| Few markets are as widely misunderstood and subject to as many misconceptions as the gold market. Many of these misconceptions stem from gold’s dual characteristics as a commodity and money. Is it actually correct to claim that “gold is money”? After all, it is not used as official money anywhere and barring isolated instances of payments made from digital gold accounts, it is unlikely that one will ever make payments in gold these days.
In addition to this, central banks have been intent on “demonetizing” gold, and many of the biggest central bank holders of gold (except the US) have unloaded their gold reserves for years, ostensibly in order to earn the higher returns provided by bonds. It has always struck us as odd that they would be selling gold for this reason...............................................Full Article: Source
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