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Add The Middle East To China And India As Another Source Of Surging Gold Demand, Says Jim O'Neill
The latest observations the spread of gold's popularity comes from none other than BRIC expert, Goldman's Jim O'Neill, who advises clients in his latest letter that it may be prudent that in addition to China and India as a source of ever increasing demand for gold, it may be time to also add the Middle East to the ever increasing list of investors (typically quite wealthy) who believe in the yellow metal. "Not because of this particular anecdote, but the Middle East being what it is, my meetings involved more discussion about Gold prices than is usually the case in other parts of the world. While the gold bar machine anecdote adds to all the other colourful stories I pick up, the recent remarkable resilience of gold, despite what has happened to silver and other commodities, is rather impressive. This gold price strength may perhaps be just a simple function of both the extremely low level of G7 real interest rates and the prospect that they might not rise anytime soon. I got the impression that there a quite a few bulls of Gold in the Middle East."
Full O'Neill letter:
GOLD, MYRRH AND INCENCE.
I returned from a brief 3-day trip to the Gulf this morning, after visiting Abu Dhabi and Dubai. I spent much of the time highly stressed about the path of the Icelandic ash cloud, in view of a rather important event that I needed to get back to London for Saturday evening. As is often so typical of life these days, it looks as though it was all blown out of proportion, and my own personal black swan event didn’t happen. Mind you, if the bookmaker’s odds are to be believed, then United are merely there to make up the numbers in tomorrow’s Champions League Final. We shall see.
Beyond the ash-induced stress, the trip was very interesting. We hosted a client conference in Dubai and I also met with a number of important clients. In addition to discussing the world and global markets, I had fascinating exchanges with people about the so-called Arab Spring.
THE ARAB UPRISING.
Most people locally were as concerned as many people around the world seem to be about the possible future paths. That said, it was fascinating to hear this as well as comments about all the specific nuances. There were some I chatted with that shared my view that this could be the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Berlin Wall “moment,” but not many. Most see the possible paths as highly uncertain and worrisome. One local fund manager put it to me differently. He said that there is always uncertainty about the future in this part of the world. But these uprisings have eliminated this future uncertainty. Instead, the uncertainty is here now. Linked to what I wrote about recently following my Singapore trip and fund managers’ experience, if you combine uncertainty with lower valuations, this spells opportunity.
Much discussion focused on each of Egypt and Syria, both being seen as key countries for the region. But the more the discussions advanced through a dinner where it became the featured topic, the more uncertain it became. On Egypt, views ranged from the most negative outcomes post the September elections to some thinking that, while Mubarak has gone, not much has really changed, as the Army will remain in charge. Regarding Syria, many see it as even more interesting, since a change in regime could have big consequences for Iran and support for the more extreme terrorist organizations.
DUBAI AND N11 CAPITAL?
This was the first time I had spent a few days there since the bursting of the property bubble. The damage could be seen everywhere, with many half-finished projects. That being said, the main artillery roads seem to function better based on my trip over to Abu Dhabi and back. I can’t help wondering whether it is all really sustainable in Dubai, but as I have found on past trips, the more I found my mind wondering, maybe there is more substance than meets the eye. With the troubles of Bahrain, and the never ending volatility of Beirut, and the clever way its leaders have allowed the local atmosphere to develop, Dubai seems to really benefit from some of the large nations not so far away. Moreover, it seems to benefit from those that are doing well, and possibly also from those that are less stable. Two of the BRIC countries, Russia and India, especially have positive relevance for Dubai, and a number of the Next 11 Group; Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, all have differing degrees of relevance.
I would encourage anyone to take a visit to this part of the world. It is quite mind opening.
ABU DHABI AND GOLD BARS.
I had been planning to add a picture to this week’s Viewpoint. Abu Dhabi is the more sober of the major UAE conurbations and has always a more straightforward raison d’être – its oil reserves and revenue. However, not to be completely outdone, as I am sure many of you know, it has a 7-star hotel, yes 7 stars. We managed to slip into the Emirates Palace for a quick (and not so cheap) cup of tea in between meetings, particularly to visit the Gold Bar ATM that is present in the lobby. Yes, there is a Gold Bar machine, and I have a picture on my blackberry to prove it. A shame that my technology skills are sufficiently limited that I can’t upload it for all you Gold bulls to see.
WORLD MARKETS AND THE MAY FACTOR.
Not because of this particular anecdote, but the Middle East being what it is, my meetings involved more discussion about Gold prices than is usually the case in other parts of the world. While the gold bar machine anecdote adds to all the other colourful stories I pick up, the recent remarkable resilience of gold, despite what has happened to silver and other commodities, is rather impressive. This gold price strength may perhaps be just a simple function of both the extremely low level of G7 real interest rates and the prospect that they might not rise anytime soon. I got the impression that there a quite a few bulls of Gold in the Middle East.
Jim O’Neill
Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
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que WW3 in 5...4...3...
Gotta get me some of those Denninger-head Kruggerrands for my survival kit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDPg_w1VsWU
i still laugh and i dont know who he is.. I know he is a blogger but i have never, nor would i read his stuff! but you did a banj up job! keeo the tunes coming!
Be nice if he could spell...........amazing.
If you're referring to "Krugerrand", guilty as charged.
Douchinger runs a miserable little blog called Tickerforum where he basically bans anyone who disagrees with him. Its readership and membership is way down, basically the blog had a run where it was relevant but it's withering rapidly now. Most of the forum content now is posts linking to what ZH says.
He jumped the shark when he threatened to ban anyone who linked to TheOilDrum.
At least he doesn't want to sterilize half the human race like trav here.
Ya but trav will recieve total conciousness when he dies. So he's got that going for him.
wtf is wrong with sterilizing half the human race?
Nobody would die, there's no pain, there's no suffering...there is LESS.
ponzi pumpers lose out, but the environment, QoL, everything for everyone else improves. Crowding is solved, pollution, a lot of diseases, etc.
Instead of trotting out your ZOMG THAT RAYCISS bullshit, why don't you try using logic for a change?
I know why you won't. It's because you WANT catastrophe; you hope to use your miserable little silver stash to become a future slumlord. You've said as much. You are a loser who sees his stupid little bugout farm as his chance to finally be king and extract his pound of flesh from "the masses" who are starving.
You announce ALL THE TIME that collapse is coming and that zillions will die; where the fuck is your optimism there, moron? You don't want solutions, you want misery, frickin misanthrope.
You might also enjoy this one, at least I did. :)
Denninger gets the goldfinger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCwWfSYBwOQ
History of all this: Cookie Denninger doesn't understand Gold - Karl Denninger Angered, Bans Everyone http://randomlyspecific.com/?p=70
Que? Did you mean cue or queue?
A guy rushes into the doctors office and says "Doctor, I've swallowed a billiard ball!". The doctor replies, "Get to the end of the queue".
Yeah im a little late to the party, as usual, but does anyone here have a good source I can buy physical silver and have it mailed to me? I'm not looking for an investment to make money off of, I just want some just in case.
Blanchard is one of the most reputable companies. They headquarter out of New Orleans. I physically go there and pick up my gold shipments and have seen their office and they are a top notch company. I enjoy my visits and like to discuss the gold market with the salesmen. Their prices blow away AMPEX and KITCO. I found their spreads very reasonable.I don't know if there's another cheaper place, but safety was an issue for me and that's how I found them.
There's also Northwest Territorial Mint (www.nwtmint.com) and Tulving.com.
(Not promoting or anything, just passing on some options...good luck.)
Many will say go to local coin dealers and start a relationship with them in the event you will ever need to sell it back. Also you can buy jewelry from garage sales and estate sales for much less than retail.
My suggestion is to go with Temporalist, go to the coin shop. If they are not too busy, you can learn stuff as well.
Temporalist's idea of starting up a relationship with one or more coin dealers is a really good idea.
Buy online only if you are buying BIG.
I have only bought once online before: 10 oz of Pt.
+1 for local coin dealers. These could become banks if things work out the way many think. Nice to have a good relationship with your local moneychanger.
Premiums may or may not be slightly higher due to brick and mortar.
Not late. You can still actually buy silver with paper money. This won't always be the case.
Tyler, haven't heard much lately on the tungsten-gold bars. Either it's blatantly "self-evident" or the story has died down...just curious.
Gaithersburg Coin Exchange is awesome currently +.80 over on 100oz bars. Free shipping if you buy a good lot. Tulving is also good but there spot is higher and you have to get 500oz so premiums are still +1.10 or so on 500 oz. Tulving has a 100oz special right now at 1.49 over on NTR 10 oz.
Arab Spring Fever Turn to Bahrain
http://americansresistance.blogspot.com/2011/05/arab-spring-fever-turns-to-bahrain.html
it seems the gold bubble is about to pop....Goldman is promoting gold...
you should sell me your gold at a discount before the market opens on monday.. you dont want to be caught!
I will buy for $1,400 an oz!
already sold my mining shares...will wait for a very nice dip if i buy aga
Hope you didn't sell Kinross, that stock is about to $rocket$.
LOL JW. Email me at gmail for an invitation!
Chen I luv Ya Bro and I dont want to start any trouble in your nice new place that is filled with polite people who dont want me jumping up and down on their nuttz for the fun of it!
It is out of respect, you said you dont want fight club inside your house and all I do is fight soooooo?
God Speed and Good Luck Brother! I hope all your dreams come true! every day! and I mean that from bottom of my soul!
You better stock up on Bennie Bucks.
"how much silver is used in alternative energy applications such as solar panels." something tells me "a real friggin' lot."
I heard that at $40 per ounce it is 10% of the cost of solar panels. This was from an interview with Jeff loebb. He's got a new book that researches some of these factors (I.e. scarcity issues)
Interesting development in Solar:
New solar technology could break photovoltaic limits
http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2011/0516-new-solar-technology-...
scientists are about to create an atomic converter, that can practically take any atom apart (neutrons and protons)
and reshuffle them to get any element you want (Silver, Gold, you name it).
All this device needs is Extreme amounts of energy and some seawater.
This will destroy all the commodity-markets.
Just kidding! But can you imagine?? LOL
No, i cannot, because i understand the physics involved. You'd indeed need "extreme amounts of energy"... very extreme. Know when stuff like gold is created? Not even stellar fusion is enough.... you need a supernova explosion to get enough energy for this.
As with everything, it not only matters if something can be done, but at what cost. No one's gonna pay 100.000 $ (at current value) per ounce of gold, right? Before something like this becomes economically useful (let alone technologically possible), you could rather do deep-sea mining.... still fucking expensive and unfeasible, but much less so than your proposed idea.
i've done ok recycling old alchemists
>> scientists are about to create an atomic converter, that can practically take any atom apart (neutrons and protons) and reshuffle them to get any element you want (Silver, Gold, you name it).
It's called a fucking supernova. ;-) Kind of hard on the local real estate and agribusiness though.
Its called a particle accelerator. The amounts made are infinitesimal but the power enormous.
Alchemy but not cost effective.
How much relief to the economy would fusion energy provide?
And so another takeover begins.
(Reuters) - European clearinghouse LCH.Clearnet confirmed on Saturday it has received a string of offers from exchange operators interested in pursuing some form of business tie-up but said talks were still at an early stage.
Offeres were made by NYSE Euronext, Nasdaq OMX Group and London Stock Exchange Group. LCH.Clearnet regulates margin rates for HKMEx, LME and OTC Gold.
In a nutshell, expect more volatility across the board
By the way - regarding the physical silver market, here's a small sample from my area (europe). A few days ago, i was picking up my order from my local coin dealer (delivery time aprox 1 week). We got into a little chat, and i asked him how current customer sentiment is for his shop. His answer:
1. He was flooded with buy orders during the recent takedown.
2. Almost no one is selling.
My coin dealer that I see on a weekly basis has been getting progressively less silver. If I want a "big" order (e.g. 500 ounces - yeah, seems tiny), it takes him now about a week to fill. He's getting lots of scrap (which he finds).
He says he might eventually have to close (in business since early 60s)
Dont suppose any one can recommend dealers in the UK?
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/70231372/
gold bar machine:
http://images.theage.com.au/2010/10/22/2003727/gold_bar1-420x0.jpg
http://in-this-economy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/GoldATMAbu.jpg
gimmie a forklift.. no a skid steer with forks! and off I would go! me and my new box of gold!
I will be a pirate one day with chests of gold! I will of course share with my Bros of Fight Club so that you guys can throw the daballons at the girls so that you can see some Titties! Grils of Fight Club I will share so you gals can buys some new shoes.. women are soooo fucking boring unless they are a hooker!
just found a new chart on yahoo
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ISLN.L
Only 5 days old and backed by physical held at JPM in London.
...held by JPM . uhhhhhh, no thanks.
nooo. noooooo.. it is really safe, they pinky swear that they will not encumber or cross your gold that they hold in a different pile than everyone elses.. of course you will never, ever be able to hold it in your hand.. for your own safety!
Seriously, the morgue? How can you suggest with a straight face?
Bulls of gold= golden calf
praying to a false god, iow
slimy bastard
Your posts are infinitely stupid. Get off the crack
No, don't pray to gold, but do thank god every day got in early. Big difference.
+ $1530
$1,536.50 May 27th last!
Silver is $37.96 and we all know when it gets to $40..
***POOF!***
Hammer Time!
I mean FED Time!
or Margine Squeeze Time!
or all of the above.. yes all of the above.. you people who wear specticul(s)!
Are you feeling a post memorial day raid coming on? Bring it Blythe, we need to load up one last time. Might as well blow your margin hike load now.
Are you feeling a post memorial day raid coming on? Bring it Blythe, we need to load up one last time. Might as well blow your margin hike load now.
Jim O Neill does not have any clue about keralites in the gulf and their buying habits
The key to silver going forward will be its scarcity in the face of enormous quantities needed for alternative energy and most importantly for weaponry as the elites continue to breed chaos to distract the sheeple. The KWN interview with Leeb is a must hear. Don't be surprised if the next government confiscation is silver, for national security doncha know. At the rate of industrial use (irrespective of investment demand), it is hightly probable that silver will disappear from the planet within 20 years.
there's a good bit of scrap that can come out of hiding. Ag production hasn't peaked yet, so there's a good ways to go
Death is sometimes slow...but inevitable.
Alas poor dollar, I knew it well.
I don't really listen to what Jim O'Niell says. He is perma bull which makes him in my investment process, useless. The man has been bullish on BRIC no matter what. Perma bears at least make you think. Perma bulls are simply useless.
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