CREEKRATS GOLD
Gold, examined in context.
CreekRats connects research, markets and learning so gold can be understood through evidence, original sources and historical context.
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CreekRats brings together research, market context and learning. Choose the route closest to what you want to understand.
RESEARCH
Follow the evidence
Review current projects, sources, methods and stated limitations. See how each conclusion was reached.
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MARKETS
Understand the market
Examine futures positioning, official-sector activity, physical demand and market history.
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LEARN
Build your foundations
Understand gold through its properties, uses, supply, ownership, culture and behaviour
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Current research
Start with the projects currently available, then follow their evidence, sources and methods.
FUTURES POSITIONING
Commitments of Traders
Track how commercial, managed-money and other reportable groups are positioned in US gold futures, with changes placed in historical context.
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OFFICIAL SECTOR
Official-sector gold activity
Examine central-bank and other official-sector gold activity through reported holdings, transactions and longer-term context.
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METHODS AND SOURCES
Evidence before conclusions
CreekRats starts with primary or authoritative sources wherever practical, records relevant methods and limitations, and distinguishes reported evidence from interpretation.
For the principles behind the work and the source material that supports it, continue to About or the Gold Resource Library.