After Dumping 1.300 Tonnes Of GOLD Close To The Bottom During 2000-2005 The Swiss National Bank Makes A U-Turn.....

Nice timing..... Last sale March 2005.......Almost as "good" as Gordon Brown

Da kann man in Sachen Timing nur noch gratulieren..... Der letzte Verkauf ging im März 2005 über die Bühne.....Fast so genial wie einst Gordon Brown

Make sure you click through the SNB presentation from 2005 & see the chart on page 11 with all the sales details..... Judging from the title of the presentation it´s probably time for a less "euphoric" update........ ;-)

Empfehle allen die Präsentation der SNB aus dem Jahre 2005 und insbesondere ab die Charts ab Seite 11 .......Wenn man sich den Titel der Präsentation so betrachtet dürfte es höchste Zeit für eine "Neuinterpretation" sein.....;-)

SNB Gold Sales – Lessons and Experiences

The Swiss National Bank completed its gold selling program of 1300 tonnes on March 30, 2005

Several hundred percent GOLD price & FX reserves increase later.....

Einige hundert Prozent GOLDpreisanstieg & Fremdwährungsreserven später......

FT Alphaville

A look through the FX reserve data shows that much of the fall can be accounted for by an increase in gold holdings. The SNB’s gold holdings at market value went from 39.1bn to 45bn showing an increase of 5.9bn (gold measured in CHF terms was actually down by 4.8% during June).

Thus instead of providing an indication of the SNB’s intervention stance, what we have is interesting insight into the SNB’s portfolio allocation which interestingly is showing a bias toward holding gold