Daily Dispatches

Panic selling of dollar could start soon, Turk tells King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2011-03-21 17:02 Section: Daily Dispatches

5p ET Monday, March 21, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk today tells King World News that the U.S. dollar has been trading so weakly as to suggest that a panic out of it could begin soon. An excerpt from the interview is headlined "Panic Selling of U.S. Dollar Could Happen Quickly" and you can find it at the King World News blog here:

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Fed must release loan data as Supreme Court rejects appeal

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2011-03-21 11:11 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Greg Stohr and Bob Ivry
Bloomberg News
Monday, March 21, 2011

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/fed-must-release-bank-loan-data...

The Federal Reserve must disclose details of emergency loans it made to banks in 2008, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an industry appeal that aimed to shield the records from public view.

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South Florida becomes center for dishonest gold sellers

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-03-20 22:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

Little Regulation, Lots of Risk
Can Leave Gold Investors on Shaky Ground

South Florida Becomes a National Center
for Bullion Firms Operating in Virtual Regulatory Limbo

By Jon Burstein
Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Sun Sentinel
Saturday, March 19, 2011

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-leveraged-gold-industry-20110303,0,633554...

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GFMS chief belatedly acknowledges that official gold data is no good

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-03-20 21:38 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:34p ET Sunday, March 20, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

From the Financial Times today, appended here, is confirmation from a gold establishment source of what GATA, the organization of supposedly radical loonies, has been saying for a long time: The official data about central bank gold reserves is bogus and often simply disinformation. (See http://www.gata.org/node/9545.)

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GATA's Murphy, GoldMoney's Turk speak at Munich conference April 29

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-03-20 20:49 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:46p ET Sunday, March 20, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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New York Sun: Von NotHaus is guilty but Bernanke is innocent?

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-03-20 20:19 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:15p ET Sunday, March 20, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

The New York Sun today editorializes brilliantly about the ironies in the conviction of Liberty Dollar founder Bernard von NotHaus. The editorial begins:

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Who's really undermining the currency, economic stability, and democracy?

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-03-19 17:17 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:33p ET Saturday, March 19, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Here's hoping that yesterday's conviction of Liberty Dollar founder Bernard von NotHaus in federal court in North Carolina won't discourage the advocates of free markets in gold and silver and competitive currencies.