Barry Stuppler

Russia‘s U.S. dollar reserves have shrunk from $96.1 billion in March to just $14.9 billion in May, according to the Russian Central Bank . . . .

In this article I point to the pressures on the Fed to moderate monetary policy, but that will only affect the timing of the next cyclical credit crisis . . . .

Gold prices are moving slightly higher today and are currently around the intraday highs . . . .

The case for China raising its gold holdings seems compelling . . . .

Trading activity is fairly uneventful given the lack of major news topics affecting the markets . . . .

One of my buddies likes to bug me about my gold views . . . .

It appears that all the precious metals are in positive territory today . . . .

With a narrow $10 trading range, Gold has been fairly calm in the US trading markets . . . .

Gold flows from West to East seem to be holding up well, at least as far as imports into Greater China from Switzerland are concerned . . . .

In June Russia added a further 500,000 ounces (15.6 tonnes) of gold into its forex reserves bringing them to a total of 62.5 million ounces (1,944 tonnes) so heading for a year-end total of over 2,000 tonnes . . . .