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We can only speculate what might of “spooked” the entitled owners of that gold to take it away from the Comex.
However, I will say this confidence: whomever removed that gold decided that they no longer trusted JP Morgan to safekeep it. It’s interesting because the Comex offers storage rates that are a significant discount to market rates to investors who take delivery off the Comex and use the Comex vaults for safekeeping.
Whatever the case may be, nearly 50% of ALL of the gold in Comex vaults has been removed since 2011 (source: 24hgold.com, edits are mine – click to enlarge):
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