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Bullion sales hit record in stampede to safety http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/359da604-f6d4-11...00779fd2ac.html Exponential demand for coins. How much of global gold demand is jewellery? I thought it was more than half. But half went into ETFs alone, in January. 70% apparently... http://www.forexfocusdaily.com/forum/commo...ses-losses.html High prices are scaring off jewellery buyers, who account for almost 70 percent of global demand for gold.

Since my recent purchase of silver Phillies from coininvestdirect the metal's spot price has gone up 10% but the coins' netto price only 5%. Does anyone here track the relative prices? I'm wondering if the markup might represent lower purchases at this price, perhaps cid will hike the prices soon, or perhaps they hiked just before I bought.

Thanks. I forgot stockcharts does ratios.

Gold:Silver ratio below 70 at the moment! Does anyone know where there is a live chart of this? This is the most up to date I can find. http://www.bestwaytoinvest.com/stories/gol...chart-1999-2009 G0ldfinger has linked to this in the past - way out of date though, it was about 74 back then (last week ) Perhaps updated weekly? http://gold.approximity.com/since2005/Gold-Silver-Ratio.html

That must have been quite unnerving

Now, if they could just get round to allowing storage fees to be paid in cash instead of in metal for which we've paid a commission...

Goldmoney has a new look! https://secure.goldmoney.com/en/index.php Glodmoney.com hasn't caught up yet

Doesn't this suggest that the bulls are once bitten twice shy? It could be that any pull back will be far less severe than from the March peak, rather than a new higher peak being imminent.

Living 1 day in the future, you have an advantage. It's still January in Europe!

Me too! The elite is taunting us.

Isn't that just a gimmick? It might be the first signs that the market is willing to use gold as an alternative currency but unless the fund is investing in gold then they'll have to go through national currencies to be able to pay out in gold. More important for UK members: Soros covers sterling shorts. < $1.40 was too low. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e9469a2-ed26-11...00779fd2ac.html

Some might say that is the Palm Pre, barring some potential patent issues.

Never mind, get some Britannias instead ;-)

I did some "research" a while ago. There's less than 1oz of gold each too, so you really don't need much to be rich! http://www.greenenergyinvestors.com/index....ost&p=60146 With the difference in quantities of gold and silver, and with gold going back into orbit, it looks like the silver football is held even deeper in the water right now.

Is it you that's from Korea? If so, anyong, and it could pay for your friends to hold their tongues as well as their gold... http://www.metro.co.uk/news/world/article....p;in_page_id=64

The gains are more easily reported in terms of collapsing currencies but there is still a significant gain if you want to convert the gold to energy, shelter, food etc or if you want to buy a unit of gold today with a unit of your own labour (compared with protecting yourself last year). I doubt anyone's pay rise matched the rise in gold this year

Joe Six Pack. I'm a one pack ;-)

Are you a friend of John Titor?

Darn! I had to keep £5k in reserve for a few months because a friend might have needed help. So it was put to good use but it won't now get me that 250g bar I had my eye on, in fact we Brits can't get a 250g bar without the retailer having to report our purchase to HMG

No footballer would be in any investment other than property, surely! Doctor doesn't seem too keen on the New York vault! DJGold just above him has zero gold at the moment and tens of thousands in cash. That makes me wonder if it's worthwhile tracking a few big players on there to see who's got a feel for the market, then copy their strategy. Probably too much effort.

...which would have been worth in today's money up to Naff All

True, because this bit makes it unconstitutional

It wouldn't surprise me to see the price come down after then, but not for too long of course.

Not so crazy if the descripton is true... "I believe only 2000 were minted making this a very collectible coin."

Mine came in a stury coin case, tightly fitting the coin so there's no rattle. It makes a great paperweight.