Russia's Central Bank Ready to Buy up Gold from State Depository
Source: Ria Novosti  (11/16/09)
"…we will be ready to buy everything the State Depository offers for sale." More >

Silver Market Update
Source: Clive Maund, clivemaund.com  (11/15/09)
The performance of silver this year relative to gold has been paradoxical—on the one hand it has outperformed gold, while on the other it has yet to make new highs. The explanation for this behavior is, of course, the fact that silver got trashed last year during the general market meltdown, when it dropped in percentage terms much more than gold, and thus this year it has had much more ground to make up. More >

Gold Market Update
Source: Clive Maund, clivemaund.com  (11/15/09)
On longer-term charts gold looks great here as it accelerates away from its recently completed 20-month consolidation pattern. The prospect is for a powerful, steep multi-month advance, punctuated by mostly brief periods of consolidation. More >

Eric Sprott: Gold Momentum's Picking Up Dramatically
Source: The Gold Report,
Interviewed by Karen Roche, Publisher  (11/13/09)
Eric Sprott, CEO & Portfolio Manager of Sprott Asset Mgmt. and Chair of Sprott Money, sees "quantitative easing" as "just debasing the currency which will eventually lead to hyperinflation." In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Eric says there's one upside: "You can just feel the momentum in gold—it's picking up dramatically" and so too are prospects for a plethora of little-known small and mid-cap gold stocks. More >

Poor Man's Gold May Be an Investor's Treasure
Source: MarketWatch, Myra P. Saefong  (11/13/09)
"when public revulsion at the U.S. dollar begins, the tidal wave will become a tsunami" More >

Gold Will Go Above $2,000: Jim Rogers
Source: Business Intelligence  (11/13/09)
"Maybe I am wrong and it's different this time. But I doubt it." More >

Gold Loses Momentum as Sentiment Wobbles
Source: Reuters, Rebekah Curtis and Humeyra Pamuk  (11/13/09)
"The only thing that seems likely to puncture this (gold's rally) would be a reversal in the dollar." More >

The IMF Sold 200 Tons to INDIA; A New Announcement Due!
Source: Julian Phillips, GoldForcaster  (11/13/09)
We have been prepped for this for so long now. It seems that the [concocted] cloud from the expected IMF gold sales has been a threat to the gold price, for years. Now the clouds of speculation are being blown away and reality is presenting itself in a way never expected. More >

Vietnam Lifts Ban on Gold Imports
Source: Rhona O'Connell, Mineweb  (11/13/09)
Shifting sands in the gold investment market means that European countries are now in the vanguard when it comes to investment bar purchases; with local gold prices doubling since April 2006, will Vietnam now come back to the fore? More >

Geithner Unconvincing as Friend of Dollar
Source: GoldSeek, Rick Ackerman  (11/12/09)
"unless the journalists decided. . .to be polite, they should have laughed Geithner out of the room." More >

London Gold Market Report
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (11/12/09)
Gold Hits Fresh Record vs. Geithner's "Strong Dollar" as S. African Mining Struggles More >

Gold Breakout Targets $1,500
Source: Jason Hamlin, Gold Stock Bull  (11/11/09)
Gold recently completed a bullish inverted head and shoulders continuation pattern and quickly put in a gain of $100 or 10%. While the rise has been impressive, the technical picture suggests gold has much higher to go before any meaningful correction will surface. More >

How Will Niagara Falls Fit Through a Garden Hose?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey's Gold & Resource Report  (11/11/09)
There's no doubt in my mind that we'll have a mania in gold. And because the gold and especially silver markets are so tiny, the rush into them will be like trying to push the contents of Hoover Dam through a garden hose. More >

Trading Gold, Silver, Oil and Gas Using ETFs
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (11/11/09)
So far this week has been slow in regards to commodity ETF funds. Gold continues to shine while silver refuses to make a move higher. Crude oil has a nice bull flag and we are waiting for a breakout and setup while natural gas continues to see selling pressure. More >

A Lot of Cash to Find in a Hurry
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (11/11/09)
With 30-year bond yields still lower than they were before last winter's wipe-out, there's an urgency about refinancing debt as 2010 draws near. And not just at the U.S. Treasury either. More >

Can Silver Count on Gold?
Source: Silver Investing News, Melissa Pistilli  (11/11/09)
"Will the gold market continue to buoy silver prices?" More >

IMF Economists Lament Dollar-Based Financial System
Source: Financial Times, Krishna Guha  (11/11/09)
"the world [has] to examine alternatives to the dollar as the dominant reserve asset." More >

Vietnam to Allow Gold Imports to Prevent Speculation
Source: Bloomberg, Nguyen Kieu Giang  (11/11/09)
"Five or six companies will be allowed to bring in unlimited amounts of gold." More >

Commodity Report for Gold, Silver, Oil and Nat Gas
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldandOilGuy  (11/10/09)
Everyone is talking about commodities as the place to be in the coming months. I tend to agree, but it is still important to know where each commodity is trading to maximize returns and reduce risk. More >

Andrew Mickey: Are We Headed for a 25% Market Drop?
Source: The Gold Report  (11/10/09)
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Gold Breaks $1,100: Does It Matter?
Source: Seeking Alpha, Investor Nirav  (11/10/09)
"China has $2.27 trillion in reserves. Spending $25 billion a year buying gold is chump change." More >

Chile to Triple Gold Production by 2015
Source: Mineweb, Lawrence Williams  (11/10/09)
"Much of Chile's current production is byproduct output from the country's huge copper mining industry" More >

December Gold Looks Set for Another Leap
Source: GoldSeek, Rick Ackerman  (11/10/09)
"…we treat every top on the hourly chart as potentially important" More >

Will China Buy 203 Tons of Gold from IMF?
Source: Commodity Online  (11/10/09)
"…the higher gold prices rise, the less likely China will be interested in IMF gold…" More >

Secret Plan to Defend Euro Against Falling Dollar
Source: GoldSeek, Peter Cooper  (11/10/09)
"All it takes is a word from the ECB and the massive dollar carry trade will unwind." More >