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Is This Why Gold Is Up?

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Gold prices are up around 1.5% from last night's close.

 

Market participants have various reasons for the jump from Obama's unilateral airstrikes on Syria-bases ISIS (and blowback concerns) to Europe's dismal data (more QE?) but we suspect what really drove the move was what one world-renowned newsletter writer orated last night.

 

 

Practically bottom-ticking the recent swing in precious metals, none other than Dennis Gartman told CNBC viewers, "There's no reason to own gold in U.S. dollar terms," adding that, "owning gold has been just a treacherous, boring, nasty trade that just keeps losing money for anybody who buys it."

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Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:32 | 5246639 vmromk
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Why won't Gartman die already ???

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:37 | 5246657 Latina Lover
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Oh leave him be. Gartman is good for comedic relief.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:09 | 5246779 Keyser
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I saw this piece on Fast Money yesterday and got a good chuckle... Gartman just doesn't know when to shut up... 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:12 | 5246789 cpnscarlet
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...just like James Turk.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:33 | 5246903 J S Bach
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"There's no reason to own gold in U.S. dollar terms," adding that, "owning gold has been just a treacherous, boring, nasty trade that just keeps losing money for anybody who buys it."

 

The key word there is "trade".  Yes, Gorty... people who buy PMs to trade in this rigged market are definitely dupes and the anxiety produced will surely kill them.  Gold & silver are proven stores of wealth you fool.  (I know you know that - I just like calling you a fool.)

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:40 | 5246907 Spine01
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Gartman argument's hole is the following: Gold as a STORAGE of wealth and NOT a way to make money.

Once you have a good investment prospect that is low risk, then you can change your store of wealth, whatever it is, it could be even water in CA. And make it make money in the investment, and then may be, only may be, increase your wealth, if you were lucky enough that the debasement of the money you made was not larger than what you made.

What he is saying is that HE has very good business prospects that will make him more wealth and that he doesn't need to store that wealth. That is all.

And we are probably the business prospects, pay CNBC for their air time and convince us to not buy gold. And then make money that increases his wealth by betting on futures in the direction he pushes.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:56 | 5247003 RaceToTheBottom
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The real question is why they are trotting out these "analysts" and their prostitute "jounalists" to jump on the smackdown.

Nothing is done for no reason.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 11:43 | 5247597 Keyser
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No need to pull your punches, we all know that CNBC is inhabited by whores for wall street and TPTB... 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:17 | 5247756 Manthong
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 Gartman/180 is a very good indicator.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 19:44 | 5249756 mjcOH1
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"Is This Why Gold Is Up?"

'Screaming Buy' in Gartman-speak

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:41 | 5246906 Spine01
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Gartman like every other talking head says what he says only to make money as a paid speaker and nothing else. That is the business, prop a stock or drop a stock, prop a metal or drop a metal. Who cares about the truth or what you truly think.You don't get paid for that, you only get paid for saying what they want you to say.
Naty job? Yes, but better than being a bankster IMHO

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:51 | 5247299 Spitzer
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Trader Dan Norcini is worse then Gartman. He's been bashing gold all week. Must be a bottom here some place

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 11:33 | 5247537 zeroheckler
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cpnscarlet:  ...just like Jon Nadler

fify

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 11:37 | 5247557 hairball48
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You haven't learned much in the 3 years + you have been here, have you?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:40 | 5246658 SoilMyselfRotten
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If a rally begins, swivel head Gartman will be all over it

 

P.S. The Monkeys have got their little hammers out

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 11:27 | 5247498 Carl Spackler
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This picture of Gartman epitomizes the phrase "Asleep at the switch."

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:55 | 5246714 Cacete de Ouro
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Tyler,

You and Gartman need to get those celebrity deathmatch guys to do an episode on the two of you. I would pay good money to see that claymation.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:33 | 5246643 craus
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Fed hoes are already taking gold down, making it look like USDJPY is causing it.
Gonna change my name from Goldstein to Dollarstein.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:47 | 5246644 LawsofPhysics
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Paper gold or physical gold, big difference and an ounce is an ounce is an ounce, fuck paper.  Physical is not a "trade" asshat, it's insurance in case governments and useless paper-pushers do something stupid. 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:12 | 5246791 Croesus
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Quote LawsofPhysics: 

"Physical is not a "trade" asshat, it's insurance in case governments and useless paper-pushers do something stupid. "

One question comes to mind: 

What are the odds, that governments and useless paper-pushers will do something stupid? 

If you want a reason to own Gold, all you need to do is ask yourself this question.  

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:23 | 5246844 LawsofPhysics
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Yes, I am a cynical bastard asking a rhetorical question... ...duh.

 

Still waiting for just one of Tim Geithner's "arsonists" to go bankrupt or to prison.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:41 | 5246948 Croesus
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Oh, man, I was just quoting you, and asking the question...I already know how you think, as evidenced by your well-reasoned posts. 

It's the "Gold is done" crowd that makes me wonder. 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:11 | 5247091 messymerry
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Croesus,

It's the "Gold is done" crowd that makes me wonder.

Wonder no more.  This crowd is being fed their talking points.  It certainly seems to me that the trajectory of gold manipulation has changed significantly.  This portends some significant action in the near future. I expect price discovery will begin to actually happen when the BRICs have decided that their vaults are full enough.  Many argue that gold will soon be at $800.00.  This is possible, but I feel certain that it will not stay there for long.

One thing we can all bank on.  A hundred years ago an ounce of gold would buy you a fine suit.  Today an ounce of gold will buy you a fine suit.  And, for the foreseeable future, an ounce of gold will still buy you a fine suit. 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:15 | 5246802 cpnscarlet
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"IN CASE"????????   Do you mean by that that the last 4 months of gov policies have been smart????

They are already doing nothing but "stupid". Too bad the populace is so stupid, it appears normal.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:34 | 5246645 Yellowhoard
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Just read a Yahoo article saying the same thing.

I'm lovin iit.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:35 | 5246649 eddiebe
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As much as I hate to say it, he's right. Facts are facts. Until some power stands up to the squid(s) they are in control and will stay there and control the price of everything from Apples to Zinc.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:54 | 5246655 LawsofPhysics
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I disagree, the velocity of the dollar says otherwise.   That and all the panic of "deflation"... ...LMFAO!!!

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:45 | 5246684 Peter Pan
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Of course Gartman is right. Just ask the people of Fukushima who have lost everything and whose land is useless. Ask the people of Iraq, Libya, Syria, Gaza etc who also lose everything from one moment to the next. Ask the people of Argentina and Hungary who have their foreign currency holdings taken by the government. Ask the people of Cyprus who woke up to the rudest and crudest haircut of their life.

Should I go on?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:01 | 5246740 Uchtdorf
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Yes, please. Could you also make it 5 pages long, double-spaced, so I can copy/paste it into my report that's due to my Econ professor this afternoon?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:25 | 5246850 Uchtdorf
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ZHers are down-voting jokes now?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 14:50 | 5248626 Rakshas
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........grumpy bears........

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:26 | 5246856 Peter Pan
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No problems just increase the font size.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:48 | 5247920 Uchtdorf
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Yeth thir

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:05 | 5246752 tarsubil
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Their control is a mirage. Smoke and mirrors. Reality has a history of throwing hammers and strong winds.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 13:30 | 5248137 Idaho potato head
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And asteroids and shit.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:36 | 5246650 cheeseburger901
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Mass Fraud should be a crime against humanity.

Please support this petition at whitehouse.gov.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/mass-financial-fraud-should-be-crime-against-humanity-punishable-death/sggR5HqK

The petition needs 150 signatures to go "live" to the public. 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:51 | 5246706 LoneStarHog
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Yeah! Sure! Petition the District of Criminals requesting that they charge and prosecute themselves.

Good gawd, crawl back into the Unicorns ass and enjoy the rainbows and Skittles.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:18 | 5246809 BettingTheFarm
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Is there a good reason why your link goes to facebook?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:39 | 5246930 Ruffmuff
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Statue of limitations, has run out. Eric (dick) Holder is busy, looking forward to retirement and a speaking tour of pure bullshit.

Amerika does it all greater, one way is making public service pay well.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:40 | 5246935 RockyRacoon
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Yeah, sign the petition.... sounds like a FEMA camp waiting list to me.  Early signers get the upper bunks and first shift showers for hot water.

Sign right up.  Uh-huh.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:36 | 5246654 fed_depression
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Perfect change to short gold. With no one having money who's going to buy it?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:34 | 5247224 zerozulu
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People who can print, simple.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:40 | 5246664 Dien Bien Poo
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Gartman is a total loser. He doesnt actually trade folks. He sells a newsletter and all these "trades"are on paper only. Together with that old cunt Art Cashin, he has to be the biggest waste of ink on the Internet. why do we bother with them?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:01 | 5246742 bullchit
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Circumcised and uncircumcised old geezers. They're news worthy....

 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:40 | 5246666 cheeseburger901
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Mass Fraud should be a crime against humanity.

 

Please support this petition at whitehouse.gov.

 

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/mass-financial-fraud-should-be...

 

The petition needs 150 signatures to go "live" to the public. 

 

Pass it on.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:43 | 5246949 RockyRacoon
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I'll just repeat my comment.  Can't say it too often:

Yeah, sign the petition.... sounds like a FEMA camp waiting list to me.  Early signers get the upper bunks and first shift showers for hot water.

Sign right up.  Uh-huh.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:35 | 5247230 _SILENCER
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Yeah, sign the petition.... sounds like a FEMA camp waiting list to me.

 

I never sign petitions. Ever.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:40 | 5246668 youngman
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Its up because I sold a bunch yesterday to pay some bills....I can pick the bottom...If it wasnt for bad luck Id have no luck at all....

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:10 | 5246778 bullchit
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Picking your bottom is very unhygenic youngman. Try printing a contrarian newsletter. I'd send you money. You have an honest face (though strangely, not so young)
Anything is better than that lying cunt Gartman. Ahem...

 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:40 | 5246669 Peter Pan
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So if he is so right why doesn't the FED and the government of the USA come right out and tell everyone that they have either sold all the gold or are going to sell all the gold because they think it's useless?

 

 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:14 | 5246793 Vendetta
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indeed, why not..... all these secret trade deals and the national security secret about how much gold they still have or don't.  How many secrets  must there be to hide the fact that their engaged in 'The fuckining'

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:18 | 5246799 ejmoosa
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What if they are shorting gold paper and buying the physical at a ratio of say 3:2 or 4:3(or some other magical numbers they have dreamed up-like 2% inflation)?

Then they could be pushing the prices down, removing the physical, and doing what they desire, which is to make it seem that Gold no longer has any real purpose.

They have unlimited dollars to do this. They have to account to no one.

And the most important of reasons:

If they were NOT doing this, Gold would be much higher, and we would all be talking about the devaluation of the dollar relative to Gold.

Keynesian economics would be seen as the fraud it is.

They have the motivation, and the resources to do this.

They would even be able to consider their lost dollars on their trades as  sort of Quantitative Easing G(old)  because those that sold now have dollars to go out and spend.

Is it beyond the possibility?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:27 | 5246855 LawsofPhysics
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"What if they are shorting gold paper and buying the physical"  --  this is exactly what they are doing and have been doing since 2009, so have many of us, I suspect.  Always do what they do, not what they say... ...Kyle Bass and other certainly made this clear a long time ago.  So long as no one is demanding delivery or actually demanding to see physical this can continue.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:44 | 5246676 buzzsaw99
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He's not wrong about gold being boring. It's like the quote about flying: Long stretches of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. adding: Wop Wop Wah

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:44 | 5246677 ThisIsBob
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Jeezus, Tyler, yet another Gartman diss.  How hard can it be?  Why don't you pick on someone your own size?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:44 | 5246678 dcau1
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Oh hang on....the Comex must be open. Back down it goes.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:46 | 5246689 ms8172
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If you wanna knock Gold.....why don't you short it then?    IDIOT!!

 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:47 | 5246694 The Abstraction...
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Fitschen arrested for fraud:

 

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-09-23/deutsche-bank-s-fitschen-cha...

 

I just hope it does not intefere with my lawsuit for gold manipulation against him. Progress updates here: www.kingoftherepublic.com

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:47 | 5246696 XuscitizenSweden
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Here's a direct link to the 'Gartman' cnbc-cut:

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000312617&play=1

Absolutely makes sense for me.....bought gold 1st time beginning of '80 thru Credit Suissé, local Cairo office. Definitely makes sense.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:47 | 5246697 XuscitizenSweden
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Here's a direct link to the 'Gartman' cnbc-cut:

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000312617&play=1

Absolutely makes sense for me.....bought gold 1st time beginning of '80 thru Credit Suissé, local Cairo office. Definitely makes sense.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:49 | 5246699 agent default
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Gold is the only thing that you can still buy under the radar, and quietly hide.  Everything that is visible to the government will be expropriated to pay for their spending and borrowing.  Forget  about price and act accordingly.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:35 | 5246911 soylentgreenispeople
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Fucking "A"  right if they took it all it still wont be enough for those cunts .Buy Gold and  Hide Gold .

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:36 | 5247235 numapepi
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Except history tells us FDR seized everyone's gold. What has happened, can by definition, happen again. Obama has put FDR's policies back in with the same results so...

Expect the government to sieze your gold because at some point they will need some hard assets once people figure out the fiat money scam. Maybe that is why Gold has performed so poorly, people are worried the government will simply steal it, like they did before. The only ones who don't have to worry are Central Banks...

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:39 | 5247869 Richard Head
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Did you by chance get your history lessons at Los Angeles Unified School District?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:51 | 5246705 OpTwoMistic
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Read some where only 1 percent Americans hold gold. What concern is it for this knot Head?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:55 | 5246718 LawsofPhysics
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America, americans, and the policies of the west are becoming more irrelevant every day, much like the NYSE.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:57 | 5246727 StupidEarthlings
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They just gotta keep the "word" goin around that gold is bad. Ya know keep people "scared of it" cuz its a "bad investment"..

Werent a lot of people sayin that kinda stuff before it shot to 1900?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 08:56 | 5246720 Homunculus
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Although he is right in facts, PM are certainly the only bastion where there is value. Is G. recommending buying the overvalued market at its top? Plain stupid.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:01 | 5246741 sno55@me.com
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Wonder how the opening of the Gold Shangai Market affects global trades. Less prone for rigging?? Time will tell. If one is still alive to watch by then 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:00 | 5246743 bwh1214
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This guy (next  to Cramer of course) epitomizes all that is wrong with the media and the talking heads they have on CNBC. How do you make wrong call after wrong call, have no good reason why you make the wrong call or explain it and they ask you back?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:26 | 5246860 PTR
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Um...because it's CNBC.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:42 | 5247266 BrosephStiglitz
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In fairness, Gartman is an idiot, or a shill, but I don't think an overnight rise of 1.5% in a manner that is contrary to his advice is worth getting riled up over anyway.

If it goes up >20% overnight, give me a shout. 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:02 | 5246746 luckylongshot
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Gartman is so consistent in making bad calls he threatens to make all other tipsters redundant.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:09 | 5246772 IridiumRebel
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stacked hard this week.....BTW Gold was completely bought out. Not even 1/10ths remained. 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:10 | 5246780 yogibear
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Hilsenrath and Gartman. What a combo for the algos to trade on.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:20 | 5246827 Moe Howard
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Bottom must be in. Buy hard and often.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:24 | 5246842 Jano
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americans should then immediatelly return german gold
"There's no reason to own gold in U.S. dollar terms," adding that, "owning gold has been just a treacherous, boring, nasty trade that just keeps losing money for anybody who buys it."

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:24 | 5246843 golddigga
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hold up on that headline, the markets in North America is about to open. 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:25 | 5246853 PTR
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"It's China (and the East,) stupid."

 

Price drops.  Wait...wait...wait...ok, price level holding...buy in 3, 2, 1.

 

Thank you, Mr. Silly Sellers.  We always love buying shiny metal things at a discount.

Signed, Last Laugh

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:28 | 5246867 BouncingCat
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Huh? own gold in dollar terms? If you own gold, you own gold.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:31 | 5246882 IridiumRebel
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They are speaking Paperese.....

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:31 | 5246884 escapeefromOZ
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Quote from above " gold has been just a treacherous, boring, nasty trade that just keeps losing money  "  Why then rig the market  ?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:41 | 5246942 1stepcloser
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Gartman: the FRN is safe as a Bangkok whore.  

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:46 | 5246963 horot
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"Is this why gold is up"? Then Gartman's face shows up. LOL! I couldn't help myself laughing off. Thank you Tylers, for brightening up my morning.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:47 | 5246964 mt paul
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gold lasts forever...

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 09:57 | 5247012 Jameson18
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Bye Bye gold price signed the manipulators.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:08 | 5247067 RealityCheque
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Didn't the quarter end yesterday? If so, bank bonuses are set and they'll take the manipulation down a notch for a while now.

Thanks for the sale you cunts, see you back here in 3 months. 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:14 | 5247114 ClowardPiven2016
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I measure my wealth in ounces...not in dollars

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:29 | 5247199 jubber
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fighting back a little here, looks as though there may be a real buyer today?

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:35 | 5247227 vegas
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Tue, 09/23/2014 - 10:38 | 5247236 dizzyfingers
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signing online petitions not a good thing to do.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 11:05 | 5247372 Lawn.Dart
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Where are all the BitCoin followers in this discusion?

They love to hate Gold

Will someone please make some stupid comment damning gold while floating on a BitCoin magic carpet...  I need a laugh today.

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:44 | 5247896 disgruntled hou...
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BitCoin makes me feel like I am maiking love to a unicorn while gold makes feel like I am with a troll. The Unicorn is hung like a horse but the troll has a long history and doesn't require electricity. You know if the sun sends out an EMP -electro magnetic pulse- the Unicorn will burn up but the troll will still be there. Unicorns are cool but trolls are forever.

Did that do it for you Lawn.Dart?

 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 11:59 | 5247669 realWhiteNight123129
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Currency is only good as what back its. Currency can be created by banks against one (M0, FRNs today or Gold coins in the past)

Promises of future cash flows (Debt and Equities) are at atrociously high levels compared to GDP.

That means that Debt in the US is crap.

Since credit assets are what backs the dollar.

The dollar is therefore crap.

Call me when total debt to GDP is at 125% and market cap to GDP at 50-60%..

In the meantime, I go to sleep on my Gold bars....

 

 

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:18 | 5247755 Loan Gunman
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"Store of wealth?"  Maybe if you buy when it gets to $800.00.

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