Gute Darstellung zur aktuellen Lage von Lease-und Forward Rates bzw. der Lagerbestände an der Comex. Immer deutlicher zeigt sich, dass der real zur Bedienung etwaigen Lieferverpflichtungen von Kontrakten vorhandene Goldbestand in den Comex-Lagerhäusern gefährlich dünn ist. Das meiste Gold dort ist nicht "registered" (also lieferbar), sondern nur "eligible" (also einfach nur deponiert, eingelagert von allen möglichen Haltern wie ETFs, Großkunden etc.)
The story of the gold curve, so far
Lease rates as they stand now are negative — something that’s almost unprecedented in recent history.
The problem is: the ‘total’ picture of stocks is actually made up of two types of inventory. Gold that is registered and gold that is eligible. It just so happens that only ‘registered gold’ is available for delivery against futures, while ‘eligible gold’ is simply that being stored at the Comex by its owners.
The Comex’s inventories echo this well. Yes, they are at all time highs, but the proportion of gold available for “purchase” is actually — on a historical basis — relatively low.
A golden risk transfer
To all extents and purposes then, there seems to have been a radical switch in risk perception. As things stand, the market is ready to compensate investors for the risk incurred from borrowing gold rather than owning it.
That is to say we used to pay for borrowing money from the bank – pledging gold as collateral. Now we get paid for borrowing money from the bank – pledging gold as collateral. We wonder why.
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blo…of-the-gold-curve-so-far/
Grüße
auratico