Norway’s Central Bank Files For Confidential Treatment of its US Equity Holdings

Norwegian Central Bank Files to Have 2nd Quarter 2016 U.S. Equity Positions Not Disclosed to the Public Norwegian Central Bank Files Unredacted 2nd Quarter 2015 U.S. Equity Postions with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Norwegian Central Bank discloses nearly $1 Billion in US Gold and Silver Mining Shares, including a $400+ million position Read More →

Second Quarter 2016 Canadian Mint Gold Sales Rise 53%

The Royal Canadian Mint Sold 251,400 Ounces of Gold in the Second Quarter of 2016. Second quarter 2016 Canadian Mint gold sales rose 53% year over year in Q2 2016 from 163,800 ounces sold in the same quarter in 2015 First quarter 2016 Canadian Mint gold sales rose 18.7% year over year in Q1 2016 Read More →

Fed Yack Attacks Support the Dollar

Yesterday, I spoke with Jason Burack of Wall Street For Main Street. We discussed a variety of topics. Below are links that may shed some light on the topics discussed. Please have a listen and check out the links. Check out all the Smaulgld podcasts here. Please consider making a small donation to Smaulgld.com. Thanks! Read More →

Russian Central Bank Adds 200,000 Ounces of Gold To Reserves in July

Russian Gold Reserves July 2016. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation added 200,000 ounces (6.22 tonnes) of gold to its reserves in July. Since January 2016 through July 2016, Russia has added over 90 tons of gold to reserves . July’s gold addition brings Russia’s gold holdings to over 1,500 tons; the sixth most Read More →

How Deutsche Bank Grew its Gold and Silver Mining Share Portfolio in 2016

Deutsche Bank Grew Its Share Holdings Nearly 50% in its Top Gold and Silver Mining Shares in the First Half of 2016. First Majestic Share Holdings Grew 406%. Deutsche Bank Gold and Silver Mining Share Holdings* From 12/31/15 to 6/30/16 & From 3/31/16 To 6/30/16 Sign Up For Smaulgld.com Updates Here! Complete list of DB Read More →

Deutsche Bank Discloses $2 Billion Gold and Silver Mining Share Portfolio

Deutsche Bank Discloses Equity Positions in Fifty Gold and Silver Mining Companies. Top Three Holdings: Newmont Mining ($278.7 million) Barricks ($240.5 million) and Gold Corp ($196 million) Deutsche Bank Gold and Silver Mining Holdings are Twice the Size of the Swiss National Bank’s Mining Holdings Shareholdings in Barricks increased 53% since December 31, 2015. Other Read More →

American Gold Buffalo Coin Sales Fall 68% in July

Sales of American Gold Buffalo Coins Plummet. U.S. Mint Sells 10,000 24K one ounce gold coins in July. The U.S. Mint sold 10,000 one ounce American Gold Buffalo coins in July, down 68% from 32,000 sold in July 2015. Sales of American Gold Buffalo coins were down 31% from 14,500 sold in June 2016. American Read More →

How The Swiss National Bank Built a $1 Billion Mining Share Portfolio

How The Swiss National Bank Quietly Built a $1 Billion Mining Share Portfolio. The SNB Began Accumlating Gold and Silver Mining Shares in early 2013. Initial Reported Mining Share Holdings as of June 30, 2013, Were Just Under $500 Million. Please book mark this page as further information about prior and subsequent Swiss National Bank Read More →

People’s Bank of China Gold Reserves Rise Slightly in July

The People’s Bank of China Added Five Tons of Gold to Reserves in July. Total reported People’s Bank of China gold reserves stand at 1828.55 tonnes. PBOC foreign reserves fell from $3.21 trillion in June to $3.20 trillion in July. PBOC Adds Five Tons of Gold to Reserves in July For the 13th month in Read More →

The Swiss National Bank’s $1 Billion Gold and Silver Mining Share Portfolio

The Swiss National Bank Holds About $1 Billion in Gold and Silver Mining Shares. Swiss National Bank Gold Mining Holdings include Gold Giants Newmont Mining and Goldcorp. Swiss National Bank Silver Mining Holdings include Silver Wheaton and First Majestic. Swiss National Bank Precious Metals Mining Shares Valued at Approximately $1 Billion. Check out all the Read More →