MKS Finance SA - Geneva Friday, 29-September-2006 Gold dropped four dollars after the close of the NY session lastnight, due to the emerged heavy selling on access. The yellow metalchallenged the $600 support level on Tocom to hit the low of $599.75 wherephysical demand and buying from the general public helped the prices torecover. Short covering propelled spot up to $603.50, but as the buying ranout of steam the metal slipped a dollar into the Asian close.

MKS Finance SA - Geneva Thursday, 28-September-2006Gold rallied on access after Comex close last night, as crude jumpedmore than two dollars restoring the metal’s role as a hedge againstinflation. The precious metal opened five dollars higher on Tocom andreached a peak of $604. General public liquidation had however capped themarket forcing the prices to retreat to $601.50 and closed the Far Eastsession on the lows.

MKS Finance SA - Geneva Tuesday, 26-September-2006 A recovery in crude oil prices last night enabled gold to closefirmly above the 590 dollar mark and to gain further ground on accesstrading. The yellow metal opened two dollars above Monday’s NY closingprice on Tocom and rallied to $593.60 on strong buying interest from thegeneral public.

Por John Blundell Director General del Institute of Economic Affairs, Londres Institute of Economics AffairsMartes, 26 de septiembre de 2006Casi todo el mundo acepta que es necesario que el gobierno tenga el monopolio de la emisión de dinero. Así era cuando circulaban las monedas de plata y de oro. El rey era el único emisor. Para algunos, eso formaba parte de la esencia de la soberanía. Para otros era una manera fabulosa de cobrar impuestos. Pero si estudiamos la materia, concluimos que no necesitamos los bancos centrales. Abolir este monopolio estatal abre nuevos horizontes al comercio y nos cura para siempre de la terrible enfermedad de recurrentes depresiones y desempleo, de lo que suelen acusar al “capitalismo”, pero que son en realidad causados por ineptitud y equivocaciones del banco central, El monopolio estatal sobre el dinero le permite al gobierno no tener que limitar sus gastos a sus ingresos. El crecimiento espectacular del control estatal sobre la economía sería mucho más difícil sin tener el control absoluto de la emisión de dinero. Y que hayamos dado esa responsabilidad a los políticos es insólito por tratarse de un grupo de gente abierto a las tentaciones y a la falta de integridad.

MKS Finance SA - Geneva Monday, 25-September-2006 Gold opened two dollars lower on Tocom compared to the NY closingprice Friday and was sold down to $586 during the first part of the Asiansession. Despite the absence of fund selling, oil weakness weighed on theyellow metal. Subsequently the shorts were forced to cover and spot hit thepeak of $589.80.The precious metal ended the Far East trading session onthe highs.

MKS Finance SA - Geneva Thursday, 21-September-2006 Gold continued its way on the downside after the US Federal Reserveheld its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, as the market reactedwith the US dollar edging higher and Brent “LCOc1”plunging down to $60.38per barrel. The FOMC felt that the moderation in economic growth appearsto be continuing, partly reflecting a cooling of the housing market.

para oroyfinanzas por cortesía de Manuel Funes Robert Abogado y Economista Madrid, 21 septiembre 2006 En OroyFinanzas el pasado día 13 apareció un artículo de Alan Greenspan sobre el patrón oro,Gold and Economic Freedom, artículo que da actualidad al tema por cuanto el próximo 21 del actual mes de septiembre se cumplen 75 años del comienzo en Inglaterra del fin del patrón oro. A este acontecimiento, el más importante económicamente hablando del siglo, se le dedica poca atención, pasa inadvertido y en nuestra elites económicas el hecho y sus importantísimas consecuencias pasa como si no hubiera existido.

MKS Finance SA - Geneva Wednesday, 20-September-2006 After closing on the lows of the day last night, gold came offfurther to trade down to $573 per ounce on access. The weakness wassupported by the oil prices closing more than a dollar lower on a day. Themetal opened limit down on Tocom, but physical buying and short coveringmade the market jump to $574.75 shortly after.

MKS Finance SA - Geneva Tuesday, 19-September-2006 Gold was extremely quiet in Asia. It opened a dollar higher on Tocomcompared to the NY closing price and was sold down to $585.70 per ounce. Inthe absence of any follow through the metal remained around $586ish levelfor the entire Far East session. In Europe the yellow metal was limited to$587 on the upside from where it drifted lower.

MKS Finance SA - Geneva Monday, 18-September-2006 With Tocom closed for holiday, gold drifted higher on access as shortcovering after a sharp Friday’s price fall continued. The metal hit thehigh of $584.50 where it encountered some profit taking forcing it toretreat down to $580.50. Physical demand emerging on the dip helped themarket to recover and open the European session around $583.50-584 levels.