartels in their sights to be investigated over the coming months.

All this was able to be revealed because the ACCC cleverly provided an amnesty (or leniency) to the first company to come forward and cooperate with them. So it looks like there was an unsightly scramble of rats off sinking ships! And who knows how many more to come. I'm surprised that the ACCC has actually bitten, and not just bared its teeth, which is the usual style.

And it also underlines your frequently made point that cartels and conspiracies in fact seem to be the norm in our enlightened financial times, rather than the exception. It doesn't take long for Australian business to copy the trends elsewhere, whether it be price-fixing or massive executive greed.

best wishes and a good Easter to you

Tim

Bill:

In case you want to quote, here's the actual govt source (in which international cartels are also mentioned as targets):

http://www.accc.gov.au/content…mId/496100/fromItemId/142

and here's the story about it :

http://www.theage.com.au/artic…/03/15/1079199164792.html

Tim

One more country who is out of gold:

UAE sells remaining gold reserves for higher price

By Nadim Kawach

Bureau Chief

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has taken advantage of a surge in gold prices late last year to sell its remaining gold reserves, and experts described it as a wise investment measure.

The move nearly five months ago was the latest in a series of sales of gold reserves by the Central Bank as part of a strategy intended to diversify its investment portfolio, make more profits, and offset any decline in return from low interest rates.

The Central Bank's gold reserves were valued at as high as Dh666 million ($181.5 million) two years ago but were halved to Dh333 million ($90.7 million) at the end of 2002 before they were again slashed to Dh166.5 million ($45.4 million) last May.

Central Bank figures for December showed the remaining gold reserves have been sold but there was an increase of more than 10 per cent in its assets.

The sale of those reserves was timed with a sharp increase in gold prices, which climbed to nearly $425 per ounce at the end of last year from $257 at the end of 2001.

"It was a wise and clever investment move by the Central Bank because prices are now at one of their highest levels," Ihsan bu Hulaiga, Saudi econ-omist, told Gulf News.

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"As you know, gold no longer has an important economic value for any country because the trend now is that the central banks prefer diverse and sophisticated investment instruments, which could be more flexible than gold….what is important now is the economic performance of any country and its reserves of hard currency…."

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The World Gold Council ought to be disbanded, period, after being branded as the most counter-productive industry organization in history.Even they are beginning to admit certain GATA criticisms of them were correct all along:

WGC To Axe More Senior Staff

http://www.mineweb.net/columns/london_beat/315131.htm

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Should be some week coming up. Always keep in mind:

GATA BE IN IT TO WIN IT!

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Samstag 10. April 2004, 18:13 Uhr

Unionspolitiker warnen vor Verkauf der Goldreserven

Berlin (AP) Die Union zeigt sich besorgt über Gerüchte, wonach das Bundesfinanzministerium die Ablösung von Bundesbank-Chef Welteke betreibe, damit der Nachfolger die Goldreserven von rund 38 Milliarden Euro verkaufen könne. Das berichtet die «Welt am Sonntag». Finanzminister Hans Eichel wolle das Geld für eine großzügige Bildungsoffensive nutzen, heißt es.

Die Unionsfraktion wolle wissen, was an den Gerüchten dran sei, sagte Parlamentsgeschäftsführer Volker Kauder der Zeitung. Dazu werde die CDU/CSU-Fraktion in den nächsten Tagen die Regierung befragen. «Ich kann die Bundesregierung nur warnen: Hände weg vom Gold der Bundesbank», zitierte die «Welt am Sonntag» Kauder, der es zugleich als Zumutung bezeichnete, dass die Bundesbank jetzt einen Ethikberater einstellen wolle. Es sei nicht hinnehmbar, wenn Spitzenleute mit solchen Gehältern nicht wüssten, was anständig oder unanständig sei. Ferner setzte sich der CDU-Politiker Kauder dafür ein, das Gehalt Weltekes zu kürzen, solange er sein Amt ruhen lasse.

Auch der Chef der bayerischen Staatskanzlei, Erwin Huber, fordert Aufklärung über die Rolle der Bundesregierung. Der CSU-Politiker sagte der «Welt am Sonntag», es wäre der «Skandal im Skandal, wenn das ungewöhnliche Engagement von Bundesfinanzminister Eichel für die Welteke-Ablösung mit seinem Interesse an den Goldreserven zusammenhängt». Die Goldreserven der Bundesbank seien nicht das Eigentum der Bundesregierung, das aus kurzfristigen und durchsichtigen politischen Motiven geopfert werden dürfe.

Der 28-jährige Sohn des Bundesbank-Präsidenten, Hans Welteke, nährte die Gerüchte um die Goldreserven. Er schrieb in einem Brief an den Berliner «Tagesspiegel» (Sonntagausgabe): «Mein Vater hatte in letzter Zeit häufiger an der Politik der Regierung Kritik geübt. Meinungsverschiedenheiten gab es auch über die Verwendung der Goldreserven der Bundesbank, da besonders mit dem Bundesfinanzminister Eichel.»

Ernst Welteke war in die Kritik geraten, weil er sich einen mehrtägigen Aufenthalt im Berliner Luxushotel Adlon zum Jahreswechsel 2001/2002 von der Dresdner Bank hatte bezahlen lassen. Unter wachsendem Druck hatte er Mitte der Woche sein Amt ruhen lassen, unter anderem deshalb, weil die Staatsanwaltschaft wegen des Vorverdachts der Vorteilsannahme gegen ihn ermittelt. Die Bundesregierung forderte den Rücktritt Weltekes.

Diese Meldung ist bei Bloomberg nun bereits zu einer Welt Top Meldung erkoren worden!

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New York: Apr 11 17:43 London: Apr 11 22:43 Tokyo: Apr 12 06:43

Welteke's Son Says Bundesbank Head Clashed With Eichel on Gold

April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Hans Welteke, son of Bundesbank President Ernst Welteke, said his father clashed with German Finance Minister Hans Eichel over the use of the central bank's gold reserves before taking a leave of absence this week, according to a letter published by the Tagesspiegel newspaper.

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Es gibt da ein altes Sprichwort, dass da sagt:

Wo gesägt wird fallen Späne!

Zur Zeit wird gerade sehr viel gesägt, und das ist gut, sehr gut sogar für uns Gold Bugs.

Gold dürfte bald wieder in aller Munde sein. Nicht wenigen Deutschen dürfte Gold seit langer Zeit durch diese Gold Debatte zum ersten mal seit langer Zeit ins Bewusstsein gebracht werden, und nicht wenige Deutsche werden sich vielleicht endlich einmal mit dem Pro und Contra Gold neu auseinandersetzen. Der eine, oder andere könnte dadurch auf die Idee kommen sich einmal neu einen kleinen Gold Barren zuzulegen.

Was zur Zeit gerade, vermutlich ungewollt, für eine riesige gratis Werbekampagne in der Presse, und im TV, für`s Gold abläuft, wäre bei den heutigen Inseratekosten praktisch nicht mehr bezahlbar.

Mein besonderer Dank geht an die Zeitung "Der Spiegel", Hans Eichel, und natürlich an die Familie Welteke, speziell aber auch an den Herrn Welteke Junior!

Gruss

ThaiGuru

Karl

Zitat

Ich bezweifle, dass die aktuellen Medienberichte bei einer nennenswerten Anzahl an Leuten das Interesse an Gold wecken. Der Grund ist einfach: Es ist der Stil der Berichterstattung - denn unterschwellig wird nachwievor (wie bereits seit vielen Jahren) suggeriert, Gold sei in der heutigen Zeit überflüssig und nutzlos. Mit den historischen Hintergründen des Goldbesitzes der Notenbanken setzt man sich leider nicht auseinander.

Die Chancen dass es eine solche Diskussion geben wird, sind seit dem Welteke Skandal, und dem Rummel um`s Bundes Bank Gold, sicherlich grösser geworden, und nicht kleiner!

Eine solche von uns gewünschte echte tiefgreifende Diskusion zum Gold wird sicherlich auch noch kommen.

Gruss

ThaiGuru

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Reuters

Platinum hits two-week high in late Asia, gold up

Monday April 12, 2:23 am ET

* Spot platinum (XPT=) rallies to a two-week high in late Asia on bids led by Japanese investors as overall safe-haven buying spreads to the white precious metals market.
* Platinum's uptrend exaggerated by market-thinness, with European players out for Easter holiday.

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11 Apr 2004 23:20 GMT DJ

Tocom Gold May Target Y1,462 This Week

Kyoei Bussan

Copyright © 2004, Dow Jones Newswires

TOKYO (Dow Jones)--February gold futures traded on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange could target the January 13 high of Y1,462 this week as investors seek safe havens against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical risk, commodities trading company Kyoei Bussan says in its weekly market report.

Last week the lead gold contract broke above the Y1,430 mark that many had viewed as a near-term ceiling, as the situation in Iraq appeared to be destabilizing rapidly.

For this week, Kyoei Bussan expects the February gold contract to move in a Y1,400-Y1,462 range.

February platinum futures could add to the big gains they recorded last week as players will be eager to buy on dips after the spot price topped the key $900/oz mark last week.

Kyoei Bussan expects the lead platinum contract to trade in a Y2,847-Y3,108 range this week.

Sister metal palladium should also be popular this week, and is expected to trade in a Y1,000-Y1,200 range.

Kyoei Bussan says palladium has been supported after Belgium metals group Umicore S.A. (UMI.BT) said earlier this month it has developed new technologies that allow palladium to substitute platinum in diesel emission control systems.

Currently both platinum and palladium can be used in the catalytic converters of gasoline-powered vehicles, but only platinum can be used for diesel engines.

February silver futures are likely to trade in a range of Y245-Y290 this week, as their fundamentals remain very solid, says Kyoei Bussan.

Friday Close

Gold: 1,437 yen/gram
Silver: 277.4 yen/10 grams
Platinum: 2,983 yen/gram
Palladium: 1,156 yen/gram

-By Jim Hawe, Dow Jones Newswires; 813-5255-2950; jim.hawe@dowjones.com

-Edited by Kirsty Mackenzie