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12 Dec 2024

Draw your own conclusions

Source chart: @topdowncharts

11 Dec 2024

The breakout continues:

Gold jumps 1.3%, biggest one-day move since November 22, well above the 50DMA and briefly above $2700. The race to new all time highs is on. Source: zerohedge

9 Dec 2024

China’s central bank gold reserves hit a record 72.96 million fine troy ounces in November.

China bought 160,000 fine troy ounces of gold last month, resuming purchases after 6 months. China’s gold reserves have risen by a whopping 10 million ounces over the last two years. As a result, the value of the country’s gold reserves reached $193 billion in November, near the record $199 billion posted in October. Meanwhile, gold prices have rallied 28% year-to-date, and trade just 5% below all-time highs. China's gold stockpile is back on the rise. Source: The Kobeissi Letter, Bloomberg

6 Dec 2024

Bitcoiners had to endure a run of * counts fingers * FIVE black swan events in the span of 8 years, each resulting in price dumps anywhere from 50% to 80%…

Source: Milk Road, Reddit

6 Dec 2024

Breaking : Gold

Bitcoin $BTC is now outperforming Gold by the largest margin in history Source: Barchart

26 Nov 2024

This is the largest daily gold selloff in four years (-3.5%)

Primarily due to profit-taking transitioning into long liquidation after last week's strong rally, Israel's Netanyahu "in principle" approval of a Lebanon ceasefire deal and the announcement of Scott Bessent as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for US Treasury Secretary. Bessent is seen as another advocate of a smaller government and budget deficits. Source chart: Bloomberg, Tavi Costa

19 Nov 2024

WORLD INVESTING LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING

Global central banks gold reserves hit 13%, the highest in at least 3 decades. At the same time, foreign ownership of US government bonds fell to ~24%, near the lowest in 2 decades. World is embracing gold at the expense of Treasuries. Source: Global Markets Investor, Apollo

18 Nov 2024

THE BIG SWITCH: FROM GOLD ETFs to BITCOIN ETFs

Source: Bloomberg

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