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Gold left some investors in the dust

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By Gregory Zuckerman and Liam Pleven
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020429680457712473108758821...

Gold has been among the best investments in 2011.

Shares of gold miners? Among the worst.

Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr: The Fed's covert bailout of Europe

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr.
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020446440457711868276308287...

America's central bank, the Federal Reserve, is engaged in a bailout of European banks. Surprisingly, its operation is largely unnoticed here.

Got Gold Report: Trader positions in silver most bullish in 10 years

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:19a ET Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Free market in gold starts scaring China too

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China Clamps Down on Gold Trading Frenzy

By Zhou Xin and Koh Gui Qing
From Reuters
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/27/us-china-gold-exchanges-idUSTR...

BEIJING -- Gold exchanges in China outside of two in Shanghai are to be banned, authorities said in a statement released today.

J.S. Kim: Did bankers crash MF Global to crash gold and silver?

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:30a ET Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

China central bank researcher says gold is only safe haven now

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Nation Urged to Increase Holdings of Gold

By Wang Xiaotian
China Daily, Beijing
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-12/27/content_14332943.htm

Metals' takedowns don't undo Western insolvency, Turk tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:10p ET Monday, December 22, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jim Rickards sees 'Currency Wars' destroying dollar

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James G. Rickards spoke at GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London in August.

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By Jon Rosen
USA Today
Monday, December 26, 2011

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/story/2011-12-23/book-curren...

China, Japan to back direct trade of currencies, sidestepping dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Toru Fujioka
Bloomberg News
Sunday, December 25, 2011

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-25/china-japan-to-promote-direct-t...

TOYKO -- Japan and China will promote direct trading of yen and yuan without using dollars and will encourage the development of a market for the exchange, to cut costs for companies, the Japanese government said.

Alasdair Macleod: Gold price set for hyperbolic increase

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:41p ET Saturday, December 24, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Economist and former banker Alasdair Macleod, who spoke at GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London in August, writes today that five factors will push the United States into hyperinflating the dollar. Macleod writes:

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