Either CNBC is incredibly stupid for airing the highly suspect disconnect between paper and physical gold or they are blatantly showing off.

Regards - VHF

-

Someone's Making Money on Gold

Rolfe Winkler

November 7, 2008 – 11:07 am

Seen the “Gov’t Gold” ad campaign running on CNBC? The one selling tenth-of-an-ounce gold coins for $98 each? Compare to the spot price for a full ounce of gold at $734. That’s a tidy mark-up.

You’d think the guys behind the ad would ask CNBC to shut off the ticker…