by Dave Kranzler | May 29, 2020 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
An article from Bloomberg was published 2 days ago which alleged that “New York Gold Traders Drown in Glut…” The Comex is now reporting there’s 26 million ozs of gold in Comex vaults, 17 million of which is in the “eligible”...
by Dave Kranzler | Nov 18, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, U.S. Economy
A couple days after the CME allowed clearing members to use warehouse warrants as collateral for the mandatory performance bond, the new form of collateral was implemented by HSBC. With help from Craig Hemke (TF Metals Report) it appears as if the Comex activated a...
by Dave Kranzler | Nov 15, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
A mysterious “pledged gold” entry has just showed up on the Comex gold warehouse report. The definition of this new warehouse stock classification for gold is provided in Chapter 7 of the New York Mercantile Exchange rulebook. In brief,...
by Dave Kranzler | Apr 23, 2019 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
“Central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise.” – Alan Greenspan, July 1998 testimony to Congress At 8:39 a.m. EST 523,200 ozs of paper gold were unloaded onto the Comex in the space of less one minute:...
by Dave Kranzler | Nov 1, 2017 | Financial Markets, Gold, Market Manipulation, Precious Metals
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced a plan to launch bitcoin futures by the end of the year. The price of Bitcoin surged to a new record in response to the announcement. It was reminiscent of the dot.com era, when a dot.com stock would jump 10% if Maria...
