The following is an excerpt from Richard Russell's Dow Theory Letters, February 18, 2009.
“Here are some figures, the first number is the nation’s holding of gold and the second figure is the percentage that gold is of their reserves. Nations with low percentages of gold in their reserves may be expected to be potential buyers of gold.
US — owns 8,135 metric tons of gold … Gold makes up 64.4% of US reserves. The US will not sell any of its gold.
Germany — 3,412 … 64.4% of reserves
IMF — 3,217 …
France — 2,508 … 58.7%
Italy — 2,451 … 61.9%
Switzerland — 1,040 … 23.8%
Japan — 765.2 … 1.9% (a potential gold-buyer)
China — 600.0 … 0.9% (should be a big buyer)
Russia — 495. 9 … 2.2% (is a buyer)
Taiwan — 422.2 … 3.6% (should be a buyer)
India — 357.7% … 3.0% (should be a buyer)
UK — 310.3 … 14.5% (sold most of its gold at the low price)
Saudi Arabia — 143.0 … 11.4% (should buy gold)
South Africa — 124.4 … only 9.0%
Australia — 79.8 … 6.3%”
Source: Richard Russell, Dow Theory Letters, February 18, 2009.
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