-->...dass einige Zentalbanken bereit stünden, auf den Goldpreis einzuwirken. Welche, hat er nicht gesagt. Dies haben diese ja auch getan in der Zwischenzeit, doch so langsam gehen die willigen Zentralbanken und deren Gold aus.

Gruss

tofir

-->>Freund Grüni hat ca. 1996, gesagt, daß die FED den Goldpreis beliebig steuern könnte. Der Wortlaut ist mir entfallen und die Quelle auch. Hat das noch jemand? RD doch ganz sicher.:-)

Potential Application of the CEA to OTC Derivatives
The vast majority of privately negotiated OTC contracts are settled in cash rather than through delivery. Cash settlement typically is based on a rate or price in a highly liquid market with a very large or virtually unlimited deliverable supply, for example, LIBOR or the spot dollar-yen exchange rate. To be sure, there are a limited number of OTC derivative contracts that apply to nonfinancial underlying assets. There is a significant business in oil-based derivatives, for example. But unlike farm crops, especially near the end of a crop season, private counterparties in oil contracts have virtually no ability to restrict the worldwide supply of this commodity. (Even OPEC has been less than successful over the years.) Nor can private counterparties restrict upplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise.

aus http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/testimony/1998/19980724.htm

In a formal letter to Senator Joseph I. Lieberman dated January 19, 2000, Mr. Greenspan elaborated on his 1998 congressional testimony:"This observation simply describes the limited capacity of private parties to influence the gold market by restricting the supply of gold, given the observed willingness of some foreign banks—not the Federal Reserve—to lease gold in response to price increases."

aus http://www.city-of-gold.com/editorials/3.htm

Gruß, Dimi