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14 Nov 2023

Reminder that this happened when the Gold Spot ETF was approved

Source: Bitcoin for Freedom

13 Nov 2023

China reserve gold holdings as per IMF

Source: Bloomberg

13 Nov 2023

Explained: India’s Gold Demand During Diwali - by Elements, Visual Capitalist

In India, gold’s significance goes far beyond investment and jewelry. The yellow metal is woven into India’s cultural history and is revered by a population of over 1.3 billion.

6 Nov 2023

Even with gold near ATHs, central banks are still buying record tonnage of yellow metal...

Source: FT

31 Oct 2023

As highlighted by Tavi Costa, despite the recent push toward new highs, gold remains severely under-allocated

In fact, 71% of US advisors have little to no exposure to the metal. Similar to how Central banks continue to aggressively accumulate the metal, conventional investment portfolios have yet to take steps to find true diversifiers. Sources: Tavi Costa, BobEUnlimited

30 Oct 2023

Here's the downside risk on gold. Either this longstanding correlation is broken or inflation is grossly understated and real rates remain negative

Source: Henry Smith

27 Oct 2023

Gold's normal negative correlation to the dollar (upper chart) and US bond yields continue to collapse

Highlighting the current support for XAU as an alternative investment amid rising financial risks as yields surge and investors worry about developments in the Middle East (Chart: Bloomberg)

24 Oct 2023

Here's a chart of gold in yen

Japan has been ahead of the curve when it comes to FIAT currency debasement and the way its currency is trading against gold is rather frightening with another huge ~10% new ATH move this month. Will other FIAT currencies follow the yen path? Source: Graddhy - Commodities TA+Cycles

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