Natural Resources >> Analyst Interviews >> December 20, 2010

Supply/demand Dynamics In The Gold Market – Jorge Beristain – Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

Jorge Beristain, CFA, is an Analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., where he focuses on metals and mining equity research in Latin America. Mr. Beristain has been ranked in Institutional Investor's survey as the number two Analyst in the metals and mining industry and also is ranked in the pulp and paper industry. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Beristain worked at ABN AMRO Bank N.V. He was also a Management Consultant specializing in the pulp and paper and environmental engineering sectors in Mexico and Canada. Mr. Beristain holds Securities Principal and Supervisory Analyst licenses. Profile
TWST: Certainly gold has caught a lot of headlines recently, but the price is still half of what it was back at the old peak. Why all the attention?

Mr. Beristain: I think that if you look at gold in