RE: Basel 414 Jan 2023 10:19
Hi Gerryjo. For me gold has always been a "tier1 asset". The world is waking up to the fact that the present fiat system is in decline and the days of USA $ supremacy is ending. I am waiting for China to declare their true gold holding and expect it to be above 35k tons. I suspect that declaration to coincide with a gold backed digital world currency being used by traders for across border transactions. This is already happening and will accelerate
Gold priced in $s is a false indicator due to paper trading at a massive leverage. Gold priced in oil is a much better metric and grams /barrel has been in a range for decades.
Basel 1, 2, 3, and 4 have so far been circumnavigated, to a large degree, buy the bent (but legal) actions of the banks and the unwillingness of central banks to enforce the recommendations. The Basel recommendations have had an effect on the POG but the big driver is mainly China, plus others, buying massive amounts and off loading their $s.
The USA will not give up their dominant position easily and i see big trouble ahead. ATB Speedy