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Commodities / Gold and Silver 2010 Mar 05, 2010 - 09:00 AM GMT

By: Julian_DW_Phillips

Commodities

Best Financial Markets Analysis ArticleThe piece we wrote on gold de-coupling from the $:€ exchange rate proved absolutely correct. The action of the last week has shown that as gold rose strongly in the € in the pound and is moving up in the $ alongside most currencies. More than that, market commentators are now mentioning this too. But this action involves far more than these two main currencies.


To make the point, we ask you, “Which is better, a glass cracked in the higher part of the glass or cracked in the lower part of the glass. Now replace the glasses with the $ and the €. Both are now under question.

The Devastation of Falling Confidence.

On the left hand side the picture is of a $50 Bill as you see it today. On the right hand side is a picture of a $50 Bill from yesteryear then called a “Gold Certificate”. [Expand the picture to see more closely by pulling the corner outwards]

It was exchangeable for $50 worth of gold when gold was fixed at $20 an ounce. Note the same President’s picture there [what would he think?]. The modern note is not exchangeable for any gold let alone 2.5 ounces. And therein lies the problem of valuing any Dollar bill. Its backing is your confidence in the government and the monetary authorities issuing it, as a reliable measure of value. But the U.S. is not alone. The Euro is going through a similar loss of confidence.

Now, put in your mind’s eye into a situation where the currency has the backing of gold and the government overseeing the currency. The dual support gives it far more value. Now you have a currency without the backing of gold and with the backing of a government trying to control the state of the economy by printing vast quantities of money in the belief that when the time is right they will withdraw it and re-establish monetary stability. History alone gives us due cause to be prudent, doesn’t it!

On my trip to London I was given a $100 Trillion bill [from Zimbabwe]. It will not even buy one sheet of toilet paper. The currency is no more.

If currencies are to retain more than a captive set of users it has to have the inherent disciplines that gold brings. But history has shown that both politicians and bankers cannot resist the power that comes with money and they eventually distort it. The distance between currency management that reinforces the value of that money [not just stable prices] no matter what pain is involved and profligacy is a long one. Once travelled it is extremely difficult to go back as confidence has gone. Take a look at both the € and the $ over the last few months and you can see how far along that road we have travelled.

Greece is threatening to go to the I.M.F. and Germany still has not announced it is willing to bail out the country. Now look from Greece westward through Italy and Spain and those countries that rely on Tourist spending on second homes and holidays. They’re all in the same boat. Once Greece is helped others will come too. It’s more than just Greece for sure. If the I.M.F. bails them out the € will weaken.

The real issue is of course the $ and the Pound Sterling. As we say in our Global currency slot below, we are waiting for the morning to arrive when we wake up and find one Pound for commercial transactions and one Pound for capital transactions [last time called the Dollar Premium – the Author started his Stock Exchange career as a dealer in the capital currency in 1971]. And as for the U.S. $ keep your eyes on those 10-year Treasuries to see how the $ is faring internationally. If China has stopped buying them and selling, then the Yield will rise and the $ will fall. Or did they just threaten to do so?

Sadly gold is now a Thermometer to the state of global currencies and the decay of confidence. As the $ weakens we are seeing gold rise. As the € weakens the gold price rises and when the Pound falls gold rises. The price of gold in local currencies is being more widely quoted now, not just a U.S. $ price.

Indictment of all currencies, not just the € and the $.

The problem is systemic. All currencies operate the same way and their health springs from the U.S.$ and the €. Only resource producing or China oriented currencies look healthy at the moment. But even there we have to realize that national power lies with people irrevocably committed to putting their national interests ahead of global interests. A global reformation is called for! But in this scene, global national authorities, without the dominance of one single nation, have neither the will nor the competence to rectify problems.

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Extrapolate this situation and you see an increase in the level of currency crises in both severity and consequence. Suddenly the musings of the I.M.F. head, M. Strauss Kahn on a completely new global currency becomes pertinent. Unless this road is followed and quickly, the situation will darken considerably.

This is why the gold price is moving now. As politics will have it, unless push comes to shove and the situation becomes dire, little will be done.

Smart money, institutional money is quietly moving a portion into gold as a measure of prudence.

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By Julian D. W. Phillips
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Julian Phillips - was receiving his qualifications to join the London Stock Exchange. He was already deeply immersed in the currency turmoil engulfing world in 1970 and the Institutional Gold Markets, and writing for magazines such as "Accountancy" and the "International Currency Review" He still writes for the ICR.

What is Gold-Authentic Money all about ? Our business is GOLD! Whether it be trends, charts, reports or other factors that have bearing on the price of gold, our aim is to enable you to understand and profit from the Gold Market.

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