Daily Dispatches

Gold could hit $2,000 despite slip, analysts say

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-08-05 20:04 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Guest
CNBC.com
Friday, August 5, 2011

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44030531

Thursday's market turmoil pulled gold lower, as speculators liquidated speculative positions, but analysts told CNBC that the longer-term flight to safety could now speed up and drive the precious metal towards $2,000 an ounce.

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Terence Corcoran: Eric Sprott and the gold school look like the only game in town

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-08-05 17:59 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Terence Corcoran
Financial Post / National Post, Toronto
Friday, August 5, 2011

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/08/05/terence-corcoran-making-mone...

Eric Sprott, newly discovered as a Canadian billionaire, on Friday night is set to deliver the keynote address to a sold-out GATA Gold Rush conference in London. What a celebration that will be.

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J.S. Kim: How bankers use imaginary supply to suppress gold and silver

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 20:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:18a BST Friday, August 5, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver:

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GoldMoney covers GATA's London conference on Twitter

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 18:35 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:31p BST Thursday, August 4, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A journalistic crew from GoldMoney is covering GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London and posting comments at Twitter.com in five languages -- English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian. You can follow highlights of the conference with the GoldMoney postings at Twitter here:

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Thom Calandra reports for Stockhouse on GATA's London conference

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 18:26 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:23p BST Thursday, August 4, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Stockhouse writer Thom Calandra reports (and photographs) today from GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London, which opened tonight with a crowded but happy reception at the Savoy Hotel. Calandra's commentary is headlined "This Is All Legally Blonde" and you can find it at Stockhouse here:

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Mineweb: GATA Gold Rush looking to make its mark in London

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 08:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:27p BST Thursday, August 4, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Mineweb's Lawrence Williams today takes pretty favorable notice of GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London. But his observation that GATA's may be considered "a very right-wing, hard-money message" needs to be disputed.

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Is some sort of worldwide currency intervention on the way?

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 07:20 Section: Daily Dispatches

If everyone wants a weaker currency, gold would be glad to help. Just stop trying to push it down.

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Calls Grow for Global Effort to Address Debt Crisis

By Neil Shah
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, August 4, 2011

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405311190388560457648663136910775...

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CNBC notes GATA chairman's attack on 'gold cartel'

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 06:44 Section: Daily Dispatches

'Gold Cartel' Losing, Price to Top $3,000: Association

By Catherine Boyle
CNBC.com
Thursday, August 4, 2011

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44015192

The price of gold could almost double as central banks' reserves are depleted, according to the chairman of a gold industry association.

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CNBC Europe posts video of GATA chairman's interview

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 06:31 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:27a BST Thursday, August 4, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy was interviewed for five minutes this morning on CNBC Europe on the eve of our Gold Rush 2011 conference in London. Video of the interview has been posted at the CNBC Internet site here:

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000036780

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer