Gold

Red Alert: Gold Backwardation!!
By Antal E. Fekete — The saga of the collapsing international monetary system
Dec 05 2008, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, USA (FINANCIAL SENSE)

Gold Heading for $2000 in 2009
By Mark O'Byrne — Citigroup: gold likely to rise above $2,000 an ounce regardless of long term macroeconomic scenario
Nov 28 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (MARKET ORACLE)

Meltdown: The Gold Carry Trade dies
By News Staff — With yields on government debt at unprecedented lows, it is no longer profitable to borrow gold and exchange it for risk free securities
Nov 25 2008, AHMEDABAD, INDIA (COMMODITY ONLINE)

Gold Lures Buyers after Hitting a 14-month Low
By Tom Petruno — Gold futures in New York were up $46, or 6.5%, to $751, the biggest one-day gain since mid-September
Nov 14 2008, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA (LA TIMES)

Gold Drops as Oil Falls, G-20 Seeks to Solve Crisis
By Daily Metals Report — Gold fell in London, heading for a weekly decline as lower oil prices reduced the appeal as a hedge against inflation
Nov 14 2008, USA (GOLD-EAGLE.COM)

Real Time Gold Charts
By NowAndFutures — Charts on gold, other precious metals
2008, USA (NOWANDFUTURES.COM)

The Meaning and Value of Godl
By Glen Allport — Does Gold Have Intrinsic Value? Does Anything?
Aug 25 2008, USA (STRIKE THE ROOT)

Comex Daily Delivery Report
By COMEX — Daily reports on Comex gold tenders/acceptances, deliveries (PDF)
2008, NEW YORK, USA (NYMEX.COM)

The Tiny Size Of The Gold Market
By Jason Hommel — Understanding the realities of existing gold assets vs. money floating through the system
Jun 2007, USA (GOLD EAGLE.COM)

Silver

PanAm Silver says physical silver investment market remains strong
By Dorothy Kosich — The physical investment market remains very strong despite turbulent economy
Nov 14 2008, RENO, NEVADA, USA (MINEWEB)

A Bull in a Silver Shop
By Richard Daughty — Dollar value of all the gold in the world is about $4 trillion, while the value of all the silver in the world is but a laughably low $10 billion!
Oct 30 2008, USA (BLOOMBERG)

COMEX

Max Keiser on the Coming COMEX Default
By 'Disinter' — Max Keiser predicts COMEX will crash as huge shorts will not be able to deliver physical gold and silver when delivery is demanded
Nov12 2008, USA (DISINTER.WORDPRESS)

Comex Gold and Silver Markets Hurtling Towards Default
By Jim Willie — The COMEX gold & silver markets are each hurtling down a dangerous path toward default
Oct 30 2008, USA (MARKET ORACLE)

U.S. Dollar Currency Collapse Within 30 Days
By Eric deCarbonnel — COMEX gold is NOT the same as real physical gold
Oct 24 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (MARKET ORACLE)

Inventories & Physical Delivery

Mint suspends orders amid rush to buy bullion
By Sarah-Jane Tasker — Fears of unknown long-term effects from the global financial crisis have sparked a new gold rush
Nov 22 2008, SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA (AUSTRALIAN)

Why Gold Is Down, But You Can't Get Your Hands on Any
By Jim Kingsland — Dealers and analysts are calling it an “upside down” market
Nov 17 2008, NEW YORK, USA (FOX NEWS)

Gold, Silver Premiums Highest in Years
By Gene Arensberg — Very high premiums continue and availability remains tight
Nov 16 2008, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA (RESOURCE INVESTOR.COM)

Precious metal and other miners
By NowAndFutures — Current reports and statistics on gold producers, juniors, BGMI, etc.
2008, USA (NOWANDFUTURES.COM)

Private Acquisition & Confiscation

Gold Confiscation
By CMI Gold & Silver — Myths, misunderstandings and outright lies
2008, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, USA (CMI)

Gold Confiscation: Will it happen again?
By Doyle & Beahm, Blanchard & Company — Current circumstances could make gold so valuable it results in it being taken from you
2008, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, USA (BLANCHARD)

America’s Trade Debts Lead to a Likely Gold Confiscation
By Lawrence Patterson, Swiss Financial Services, Inc. — Patriot Act regulations appear to expect confiscation of privately owned gold in America
Dec 2 2007, USA (GOLDSEEK.COM)

A Response to the Treasury Dept's Proclamation of Confiscatory Powers
By Michael J. Kosares, Centennial Precious Metals — On government confiscation powers touted by the U.S. Treasury Department per letter and GATA press release
Aug 22 2005, DENVER, COLORADO, USA (USAGOLD.COM)

The Gold Confiscation Of April 5, 1933
By President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt — Presidential Executive Order 6102 to U.S. Congress forbidding the hoarding of gold
Apr 5 1933, NEW YORK, USA (NEWCITIZENSHIP.NET)

The Gold Standard

Bretton Woods Gold/dollar Peg Unlikely at G20
By Frank Tang — Gold surges amid talk of a new Bretton Woods, but calls to revisit the gold standard are unlikely
Nov 14 2008, NEW YORK, USA (REUTERS)

Forget Bretton Woods II – We need a Gold Standard
By Walker Todd — Without the integrity and restraint a gold standard provides, America may be headed on a path to hyperinflation
Nov14 2008, CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO, USA (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR)

The Return of the Gold Standard After 36 Years
By Professor Antal E. Fekete — Two main direct assaults on the gold standard by the American government by Roosevelt and Nixon
Sep 25 2008, ROMANIA (MARKET ORACLE)

The Gold Standard Conference
By Ron Paul v. Charles Partee — A video debate on the Gold Standard between Congressman Ron Paul and Charles Partee of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Nov 16 1983, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (GOOGLE VIDEO)