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Pam and Russ Martens: NY Fed will not say whether 5-count felon JPM holds $2.4 trillion of its securities

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

As the financial crisis of 2008 was ravaging century-old financial institutions on Wall Street and collapsing the U.S. economy, the central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve, launched an effort to restore market liquidity by becoming the buyer of the toxic sludge flooding Wall Street in the form of mortgage-backed securities.

Costco is estimated to be selling as much as $200 million in gold bars monthly

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By Jeff Cox
CNBC, New York
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Gold has turned into money for Costco, where yellow metal sales begun last year have turned into a cash cow for the big-box retailer.

In fact, sales are so brisk that analysts at Wells Fargo expect revenue "may now be running at" $100 million to $200 million a month, a rapid acceleration since bullion hit the warehouse club late in the summer of 2023.

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India's February silver imports hit record and set to rise 66% this year

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From Reuters
via The Times of India, Mumbai
Monday, April 8, 2024

India's silver imports surged by 260% in February to a record high, as lower duties encouraged large purchases from the United Arab Emirates, government and industry officials told Reuters, adding they were on track to increase by 66% this year.

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Guanajuato Silver Reports Best Ever Quarterly Production

Mike Maharrey: Why is the mainstream always disparaging gold?

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By Mike Maharrey
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Monday, April 8, 2024

According to the mainstream, it's always time to sell gold.

Maybe listening to mainstream talking heads isn't the best strategy.

On March 8, CNBC's"Fast Money" featured TD Securities senior commodity strategist Daniel Ghali arguing that it was time to take profits on gold.

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Idaho governor vetoes bill to enable state to hold protective gold and silver

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By JP Cortez
Sound Money Defense League
via Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Monday, April 8, 2024

Idaho Gov. Brad Little today vetoed legislation that would have enabled the Idaho state treasurer to protect state reserve funds with an allocation to physical gold and silver, sending an ominous message to the state's mining industry and investors.

Senate Bill 1314 -- sponsored by Sen. Phil Hart and Rep. Barbara Ehardt -- passed overwhelmingly in the Idaho Senate before being approved by the House in late March, only to be vetoed by the governor.

Pam and Russ Martens: Fed loses billions while paying huge interest income to big banks

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street On Parade
Monday, April 8, 2024

As of April 3 the Federal Reserve has racked up $161 billion in accumulated losses. 

We're not talking about unrealized losses on the underwater debt securities the Fed holds on its balance sheet, which it does not mark to market.

China's latest investment frenzy sparks wild swings in gold ETF

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By Charlotte Yang
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo Finance, Sunnyvale, California

An exchange-traded fund that owns gold companies has become the latest target of frenzied trading in China as investors pile into corners of the market seen as resilient to the country's economic challenges.

Trading for the ChinaAMC Gold Industry Equity ETF was halted until 10:30 a.m. Monday local time, in order to protect investors' interests, China Asset Management Co. said in a statement today. It was the second trading suspension for the product since last Tuesday.

Maybe the sun isn't the only thing being eclipsed tomorrow

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11:12p ET Sunday, April 7, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Tonight's action in gold and silver is astounding. Both monetary metals opened down hard, as if somebody was trying to set a negative tone in the market for the day ahead after many days of strong advances.

Whereupon somebody pounced on the price smashes as if metal was a bargain at any price.

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As gold smuggling runs rampant, Vietnam looks for ways to tame market

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By Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen
Bloomberg News
via South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Sunday, April 7, 2024

Stabilising the gold market is a pressing issue for the Vietnamese government with smugglers taking advantage of higher local prices to slip in the precious metal, leading to exchange rate distortions and weakness in the dong that's hurting the economy.

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OMG: Bloomberg columnist recommends gold

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Central Banks Are the Newest HODLers of Gold

By Merryn Somerset Webb
Bloomberg News
Sunday, April 7, 2024

A few weeks ago, when the gold price hit a record high, no one besides a few gold bugs seemed to care. 

Bitcoin also hit a record high. Everyone cared. 

Proof came in the personal finance pages of the UK newspapers. The Financial Times had a piece on investing in crypto miners, a long read about what crypto still gets wrong, and a cry of pain for UK investors denied the right to hold Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. 

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