Daily Dispatches

Gold rush shipwreck offers up treasures off Welsh coast after 150 years

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-07-17 15:04 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jasper Copping
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, July 17, 2011

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8642353/Gold-rush-shipwreck-offer...

For more than 150 years it has lain tantalisingly close to the shore. Now the ship that sank in a storm in 1859, claiming 450 lives, is giving up its most precious secret: gold.

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Jim Grant still can't figure out why the dollar has held up so long

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-07-17 12:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:33p ET Sunday, July 17, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Alasdair Macleod: European Union won't survive without QE

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-07-17 00:02 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:03a ET Sunday, July 17, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Haynes anticipates currency collapse; Norcini impressed by gold's strength

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-07-16 15:21 Section: Daily Dispatches

3:14p ET Saturday, July 16, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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With credit default swaps, banks loot world with a government guarantee, Rickards says

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-07-16 12:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:50p ET Saturday, July 16, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Will financial journalists ever wonder WHY gold has underperformed?

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-07-15 16:20 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:21p ET Friday, July 15, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

From Jack Farchy's story in Wednesday's Financial Times, headlined "QE3 Talk Pushes Gold to Nominal Record" (http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d11d6146-ad43-11e0-a24e-00144feabdc0.html):

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Louis XIII is centuries gone but his money is still good

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-07-15 15:45 Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold Hoard Found in French Cellar

From the British Broadcasting Co., London
Friday, July 8, 2011

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14080228

A French couple have found a hoard of gold coins worth at least 100,000 euros (L89,000; $140,000) in the cellar of their home in the town of Millau.

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Sinclair, Norcini see wild future for gold and currencies

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-07-15 09:55 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:50a ET Friday, July 15, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Mining entrepreneur and gold trader Jim Sinclair tells King World News that $1,764 is the next key price for gold, that much effort will be made to keep the price lower than that, and that when the price is reached, truly stratospheric prices and daily moves of $100 or $200 become possible.