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To: Condor who wrote (32359)	11/16/2004 10:08:22 PM
From: seventh_son	Respond to of 39344

About 2500 tonnes, I believe, which is about the same as 2500 tons. 500 tons sounds like a decent number to me for starters if all of that will be purchased and taken off the market. Oh, it's 373 tonnes? Well, it still sounds significant to me. That's close to the amount that will be sold under the new European central bank sales agreement next year.

To: Condor who wrote (32359)	11/17/2004 1:26:45 AM
From: Taikun	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39344

The other stat to look at is annual investor demand, which I read to be 600 tons. The ETF is expected to have an initial annual demand of 550 tons, and most of that will be new demand. So, it looks like a doubling of annual demand in the investor piece. quote.bloomberg.com "The offering in New York may boost investor demand for gold by as much as 550 tons, or about 18 million ounces, in the first year, London-based research company Virtual Metals said in August. Global net-investment demand for gold last year was 600 tons, said GFMS Ltd., a London-based precious metal research company." (GFMS was one of the sources Embry quoted in Sprott's piece in gold manipulation) I like the fact that the gold ETF is coming out while there is still two months of Indian wedding season. With the Rupee high I expect the dowries to full of gold. On a demand basis, gold looks good even if we get a bit of a correction in the USD. Perhaps this demand will tide us over?