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Alasdair Macleod

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Alasdair Macleod runs FinanceAndEconomics.org, a website dedicated to sound money and demystifying finance and economics. Alasdair has a background as a stockbroker, banker and economist. He is a Senior Fellow at the GoldMoney Foundation.

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News & Analysis by Alasdair Macleod

Bank balances and gold

There has been a growing shift in favour of assets relative to bank deposits. This was initially encouraged by zero interest rates, but more recently there is little doubt that Cyprus’s bail-in has accelerated the trend. This explains the bull markets in bonds and equities, which conveniently underwrites the entire banking system. ...

2013-MAY-19 · Alasdair Macleod

central banks, Cyprus, gold bullion

The role of GLD and SLV

In August 2011 I wrote to the Financial Services Authority to seek confirmation that the London-based custodians of SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) and iShares Silver Trust (SLV) were being regulated as custodians, despite the fact that physical bullion is not a regulated investment. After some chasing on my part I finally got a response, kicking ...

2013-MAY-12 · Alasdair Macleod

buy gold, ETF, LBMA

Gold market report: continuing consolidation

Gold and silver continued their consolidation after the April lows, trading in narrow ranges with a firm undertone. Attention is now firmly focused on Chinese and Indian demand for gold, which between them is absorbing all non-Asian mine supply. Chinese net purchases of gold totalled 320.54 tonnes in the first quarter 2013, with purchases ...

2013-MAY-10 · Alasdair Macleod

Asia, COT, gold price

The case against deflation

Regular readers will know I am in the inflation, possibly hyperinflation camp; but there are those that think the future is more likely to be deflationary. In the main this is the view of neoclassical economists, Keynesians and monetarists, who generally foresee a 1930s-style slump unless the economy is stimulated out of it. Rather than ...

2013-MAY-05 · Alasdair Macleod

central banks, deflation, inflation, quantitative easing

Gold market report: reduced volatility

This week has seen somewhat reduced volatility in precious metals, with gold ranging between $1,442 and $1,480 and silver between $23.20 and $24.60. The question we would all like an answer to is having consolidated after the massive knock-down last month, will prices continue to fall, or have they bottomed? To help answer this question, ...

2013-MAY-03 · Alasdair Macleod

Comex, gold price, silver price

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Current Precious Metal Prices

	Gold: Gold Buy Rates	$44.6028/gg $1,387.30/oz
	Silver: Silver Buy Rates	$0.7214/gg $22.44/oz
	Platinum: Platinum Buy Rates	$46.7071/pg $1,452.70/oz
	Palladium: Palladium Buy Rates	$23.4379/pd $729.00/oz