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Russia's discounts on energy purchased with gold are draining exchanges, Maguire says
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2022-05-07 23:23 Section: Daily Dispatches11:33p ET Saturday, May 7, 2022
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
London metals trader Andrew Maguire, in his weekly interview with Shane Morand for Kinesis Money, says gold and silver prices on the London and New York exchanges no longer represent the markets for the bulk of trading of those metals, which now is happening outside the exchanges and involves large premiums.
Sprott School of Business professor disparages gold
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2022-05-07 20:07 Section: Daily DispatchesIn 2006, when Canada sold the last of its official gold reserves, the gold price was fluctuating between US$1,140 and US$1,380. Today gold is at US$1,883. Since 2006 it has been as high as US$2,000 and has never been lower than it was in 2006. In recent years central banks have turned from net sellers to net buyers of gold.
Zillionaire Giustra earns his tinfoil hat and brings Kitco's Makori along for the ride
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2022-05-05 13:55 Section: Daily Dispatches2p ET Thursday, May 5, 2022
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Give that man a tinfoil hat!
Mining and movie entrepreneur and zillionaire Frank Giustra has gone full "conspiracy nut" in an interview today with Michelle Makori of Kitco News, surpassing his previous cautious assertions that the gold price is "managed" by central banks and saying now that the price is "outright manipulated."
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Alasdair Macleod: Financial war takes a nasty turn
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2022-05-05 11:31 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, May 5, 2022
The chasm between Eurasia and the Western defence groupings (NATO, Five Eyes, AUKUS, et al.) is widening rapidly. While media commentary focuses on the visible side of the conflict in Ukraine, the economic and financial aspects are what really matter.
There is an increasing inevitability about it all. China has been riding the inflationist Western tiger for 40 years and now that it sees the dollar's debasement accelerating wonders how to get off.
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'Gold Matters' -- The timely new book from Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2022-05-04 21:46 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Egon von Greyerz
Matterhorn Asset Management, Zurich
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Matterhorn Asset Management principals Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg are pleased to announce the release of their co-authored book, "Gold Matters," in e-Book and paperback versions at Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZFCZNVD
The book includes a foreword by Grant Williams and Ronni Stoeferle.
Ruble exceeds 2-year high vs. dollar and euro despite more EU sanctions
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2022-05-04 18:39 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
The Russian rouble jumped on Wednesday to a more than two-year high against both the dollar and euro, retaining the support of hefty capital controls as the European Union proposed a new package of sanctions against Russia over events in Ukraine.
Movements on Russian markets are affected by the rouble being propped up by capital controls, while stocks are trading with a ban on short selling and foreign players barred from ditching shares in Russian companies without permission.
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Jan Nieuwenhuijs: Denmark releases gold bar list but serial numbers are missing
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2022-05-04 11:28 Section: Daily Dispatches11:24a ET Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold researcher Jan Nieuwenhuijs writes today that central banks are slowly increasing transparency with their gold reserves but that Denmark just took a step away from transparency, publishing a list of its gold bars without including their serial numbers.
Nieuwenhuijs' analysis is headlined "Denmark Releases Gold Bar List But the Serial Numbers Are Missing" and it's posted at the Gainesville Coins internet site here:
Maduro's 3% dollar tax pushes Venezuelans back into bolivars
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2022-05-03 20:52 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Nicolle Yapur
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
For years, the bolivar drifted toward irrelevancy as Venezuelans embraced the economic stability brought on by the widespread use of the U.S. dollar.
But the socialist regime, always reluctant to fully turn its economy over to the dollar, is now making a surprise bid to revive the local currency.
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Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Fed perception vs. Fed reality
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2022-05-03 20:46 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Craig Hemke
TF Metals Report
via Sprott Money, Toronto
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Wednesday brings the long-awaited conclusion of the May Federal Open Market Committee meeting. How will the statement read?
More importantly, how will Chief Goon Powell respond in his "press conference"?
But perhaps most important of all, does it even matter?
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Kranzler, Turk, many others featured in USAGold's 'News & Views' for May
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2022-05-02 11:54 Section: Daily Dispatches11:54a ET Monday, May 2, 2022
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
USAGold's "News & Views" letter for May emphasizes recent comments from Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics and GoldMoney's James Turk, but it is also full of a score of brief items of financial news and opinion. It's posted in the clear here:
https://www.usagold.com/nv1041may2022/
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org
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