Christian Magoon:  The best gold ETF in 2012 continues to be the iShares Gold ETF (NYSEARCA:IAU). It has outperformed the much larger and more expensive SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD), by almost 20bps year to date. Here’s the performance grid from GoldETFs.biz illustrating year to date Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: After gold‘s (NYSEARCA:GLD) nearly $150 rebound from its December low, Marc Faber continues to believe that gold is not done  with its correction, but he recommends the precious metal during an environment  of negative real yields on U.S. Treasuries engineered by a Bernanke Fed. Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Today’s revelation of China’s surge in gold imports in the month of November from its principal gold dealer, Hong Kong, exposes Western financial media for the umpteenth time for its blatant propaganda (at the behest of central bankers) against one of the only assets Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Thinking the gold market has seen its best days? Not a chance, if the Fed and the Washington pathocrats get their way. Speaking at AmeriCatalyst 2011, in November, hedge fund manager extraordinaire Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital Management LP told attendees he Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Timing gold purchases is quite often very difficult, even for the so-called pros.  So if you think you don’t have what it takes to trade among the best, don’t feel bad, even the ‘pros’ get it wrong. Read more…

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Toby Connor: I know that during a correction of the magnitude we are seeing right now it seems more like the gold bull is dead than on the verge of moving into what I expect will be one of the greatest parabolic moves in history. Read more…

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In a Tweet yesterday, the ingenious gentleman Nouriel Roubini de la Milan  taunted the gold bugs, “Where is 2,000?” Someone should have Tweeted the self-described ‘global nomad’, “Ask Bernanke,  my Lord; he’s almost done building that windmill for you to fight.” Read more…

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Kerri Shannon: If you’re concerned about where gold prices (NYSEARCA:GLD) are headed after yesterday’s (Wednesday’s) bear-market buzz, don’t be. This is just a brief pit-stop in what continues to be an epic bull-run for the yellow metal. Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: UK-based International Business Times reports China’s gold imports spiking 50 percent in October from September, and soaring 4,000 percent from October of a year ago, to an all-time single-month record high of 85.7 tons.  Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Always looking for bargain prices in commodities markets, famed investor Jim Rogers has been patiently awaiting a significant pullback in precious metals prices before adding to his stockpile. Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Many have long predicted a time to run for cover would come, but the notion that the reason for selling your paper assets to move into plain ol’ cash, or better yet, physical Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Following the surprise move by the Fed and five other central banks to lower  the interest rate of dollar swaps by 50 basis points, through Feb. 1, 2013, Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff issued a special and urgent update to investors. Read more…

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