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Steve Mathews of famed Tudor Investments provided great insight into the inner-workings of metals markets (gold, silver, platinum).

I thought this was a great concept that many forget:

I’m going to go back to something I said earlier: gold is not a commodity. My fundamental analysis framework is inappropriate for forecasting gold prices. Obsessively following mine production and demand are valuable only as a way of anticipating actions of other traders.

Gold trades as a form of foreign exchange.

Therefore the price of gold is more impacted by the relative value of fiat currency, rather than the supply/demand for gold. Gold will go up in value when paper currrencies go down in value. This occurs when central banks print money.

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