Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Watch Plunging Gold Inventories & Backwardation

kingworldnews.com / July 23, 2013
Today 50-year veteran Art Cashin warned about major concerns in the gold market because of declining gold inventories.  Cashin, Director of Floor Operations at UBS ($650 billion under management), also cautioned about the backwardation in gold, and noted the massive global demand as well.
Art Cashin:  “All That Glitters Is Not Arbitrage – Monday, spot gold spiked up $45 and the media pundits pointed to things from China to the FOMC.  While all the cited may have been factors, veteran traders saw the bulk of the move resting in a conspiracy story.
In my mid-day email to friends I had noted this:
Gold soars as NYT story on metal warehouses fans flames of conspiracy theorists that gold warehouse
stores have been “lent” out.  That theory also aided by backwardation (spot price far above near future).
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