ETPs

Gold's strongest months to come

Mark O'Byrne
August 1, 2014
Gold and silver often see periods of weakness in the summer doldrum months of May, June and July.

Gold reaches lowest since June on way to biggest rout since ’81

Phoebe Sedgman, Bloomberg
December 31, 2013
Gold, heading for the biggest slump in three decades, reached the lowest price since June as an improving economy cut demand for wealth protection. Silver prices touched the lowest in more than four months.

Gold reaches lowest since June on way to biggest rout since ’81

Phoebe Sedgman, Bloomberg
December 31, 2013
Gold, heading for the biggest slump in three decades, reached the lowest price since June as an improving economy cut demand for wealth protection. Silver prices touched the lowest in more than four months.

Commodity investment seen by Barclays set for record outflow

Maria Kolesnikova, Bloomberg
December 18, 2013
Commodity investments are heading for record outflows driven by withdrawals from gold exchange-traded funds as some investors lost faith in the traditional store of value, according to Barclays Plc.

Zimbabwe bans private gold sales

Jan Skoyles
December 16, 2013
Top gold news over the weekend was from Zimbabwe that President Mugabe plans to ban the private sale of gold. Producers will be required to sell any mined gold through a state-owned company. This latest measure will not come as a shock to anyone who has followed the troubled nation’s economic progress.

Gold funds see unprecedented 31% slump with world losing faith

Glenys Sim, Maria Kolesnikova and Debarati Roy, Bloomberg
December 16, 2013
Investors are dumping gold-backed exchange-traded products at the fastest pace since the securities were created a decade ago, mirroring the steepest price drop in 32 years.

Where is the gold to feed golden dragon in 2014?

Mark O'Byrne
December 16, 2013
It is unknown where the gold would come from to replenish these ETF holdings were there a sudden surge in demand in the West in the event of a new sovereign debt crisis or a Lehman Brothers style contagion event.

Rise of the $100 paper silver lions

Jeffrey Lewis
October 7, 2013
Alas, the basic mechanism of price discovery of anything traded on an exchange has been terminally infected by speculators having access to unlimited funds and super fast computers for trading.

Gold ETP outflows see major decline in Q3, drops 78% q/q to $4.17 billion

Paul Ploumis
October 4, 2013
The physical outflows from gold Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) totaled $4.17 billion in the third quarter, declining sharply from the Q2 outflows of $18.54 billion. The gold ETP outflows have fallen by 78% over the quarter.

Follow the Fed, the fabrication and the physical gold demand

Austin Kiddle
July 17, 2013
The gold-backed ETP holdings appear to have stabilized at 1,986 metric tons although the holdings have dropped 646 metric tons this year. The ETP holdings rose 275 metric tons last year.