by irdadmin | Oct 9, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
IRD Note: For nearly two decades, GATA has seized on Frank Veneroso’s original research which provided first-hand evidence that Central Banks were actively operating to suppress the gold and has presented direct evidence of precious metals manipulation. Beyond...
by irdadmin | Sep 18, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
A consultant to GATA (Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee) brought to our attention the fact that gold swaps at the BIS have soared from zero in March 2016 to almost 500 tonnes by August 2017 (GATA – BIS Gold Swaps). The outstanding balance is now higher than it...
by irdadmin | Jun 26, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
This isn’t some trader’s “fat finger” accidentally overloading the sell button and pressing “sell.” This is unadulterated BIS/ECB/BoE/Fed sponsored market intervention: At 4:01 EST, a paper gold nuclear bomb was detonated in the...
by irdadmin | Aug 18, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
Central counterparties keep records of trades and help suck risk out of the banking system, but this only works if they themselves are well capitalised and have plans in place to deal with a sudden collapse of one or more of its members and get close to failure....
by irdadmin | Aug 16, 2016 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals, U.S. Economy
In mid-2009, the IMF announced that it was going to sell a portion of its gold. It ended up selling 403 tonnes of its then-reported 3218 tonnes of gold. Back then the original announcement made it sound like the IMF was trying to push down the price of gold with a...
