Thousands of gold bars withdrawn from Bank of England.

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According to The Telegraph, thousands of gold bars are being withdrawn from the Bank of England to meet demand in America.

Since late last year, my Gold investments have boomed. People bragging about the stock market honestly have nothing on this.

Concern over potential tariffs on bullion have led to over 8,000 bars being withdrawn and the Bank of England says that all appointment windows to remove gold from their vaults have been filled for the foreseeable future.

"The wait to withdraw bullion stored in the Bank’s vaults has risen from a few days to several weeks as traders rush to take advantage of differences in price."

For years, people sort of laughed at people who liked gold and said we were "cranks" and "gold bugs", but now the tables are turning.

I don't have much physical gold, obviously. There are security and other considerations, like trying to resell it yourself, and the people hitting up Costco are rank amateurs, but the ETFs are doing well.

Must remember to re-watch Die Hard with a Vengeance. :)

I loved that movie when it came out. In my opinion, one of the few sequels that outdid the first two movies. When there's three in a series, they almost never do that.
 
For precious metals advice?
No, I just liked the plot and pace honestly.

It felt sort of like a remake of Goldfinger, only more action and with Germans breaking into the bullion depository at the New York Fed and taking it all with dump trucks with John McClane after them. 83% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. 7.6/10 on IMDB.

Not a terrible movie.
 
Yea. Monday I was going to add a few more grand to my $40K gld and slv. Might be a great time to buy if it takes a downturn. Yea, 40% gain last year.
 
bruce willis :( :cautious:
He apparently kept going well after developing Aphasia. They read his lines over an earpiece. Very sad.

I liked most of his movies, especially RED and RED 2, and The Fifth Element, but there was also a lot of direct to video stuff near the end unfortunately.
 
Did the bars leave in a group of Mini Coopers ?
There was a point in the Die Hard movie where he was chasing down the dump trucks full of the gold in a small car, yeah, I remember that. There was a gold bar in the back seat. Might have been a Mini, I don't know. ;)

I ran over part of a Mini once in my Crown Victoria. The guy was at the car wash in front of me and it tore off his rear bumper cover and the rollers pushed me over it and he was screaming about it, but everything was on camera at the car wash so I was fine.
 
At the point where paper currency becomes worthless the scrap copper and canned food I have is more valuable than gold.

Even the oil everyone here hoards will be worth more than gold.

I agree, gold is worthless imo. Rather find a real use for it in science and manufacturing over just sitting there.
 
I agree, gold is worthless imo. Rather find a real use for it in science and manufacturing over just sitting there.
Gold has tons of industrial uses. It's "real" (unlike those fake cryptocurrencies) and will always be valued even if it's for jewelry or barter.

It's been valued for many thousands of years, and there's no sign it will stop being valued soon.

A reasonable question is, "Will the current surge of demand subside?" Perhaps, but...Gold tends to be a hedge against inflation. Inflation expectations on the Dollar for the year are surging, and that's certainly one component for the demand in gold.

The US government has roughly $500 billion dollars worth at these prices I think, just in Fort Knox, something like that. Just sitting there.

Unfortunately, that's sitting there at a time when the government adds $1 trillion in new debt every 100 days or so, so all the gold in Fort Knox could only fund the federal budget deficit for about 50 days. Still, the value of the gold in Fort Knox was only about $273 billion a couple years ago, so that's remarkable. It's outpaced inflation like mad, obviously.

The UK sold most of their gold at the worst possible time. Around 2002, I think. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was Gordon Brown, so they called it "Brown's Bottom".

The problem is that if the federal government started selling the amount of gold in Fort Knox like mad, it would drive down the price because it would be enough to shock the market. So they'd have to have a controlled release to get the best prices.

Anyway, $500 billion of gold smelted into bricks. Kind of makes you wish there was a way to get in there, doesn't it? Like, where's Bugs Bunny when you need him?
 
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Imho, for a regular Joe, it's good to have gold in 1oz bars or coins and silver in 1oz and a bit larger bars and coins but to some extend due to their value for either future generations or shtf scenario. PMs are not easy to move especially across borders and they don't appreciate fast enough to get rich fast.
I know many people diss crypto due to misunderstanding and crypto prices volatility, that volatility is the key to making big profits, one just needs to understand the cycles and to time investing and taking profits right.
 
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