Daily Dispatches

How smart are a thousand words on gold ...

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-09-15 12:22 Section: Daily Dispatches

... that don't include "central banks" and "China"?

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Is Time Being Called on Gold's Bull Run?

By John Dizard
Financial Times, London
Sunday, September 13, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94a3edc4-9eff-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.html

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Trace Mayer: Silver trending toward backwardation again

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-09-14 20:52 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:50p ET Monday, September 14, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Ted Butler: The dumbest trade ever?

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-09-14 20:36 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:25p ET Monday, September 14, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

In his commentary tonight, silver market analyst Ted Butler recounts just how stupid Barrick Gold's hedging program was for so long, and how much the company was warned against it, including by Butler himself.

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Central banks seen becoming net gold buyers

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-09-14 13:48 Section: Daily Dispatches

But of course not even that can make CPM's Jeff Christian bullish in public. ...

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By Frank Tang
Reuters
Monday, September 14, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/usDollarRpt/idUSN1440639620090914

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If only more people could see and feel monetary gold ....

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-09-13 16:36 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:35p ET Sunday, September 13, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA's friend Bob Lambourne in Britain points out an interesting slide show of photographs taken at the Baird & Co. gold refinery in London and posted yesterday at the British Broadcasting Co.'s Internet site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8250772.stm