Gold crash 2013 – deliberately engineered?

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 2:22

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How can we explain gold dropping into the $1,300 level in less than a week?

Here are some of the factors:

George Soros cut his fund holdings in the biggest gold ETF by 55% in the fourth quarter of 2012.
He was not alone: the gold holdings of GLD have contracted all year, down about 12.2% at present.
On April 9, the FOMC minutes were leaked a day early and revealed that some members were discussing slowing the Fed $85 billion per month buying of Treasuries and MBS. If the money stimulus might not last as long as thought before, the “printing” may not cause as much dollar debasement.
On April 10, Goldman Sachs warned that gold could go lower and lowered its target price. It even recommended getting out of gold.
COT Reports showed a decrease in the bullishness of large speculators this year (much more on this technical point below).
The lackluster price movement since September 2011 fatigued some speculators and trend followers.

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