handling both breakouts & breakdowns as a guide for shares & futures).

••I reported this in Gold Charts R Us, but I must report it in HSL also, as not all Hslms get GCRU. Here’s an interesting letter:“Dear Uncle Harry, Whatever happened to the commercial banks' gold derivatives issue? Did it go away; is it still there? 2yrs ago there was talk (from Jim Sinclair, etc) of a crisis if gold went above 350 (or 360, 370, etc), but nothing seemed to happen. It would be good to have a post mortem comment from U on this. Best wishes, FW, London, GCRU & HSL/FMU subscriber.” Dear FW, Good question. I don’t have a final answer. JS originally put out the theory some mines/banks would hit trouble with gold at these prices. But they haven’t. I believe the answer is partly the mines have bought back much or most of their derivatives. 2nd, govts may have quietly bought up some of these derivatives to avoid bank/mine closures.

In no uncertain terms, the Bank of China’s governor has shown his govt is determined to increase the levels of gold held by Chinese citizens. It’s much easier, PR-wise, to encourage this than for the Central Bank to go into the open mkt to buy gold for its reserves. Xinhua News Agency quoted Zhou Xiaochuan, central bank governor, saying "Trading in gold will provide another choice for individual investors who keep their money in bank accounts due to a lack of desireable investment options." (see 2 recom gold charts pg 11)

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