Barry Stuppler

Gold holdings in exchange-traded products are growing at a slower pace than in 2004-2009 because some investors may be moving to physical bullion after initial purchases of an exchange-traded fund, according to Barclays Plc. Gold holdings in ETPs have increased 9.6 percent this year to a record . . . .

Hedge funds and other big speculators piled into the rallying gold and natural gas markets for a second week running, taking the net long money in U.S. commodities up by nearly $1 billion, trade data showed on Friday.

The so-called "money managers" in commodities boosted their net longs in gold to the highest level in nearly 16 months . . . .

The U.S. Geological Survey reported nearly 4.31 million ounces of gold production from U.S. mines during the first seven months of this year . . . .

The best Financial Markets Analysis, Articles and anyone who follows the gold market knows that President Franklin D Roosevelt confiscated gold in 1933 with Executive order 6102. What seems to have been forgotten is that silver was effectively confiscated as well. I have been involved with silver for over 25 years and this fact was unknown to me until recently, in fact many silver bugs don’t know that this happened . . . .