Dynoman
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OK. Let the fun begin! Today Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that it planned to nationalize his countries gold mining industry in an attempt to increase its international reserves.
President Chavez also released documents showing that he plans to transfer billions of dollars in cash reserves held abroad to banks in China, Russia and Brazil. The documents also showed that he planned to move 211 tons of gold it has stored abroad and values at 11 billion to the Central bank in Caracas, where the government keeps its remaining 154 tons of bullion.
This could be a big game changer in the United States because one of the banks that holds 10.6 tons of Venezuela's gold is none other than JP Morgan. In a recent audit of JP Morgan's holdings it was reported that they held 338,303 ounces of gold or roughly 10.6 tons. While this is a modest size deposit it is sure to cause some jitters at JP Morgan as they scramble to find the replacement gold which has already been pledged about 100 times across various paper markets to ETF's like the SPDR Gold ETF.
More here at source: http://etfdailynews.com/2011/08/17/...metal-etfs-a-wakeup-call-gld-iau-slv-gdx-agq/
President Chavez also released documents showing that he plans to transfer billions of dollars in cash reserves held abroad to banks in China, Russia and Brazil. The documents also showed that he planned to move 211 tons of gold it has stored abroad and values at 11 billion to the Central bank in Caracas, where the government keeps its remaining 154 tons of bullion.
This could be a big game changer in the United States because one of the banks that holds 10.6 tons of Venezuela's gold is none other than JP Morgan. In a recent audit of JP Morgan's holdings it was reported that they held 338,303 ounces of gold or roughly 10.6 tons. While this is a modest size deposit it is sure to cause some jitters at JP Morgan as they scramble to find the replacement gold which has already been pledged about 100 times across various paper markets to ETF's like the SPDR Gold ETF.
More here at source: http://etfdailynews.com/2011/08/17/...metal-etfs-a-wakeup-call-gld-iau-slv-gdx-agq/