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Jon Matonis: Hunt Brothers demanded physical delivery too
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2010-03-15 16:56 Section: Daily Dispatches5p ET Monday, March 15, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Jon Matonis, who describes himself as an economist of the Austrian school living in Gibraltar, has written at his blog, The Monetary Future, a fascinating account of the infamous attempt of the Hunt Brothers to get hold of a lot of silver in 1979-80.
Murray Pollitt: Bananaland
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2010-03-15 11:51 Section: Daily Dispatches11:50a ET Monday, March 15, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Adrian Douglas: More Fed minutes document gold market manipulation
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-03-14 16:14 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Adrian Douglas
Sunday, March 14, 2010
The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets eight times per year to discuss and set interest rate policy. The minutes of these meetings are not released for five years. This ensures that few people will ever read them. Furthermore, the minutes are heavily redacted and edited.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Is Chinese Politburo spoiling for showdown with U.S.?
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-03-14 14:54 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, March 14, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/744292...
CFTC invites GATA to speak at March 25 hearing on metals trading
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-03-14 12:59 Section: Daily Dispatches1p ET Sunday, March 14, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy was formally invited Friday by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to speak at its meeting in Washington on Thursday, March 25, to examine futures and options trading in the precious and base metals markets.
The CFTC's announcement of the hearing can be found here:
Chinese premier wants U.S. reassurance about dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-03-14 12:27 Section: Daily DispatchesWen Rebuffs Yuan Calls, Says He's Worried About Dollar
By Michael Forsythe, Eugene Tang, Li Yanping, and Kevin Hamlin
Bloomberg News
Sunday, March 14, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acfksEqz2TGg&pos=1
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rebuffed calls for the yuan to appreciate and sought assurances that the U.S. will protect the value of China's dollar assets.
Gold's cross-currency strength signals its evolution
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-03-14 12:15 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jan Harvey
Reuters
Friday, March 12, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE62B1U320100312
LONDON -- Gold's rally to record highs in euro and sterling terms and the resilience of spot prices in the face of a rising dollar is sign-posting the metal's broadening insurance appeal, as sovereign debt fears shift to the fore.
Jim Rickards talks to King World News about China's plans for gold
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2010-03-13 16:57 Section: Daily Dispatches5p ET Saturday, March 13, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Morgan not building shorts in silver, Butler tells King World News
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2010-03-13 11:10 Section: Daily Dispatches11:10a ET Saturday, March 13, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Ted Butler: Answering the skeptics
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-03-12 22:58 Section: Daily Dispatches11p ET Friday, March 12, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
With his latest commentary, silver market analyst Ted Butler again explains the silver price suppression scheme -- a matter of the concentrated short position held by JPMorgan Chase & Co. Butler's commentary is headlined "Answering the Skeptics" and you can find it at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here: