Marc Faber: The Economics of the Coming Crash!

The Coming Precious Metals Short Squeeze!

• The revelation by whistleblower Andrew Maguire about the criminal market manipulation of the Gold/Silver futures market hopefully will put a quick end to all the fraud. I am not however, optimistic about it. I seriously doubt the officials will do anything about it.
   
• There remains only market forces to crush these Gold Cartel fraudsters. Andrew Maguire mentioned in the KingWorldNews interview that there are big players who are just waiting to take advantage of the situation and clean out the Gold Cartel. Will we see a massive short squeeze? It is possible! John Rubino writes:
    
  With the gold price suppression scheme apparently breaking open — see this article and this interview — the question becomes when, not if, holders of futures contracts will start demanding physical delivery. Most will discover that the metal isn’t there, which will, ahem, unsettle the commodity and currency markets.
   
  This impending bullion bank disaster is a victory for GATA and its allies, who have been tilting at this windmill for what seems like forever. The Collapse of the Dollar, for instance, contains a long chapter titled the “The Great Central Bank Short Squeeze” in which James Turk, writing in 2004, lays out the evidence for central bank gold manipulation and makes some predictions about what we’re likely to see when the scam is exposed:
   
   … Because gold is money, it is one of the yardsticks by which the world’s currencies—and the central banks which manage them—are measured. When gold’s exchange rate is low relative to the dollar and euro, central banks appear to be doing a good job of keeping inflation down and the value of their fiat currencies up. So part of the central banks’ motivation has no doubt been to keep exchange rates at favorable levels – by keeping gold undervalued – thus making their currencies and themselves look good.
   
  As for why central bank manipulation of gold’s exchange rate portends a dramatic spike in gold’s exchange rate, …. Because the bullion banks have promised to eventually return the borrowed gold to the central banks, they, in effect are “short” gold. That is, at some point in the future they are obligated to buy gold in order to repay to the central banks. The bullion banks thus benefit when gold is available at a low exchange rate, and are hurt, potentially very seriously, when gold rises.
   
  By the end of 2002, I estimate that the amount of gold that central banks had loaned out was at least 12,000 tonnes, or about 385.8 million ounces. That’s almost five times the world’s annual gold production, worth about $160 billion. If the banks have borrowed this gold at an average of $350 ($11.25gg), and gold rises to $400 ($12.86/gg) (leaving the euro out of this equation for simplicity), the bullion banks are looking at a loss of $50 times 385.8 million ounces, or $19 billion. If the banks borrowed at $300 ($9.64/gg) on average, they’re facing a potential loss of $38 billion, more than enough to bankrupt some of the more aggressive players.
   
  As the cost of acquiring gold begins to rise, the bullion banks might be tempted to cut their losses by covering their shorts (i.e. buying back their gold) en mass. In the stock market this is known as a short squeeze, and it often results in a buying panic, in which everyone heads for the exits at once, sending the price of the security in question through the roof. For the bullion banks the short squeeze is a terrifying prospect because of the potential losses they might incur. For the central banks, a short squeeze in gold is equally terrifying  because the result will be, in effect, a massive devaluation of their currencies versus gold, potentially undermining the monetary status quo they try so hard to maintain.
   
  In any event, the failure of one or more bullion banks (remember, these are among the world’s biggest financial institutions) might threaten the entire global financial system, a prospect that no doubt has central bankers shaking in their boots.
   
  Viewed this way, the recent gyrations in the gold market make perfect sense. When free individuals, observing the debasement of the world’s fiat currencies, begin to bid up the exchange rate of the one money that’s immune from debasement, the bullion banks run to Washington (or Paris or London) for a bailout, and the central banks oblige by pushing gold back down. But the game is just about up. The bullion banks’ short positions have reached unmanageable proportions, and gold’s exchange rate is surging into the danger zone. A short squeeze is coming, and for the world’s central banks (and bullion banks’ shareholders) it will be a disaster. But for those who value and understand gold’s enduring role as money, it will be a classic case of poetic justice.
   
• See also:
   
  Andrew Maguire & Adrian Douglas: Gold & Silver Futures Market Are Biggest Fraud In The World. A Giant Ponzi Scheme!
  A London Trader Walks The CFTC Through a Silver Manipulation in Advance! 
  LBMA OTC Gold Market Cited as a Ponzi Scheme in CFTC Hearing
  Panic in the London Gold Market? Looming Shortage and Massive Short Squeeze?
  Is Your Gold Really There?
  Are LBMA and COMEX Defaulting on Gold?  

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Max Keiser: Public Serpent Gordon Brown’s Gold Fiasco! Massive Criminality in the Gold Futures Market!

• Criminals run the government. You should have no doubt about it! They are bought off puppets controlled by Illuminist banksters!

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Alex Jones Attacked By Fox News!

• The western MSM is being indicted by the public for lying and propaganda. It is simply a tool for the Illuminati shadow government. The next move is to ‘suddenly uncover evidence’ of Iran having nuclear weapons and the MSM will slavishly lie and report this propaganda! It is the same methodology used for the justification of the Iraq war. Don’t be deceived by its subtlety!
   
  Iran nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri ‘defects to US’
  An Iranian nuclear scientist who has been missing since June has defected to the US, according to a US media report. ABC News said Shahram Amiri had been resettled in the US and was helping the CIA in its efforts to block Iran’s nuclear programme.
   
  Mr Amiri disappeared in Saudi Arabia while on a Muslim pilgrimage. Iran accused the US of abducting him but Washington denied any knowledge of the scientist. The CIA has declined to comment on the latest report.

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