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coyotte

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Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 10:38 pm:

are any australian gold miners making a bottom line profit ?

noticed in LSG report that one of the new mines to come on line have production costs of around $Au500 oz if they were obtaining best spot at around $Au550 it certainly does not appear to leave much room for error
read on Kito that most of the SA producers have fuel running at around 33% of production costs if the same holds true here than a fall in the $AU would only push up fuel costs but would the rise in POG in $AU be enough to compensate ?
if the above is true then most of our small producers will be going out the back door long before there is ( if ever)a rise in POG in its own right and not dependent on a falling $US

o/k so we invest in the physical ---- well whoopy that be real great! if we done that back in the 70s we would just now be getting around 50% of our investment back
some store of value

Coyotte

rederob

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Monday, March 21, 2005 - 07:29 am:

coyotte
You make some valid points.
Steer away from producers that can't make a reasonable profit: "Reasonable" differs based on output so if you are dealing with a Lihir or Newcrest a lesser value will still give a handsome return.
As for fuel costs, again the numbers vary from mine to mine but generally Oz producers have a much lesser percentage than your quote for SA - these data are available from annual reports of companies and can be complicated by the number of actual properties being mined and their respective locations.
As for your "top line", the bottom line is that most Oz gold producers are making a profit.
And people who buy anything at the top of a market can expect to get burnt on a price correction - in the case you make of buying physical in the 70s, try the same exercise based on buying physical anytime in the 60s and report back the percentage gain: A different story perhaps?

coyotte

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Monday, March 21, 2005 - 12:39 pm:

thanks for the reply rederob
could the POG pre the 1970s be a valid pricing base?
pre 70S Gold was currancy in its own right, hence a "store of value"
but as i pointed out in on this forum early 2003 when Jim Sinclair and others where advercating that we were entering a new Golden era that gold since the 70S has become a commodity --- which is in ample supply --- the reserve banks holds tons of the stuff and have no production costs -
from my observations since the early 70s every time that gold has been bandied about as the vechile to be on it has been overtaken by crude
would not be supprised if we are seeing the 70s revisited
commodities going to the moon only to make a crash landing and near the end of the decade something that is well regulated taking off like the banking sector in the 80s

Yep i have positions in gold but mainly in NEM (us) and Lihir (us) to cover against a drop in the $au ---- as these producers are costing and selling $us there is probably more up side than in aust producers -- last i looked at Newcrest their hedge book rivaled Barracks -- ouch!

coyotte

smallworld

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Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 07:36 am:

Gold dropped 1.9% overnight. now just sitting above obvious support of 430/425 band. this is a strong support level, But not reaching 450 before it started retracing is bearish. On the other side, US index rose 0.9 % overnight, A very big rally even considering fed interest rate hike is a given. The last night is a big candle looks significant to me, looks it has confirmed the low formed on 14/3, and that makes it looks like a wave 1 in dollar index.

goldbug

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Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 08:27 am:

hey smallworld....

nothing has changed fundamentally for POG.....has it???
.....short term movements are inevitable...

The ship has pulled into port to let people off, but, don't be fooled.... flight gold 101 is heading much higher...destination unknown

aye aye

GB

rederob

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Friday, March 25, 2005 - 09:02 pm:

coyotte
Have spent the day catching up on things after some interesting travels up north Qld way - counting coal carriers "stacked up" at Bowen and Mackay, for example.
Now on gold, is it a "commodity" or a "currency" (both being stores of value)?
If it were that simple then this thread would be dead.
Your point about central bank holdings is interesting.
Why should central banks hold any gold at all?
The proportionate value of gold to paper in national reserves is paltry, and printing presses clearly are a simpler way to make money (but is fiat currency a store of value).
As a straight commodity, gold demand presently exceeds supply - the shortfall being met from above ground reserves.
Silver is the better precious metal to be on as it's in shorter supply and depleted in most industrial applications.
Yet silver's price typically tees off after gold.
I'm hedging many of my market bets by being overweight in gold equities - may prove to be quite silly - might not - will know in next 10-15years.
My view is that the generations before us who understood the true value of gold had a better appreciation of it than the financial wizards of today that "play" with POG.
Paper is very convenient and makes "money" transactions straightforward.
But I am not convinced that paper stores any value at all - it certainly has not withstood the test of time via countless cycles of inflation, deflation and hyperinflation during the 20th century.
And I suspect my faith in gold will be borne out in a several years - when the US realises that the only way to overcome its debt crisis is to debase its currency.

goldbug

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Monday, March 28, 2005 - 01:39 pm:

The question has been raised on other threads is this the end of the gold bull????

A 3 year chart gives some clues as to what to expect but not guaranteed...

the last time we had people calling the end was on a double head formation about the same time last year ...the price plummeted to $375 in a matter of weeks...what was the end result of this...a high of $457US at years end.

Prior to this was a wedge formation similar to what is potentially forming now...the call then was the same as today that the end of the gold bull has finished.

So what is so different today than at these other times.....is the US dollar on a path of strength?
is inflation in the US such a big problem?
if it is will the fed be more aggressive in its raising of rates...so far 7 rate hikes by the fed has caused the price of gold to continue its upward journey?? so what would an acceleration of rate hikes do??
Is deflation more of a problem now than inflation??

Because the fed has implied that inflation risks have increased but at the same time choosing to keep their 'measured pace' wording, would indicate that the recent rally in the $US is getting to the point of overdone....

Also, the market has a short memory when it comes to recent data: with record US current account and budget deficits even on a weakening dollar. The dollar looks like its setting itself up for another slam dunk unless we see a change in trend with the deficits.
With OIL at close to all time highs during January and February of this year you could expect a further widening of the deficits.

If and when the POG rallies and shows signs of strength you can bet your bottom dollar that a statement will be released by the IMF that they are going to sell all the gold they have...this is a slight stretch of the truth but my point here is that the central banks continue to manipulate the price of gold even though it continues onto higher levels.

Comments welcome from both sides of the fence...

Regards

GB

philjohn

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Tuesday, March 29, 2005 - 02:53 pm:

hope this isn't a stoopid question

but does anyone look at gold futures to get a sense of where the market is heading?

can anyone point me to a good website that shows price v. metal inventories? I've tried googling and searching around but haven't come up with anything decent.

sorry for the hassle,

Phil

goldbug

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Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 07:28 pm:

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050330/afp/050330081922business.html

Stick it to them Mr Mahathir....

GB

goldbug

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Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 07:03 am:

Good morning

An interesting article:

http://www.kitco.com/ind/hamilton/apr012005.html

As of today the ratio has gone even further into extreme territory with a reading of 7.5.

To revert to at least the mean ratio of 15 either POO has to come down to $28 or POG rise to $855.....

The POG today was nothing more than the usual price manipulation by the CB's to keep it down to highlight to the unwary majority that everything is AOK in the land of milk and honey...its aint...
Weak job creation, unprecedented current account and budget deficits, inflation rampant, personal debt at historical highs, rising commodity prices, POO at all time highs, rising interest rates, Housing bubbles, 2 wars currently being undertaken with more on the cards...

I'm not usually by nature a pessimist, but i'm trying to look at the facts here and not get caught up in the impression that everything is holding up just nicely and somehow the US will sail through this with nothing more than the usual patriot zeal that usually accompanies adversity.....Surely their must be others that could tell me otherwise..

Regards

GB

fox_terrier

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Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 11:03 am:

Hi goldbug,

Wise minds think alike goldbug. I was about to post the same story from the safehaven website.

Lucky i read yours first.

We must remember to be patient and look to the long term.

Cheers
FT

rederob

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Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 01:08 pm:

let's see........
gold down
dollar down
and DOW down
hmmmmm
let's see........
something is up!!!!!!!!

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Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 05:42 pm:

Hi there,
This is my first post, though I've been following the thread with much interest. With regard to the dynamics beneath the POG, a friend referred me to an interesting article which makes a few points that have not been made here, supporting with interesting graphs. So I thought I'd refer you to the article, largely because I think it presents a compelling case for an upside breakout in the POG.
The writer, Adam Hamilton, makes a case that the POG has always tracked the price of oil, and is currently lagging - so this lag will inevitably, and quite soon, catch up.

One particularly interesting graph he uses is: Price Ratios of Gold and Oil

The link to the article is: http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_05/hamilton040105.html

I'd appreciate your comments, because I think he presents a pretty interesting case.

TKS
Sparticus

rederob

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Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 08:40 pm:

sparticus, welcome to the fold
a 5-year lag is not the best basis for tipping a rise in POG
the correlation is, nevertheless, positive
oil is better tracked against commodity prices, and the above chart-dates for spikes match almost perfectly with bouts of high commodity prices (particularly base metals)
as last week proved, gold can act with or against any of the typical indicators: there is either a degree of manipulation or significant irrationality amongst gold traders
over recent years POG has had a stronger correlation with the greenback than with oil
this correlation shows no sign of abating near term
so if the greenback strengthens we may see POG dip
i personally see gold as the independent arbiter of value, available to bidders worldwide, day and night
yes, it's US dollar denominated, so will reflect a global understanding of the value of the greenback
but gold is NOT PEGGED to the greenback and will ultimately reflect the value of stronger currencies (unless gold can translate into some sort of a "currency" in its own right)
gold may well be in a secular bull market, but it's a grazing bull rather than a rampant bull
there is nothing on the horizon to suggest gold will "break out" - it certainly has NOT reacted to oil's spike
i hold gold equities because they are profitable and i believe gold will hold its intrinsic value better than most other metals (maybe not silver) in the longer term
i would like to believe gold will be a stellar performer, but take another look at the above chart: it's one where patience prevails or you quit gold holdings because it's dips sap credulity