YTD 856 Tonnes of Gold Bullion Leave the Comex and 10 Major Western ETFs and Funds

About 856 tonnes of gold bullion have left the Comex and the ten major western ETFs and funds that I have been tracking in calendar year 2013.

For comparison I include the same chart with the levels shown on 1 Novemember 2013.

I wonder where all this gold bullion is going?   We can see that twelve tonnes were transferred to the Comex, most likely to meet December delivery requirements. 

As for the rest, who can say where it has gone, and when and under conditions it might be coming back.

I wonder how much of that gold was leased out from Western central banks?

Data is from Nick Laird at Sharelynx.com

Gold Daily and Silver Weekly Charts - FOMC Meeting This Week - No Yellow Dogs Allowed

As a reminder, there will be an FOMC meeting this week, with the announcement on Wednesday the 18th at 2 PM.

Gold and silver showed some strength today, but until they break their downtrends this just the wiseguys doing the Wall Street shuffle.

Janet Tavakoli has an interesting report out today, How Hidden Bank Risks Drive Investors to Productive Assets, U.S. Treasuries, and Gold.

When I first became interested in gold, traders on the chat boards used to call it 'the yellow dog', or yaller dawg if one was of the Southern persuasion. That was because after the long and brutal bear market, gold was wallowing in the mid 200's and was getting little interest and absolutely no respect.

When this dog turns higher again, and I believe that it will, it may show us a run that would put a greyhound to shame.

Have a pleasant evening.

'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for me.'

SP 500 and NDX Futures - Deck the Hall With Boughs of Folly

The big tickle today was the US Industrial Production number which came in better than expected.

I have included the economic calendar for this week below.

As I said I think the funds have spend the last week or so squaring up portfolios, getting rid of losers and taking some profits, and now the paint and window dressing start going on into the year end.

After the bell Boeing announced a $10 Billion stock buyback program.

Are there no workhouses, are there no prisons?