Little has changed in terms of the structure of our global economy therefore the risks remain largely the same.  Check out the list of some of these risks as we begin to prepare for a new year:

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According to the latest available figures for the holdings in the major gold ETFs show that cumulative daily investment flows over the year netted out at $16.9 billion.  Although we do not have all the figures up to the end of the year, the value of the gold content in the funds was approximately $61.3 billion, a gain of 84% over the year, reflecting an increase of 565 tonnes and a net price rise of $213/ounce.

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The trend in insider trading remains largely the same as it was in 2009.   Although the holiday week was shortened, insiders still found time to unload millions of shares in their own companies.  In the last week of the year insiders sold over $222MM worth of stock while purchasing just $18.5MM worth of stock.

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