Precious Metals Library

A selection of interesting articles and reports discussing precious metals, hyperinflation and currencies.

Lessons of History by Murray Pollitt, Pollitt & Co
There are some advantages to getting older, one of which is, if you are lucky, that past memories can help today’s analysis. Not always, and usually with a few twists. But today we will bet that the gold market is similar in many ways to 1972.

Gold... the Ultimate Triple-A Asset by Eric Sprott & Maria Smirnova

Public Meeting to Examine Futures and Options Trading in the Metals Markets on March 25, 2010
Watch the entire CFTC hearing here.

Panel One: Dan Berkovitz, General Counsel, CFTC Public Meeting to Examine Futures and Options Trading in the Metals Markets Speculative Position Limits and Metals - A Brief Regulatory History Steve Sherrod, Division of Market Oversight, CFTC General statistical information regarding gold, silver and copper markets		Panel Three: Tom Callahan, NYSE Euronext Testimony of Tom Callahan, CEO NYSE Liffe U.S. NYSE Euronext Dr. Henry G. Jarecki, Gresham Investment Management Bill Murphy, Gold Antitrust Action Committee Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) statement to expose and oppose the manipulation and suppression of the price of precious metals Kevin Norrish, Barclays Capital John Lothian, John Lothian & Co.

Panel Two: Jeff Burghardt, Luvata Vice President, North American Metal Procurement and Global Utilities Jeremy Charles, HSBC Bank USA Examination of Futures and Options Trading in the Metals Markets Tom LaSala, CME Group Meeting on Metals Position Limits and Hedge Exemptions Mark Epstein, Individual Trader Perspective of an individual trader in the futures markets Lending Guidance fro LME Metals Diarmuid O’Hegarty, London Metals Exchange		Panel Four: Richard Strait, Triland USA, Mitsubishi Corporation Consideration of position limits placed on US metals futures contracts Simon Grenfell, Deutsche Bank Mike Masters, Masters Capital Discussion of speculative position limits for metals Harvey Organ, Individual Investor Comments for the Commission for the Public Hearing on the Metals Markets Jeffrey Christian, CPM Group Commodities Research, Consulting, Asset Management, and Investment Banking