Not only has global gold production stagnated over the past decade (how many
other “currencies” have achieved that feat?) but the demand from those with the
deepest pockets, namely the Asian central banks, is intensifying. Gold now
represents a mere 2% share of emerging market central bank FX reserves compared
with over a 10% share globally. These are the regions whose FX reserves are
expanding the most (adding an estimated $800 billion in the past year). China,
for one, has added 450 tons of gold to its cache over the past two years.
The reality is that greenbacks still make up 75% of the $5 trillion of FX
reserves managed by emerging Asia central banks. Yet in terms of “flows”,
dollar accumulation at the margin is down to 30% as these monetary authorities
seek to diversify their holdings ... and gold will continue to be a big
beneficiary from this re-allocationprocess and an ultimate move to $3,000 an
ounce in coming years cannot be ruled out at all. More commentary as listed
below
http://www.moneytalks.net/pdfs/DR010410.pdf
This was a very comprehensive 17 page report that I had no trouble following and understanding the writers points of view. If you have the time I recommend the read. If you are only concerned about opinion on gold no need to read it as I posted the relevent segment above.
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