Daily Dispatches

John Embry: Gold market maelstrom likely a false alarm

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-10-27 11:35 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:31a CT Thursday, October 27, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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China's gold frenzy gives birth to small bourses

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-10-27 11:19 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rujun Shen
Reuters
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/us-china-gold-exchanges-idUSTR...

SINGAPORE -- Twenty-four-year-old Xin Wenting stays up until 1 o'clock on most days, looking after her gold investment during the ebb and flow of global trade.

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Venezuela scrambles to bring home gold reserves

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-10-27 10:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Eyanir Chinea
Reuters
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFN1E79P1B120111026

CARACAS -- At the foot of a dimly lit spiral staircase far below Venezuela's Central Bank, workers prepare for an unusual arrival: 17,000 gold bars being shipped back on the order of President Hugo Chavez.

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Remonetizing silver is well-supported in Mexican Congress, Hugo S-P tells King

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2011-10-26 19:20 Section: Daily Dispatches

6:15p CT Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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Neil Reynolds: Paper currency has too much bull, not enough bullion

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2011-10-26 10:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

Maybe that's because the bullion really isn't in central bank vaults anymore.

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By Neil Reynolds
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/neil-reynol...

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Central banks are losing fight against gold, Tocqueville's Hathaway tells King

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-10-25 21:20 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:15p CT Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Interviewed today by King World News, Tocqueville Gold Fund manager John Hathaway seems to have come over completely to the gold price manipulation camp. Speaking of the Western central banks and attempts to paper over Europe's debt problem, Hathaway tells King: