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Gold going up this year?

u say like that i hurt man..

don't post already..hmmpf!

haha

just kiddin' :)

iPunter      ( Date: 22-Sep-2009 13:28) Posted: It feels so good when Cheongwee is around... She's the 'live wire' of the forum... hehehe...

 

It feels so good when Cheongwee is around...

She's the 'live wire' of the forum... hehehe... 

 

Always like that, when it is hot than ppl take notice...but when quiet. ppl did not forsee..

like in the bull in 2007...all advertise minibond, note and all those that make ppl buy and  bankrupt..

where was everybody when gold was 250 and 400..

i am richer in these than all stock profit put together...unless gold go to 400...really ..no bragging..it is.my money.

but gold is not ready yet...silver will shine brighter than gold..silver will be head lines.

 

Gold has dipped.. coming down from overbought position..

looking to enter when on dip..

GOLD IS REAL MONEY!

 

By Veronica Smith (AFP) – 12 hours ago

WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund said its executive board on Friday endorsed the sale of 403 tonnes of gold, worth an estimated 13 billion dollars, to boost its lending capacity, particularly to poor countries.

The IMF said in a statement the sales would be "in a volume strictly limited to 403.3 metric tonnes, with these sales to be conducted under modalities that safeguard against disruption of the gold market."

The 186-nation institution said the decision was a core element of a new income model to make it less dependent on its lending revenue to cover expenses, such as surveillance of members' economic and financial policies, that the board had approved in April 2008.

The Group of 20 key developed and developing countries, at their April summit in London, agreed the gold sales should allow the IMF to offer favorable conditions on loans to the poorest countries.

The IMF decision comes ahead of a two-day G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that opens next Thursday. Hosted by US President Barack Obama, the leaders are to discuss efforts to recover from the worst global recession in six decades and financial regulatory reform.

"The new income model is designed to provide the fund with more diverse income sources that are better aligned with the variety of functions performed by the fund, with a central component being the funding of an endowment with the profits from these limited gold sales," the 186-nation institution said.

The IMF said the sales "will also increase the fund's resources for lending to low-income countries," a strategy that won board backing in July.

"I am delighted that the executive board has given its overwhelming backing to a strictly limited sale of fund gold to put the financing of the IMF on a sound long-term footing, and enable us to step up much-needed concessional lending to the poorest countries," IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in the statement.

"These sales will be conducted in a responsible and transparent manner that avoids disruption of the gold market," he said.

The amount of gold to be sold is one-eighth of the 3,217 tonnes of gold currently held by the Washington-based IMF, the third-largest official holder of gold after the United States and Germany.

Board approval required an 85 percent majority of the total IMF voting power.

The United States, by far the largest stakeholder, gave its green light after Congress passed legislation authorizing the sale and President Barack Obama signed it into law on June 24.

The fund is required by its founding document to conduct all gold sales at market prices.

The IMF did not state the value of the gold to be sold but based on the current bullish near-record market price for the metal, it is estimated the sale would fetch 13 billion dollars.

Under the approved plan, the IMF would offer to sell gold directly to central banks "or other official sector holders if there were to be interest from such holders."

The IMF said such transactions would redistribute official gold holdings without changing total official holdings.

If official demand is insufficient, the IMF said it could conduct the gold sales "on-market in a phased manner over time," in line with an approach already followed by central banks.

The IMF would be constrained by the overall ceilings agreed by the central banks, which currently is 400 tonnes annually for the next five years, starting on September 27.

The IMF said it "will inform markets before any on-market sales commence" and "report regularly to the public on the progress with the gold sales."

In July, the IMF announced it would increase its lending to poor countries, mostly in Africa, to 17 billion dollars by 2014, including 8.0 billion over the next two years.

That compares with an annual average of one billion dollars in the 2006-2008 period to poor countries, and three billion dollars in the first half of 2009.

The IMF also had decided to cancel interest payments owed by poor countries through end-2011 and reform lending practices to make loans quickly available, at higher ceilings on amounts and with more flexible conditions.

 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jM2VyTmcI25R0dl7HTNpFsQlKHZg

 

 

Longer-term, I think we’re headed for a currency crisis, and you’re going to want to own physical gold and silver — American gold and silver eagle gold coins are a great place to start, as well as silver “rounds,” or one-ounce silver coins produced by various mints.

I also think that even in a currency crunch, stocks of miners that are leveraged to the price of gold and silver should still do well, especially foreign-based miners. And other hard assets should also do well longer-term if the dollar sinks.

The power players in Washington and on Wall Street are sowing the thunder. A storm is coming. Sitting still just makes you a target. Get busy, and you can protect yourself and potentially profit handsomely.

 

i think gold is for wealth preservation.. beats holding paper money

 

I find her to be quite a good talker, though sometimes she overstressed on things.  On the whole she is quite good with her trades and she has "lobangs".  Not that one lobang every woman has..yeah  haha,  the lobang from bank sources.  Anyway will miss her postings.

Alligator      ( Date: 17-Sep-2009 11:23) Posted: She said she is leaving this place for good and would not come in using other nicks Laulan      ( Date: 17-Sep-2009 11:16) Posted: Where is Cheong Wee?  She is good in analysing gold.  What happened, seems she is on holidays?

 

I bought some Maple Leave gold coins during Iran and Iraq war. S$600+ per ounce. Price plunged and was low for a very long time. Now may be time to look into cashing out.

 

She said she is leaving this place for good and would not come in using other nicks

Laulan      ( Date: 17-Sep-2009 11:16) Posted: Where is Cheong Wee?  She is good in analysing gold.  What happened, seems she is on holidays?

 

Where is Cheong Wee?  She is good in analysing gold.  What happened, seems she is on holidays?

 

buyin some gold certs for keepsake..

 

Thanks Ozone for the info...will check it out. Maybe having some gold is more tangible after all...

 

Hi 534hjb1! Glad u take interest in gold when the majority hasn't. Always be the leader not the follower when it comes to investing.

Best to buy gold on dips, just like investing. Sep is a strong month for gold cos of the dewali holidays in the indian subcontinent and the upcoming China golden week holidays.

Gold is for wealth preservation & an inflation hedger.

Want to buy physical gold? there's UOB raffles place branch that allows u to buy physical gold.

OR u can visit this website www.kitco.com if u want to buy online.

 

 

 

Hi Ozone! I read with interest this post...just wondering if this is a good time to buy gold? is the price too high now? How does one monitor the pricing? Sorry got so many querys. Also, the gold coins which you buy from the Gainesville coins website, do they ship to Spore?to Spore leh...Notice they don't offer shipping to S'pore leh... WHAT IS BANK WIRE? WESTERN UNION CAN ? Registerred mail? And if I were to sell these coins later , where is the best place to gofor the best deal? Sorrie again for being so sua koo...plenty thanks AGAIN

 

Video commentary on DOW, US$ n Gold:

Thursday, September 10, 2009
Gold Breakout??
by Larry Edelson

http://www.gliq.com/cgi-bin/click?weiss_uwd+16702-3+UWD167SPLIT2

 

Unless the long term trend is broken n reverse, the short term trend are just correction noises n worry.

The long term trend is your friend, the short term trend is the devil haunting us daily, making us worry everyday n affecting us emotionally.

So it all depends on individual trading strategy.

richtan      ( Date: 09-Sep-2009 00:26) Posted: "Wall Street climbs a wall of worry." , there bound to have corrections, consolidation as mkt dun go up in a straight line. cheongwee      ( Date: 09-Sep-2009 00:19) Posted: I thk dow need something very very solid to soar...look like now it is losing steam recently, am i right? so is our sti???anybody care to say a few line as to the reasons why???

 

"Wall Street climbs a wall of worry." , there bound to have corrections, consolidation as mkt dun go up in a straight line.

cheongwee      ( Date: 09-Sep-2009 00:19) Posted: I thk dow need something very very solid to soar...look like now it is losing steam recently, am i right? so is our sti???anybody care to say a few line as to the reasons why???

 

I thk dow need something very very solid to soar...look like now it is losing steam recently, am i right?

so is our sti???anybody care to say a few line as to the reasons why???