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Barrick replaces CEO, putting hedging practices in question
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2003-02-12 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:06p ET Monday, February 10, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA received today a recommendation from Larry Parks,
executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement
of Monetary Education, for a new book about the monetary
history of the United States. The book is written by FAME
Foundation scholar Edwin Vieira and is available for
purchase over the Internet. GATA hasn't reviewed it yet,
Live by the hedge, die by the hedge
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2003-02-12 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Terry Weber
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Online Edition
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
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Barrick Gold Corp., stung by production problems and a
flagging stock price, said Wednesday it is replacing its
Gold: Another short cover like the one Jesse Livermore forced on Piggly Wiggly?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2003-02-12 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:51p ET Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Here's more commentary from the Globe and Mail in
Toronto about the sacking of Barrick CEO Randall
Oliphant. It notes that Oliphant can hardly be alone
at Barrick in responsibility for the company's big
hedging program. But maybe a point not made in this
commentary is important amid this week's decline
in the gold price. That is, Barrick's board probably
Sinclair begins posting free commentaries at his own Internet site
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2003-02-10 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesEXCERPT FROM 'MIDAS' COMMENTARY
FOR FEBRUARY 6, 2003,
AT WWW.LEMETROPOLECAFE.COM
Copyright 2003, LeMetropoleCafe.com
By BILL MURPHY
It has been a long day for me thus far. I am
back in Vancouver to make a presentation
Saturday at the World Outlook Investment
Conference. Love this town.
When I boarded the plane, gold had rallied
back to just below unchanged. As it was
rallying, this news hit the tape:
Calandra sees equities meltdown and new rise for gold
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2003-02-10 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:43p ET Monday, February 10, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Jim Sinclair, the renowned gold market expert and CEO
of Tan Range Exploration, announced today that he no
longer will be offering commentaries to the established
Internet sites concentrating on gold but instead will
post his commentaries at a new Internet site of his
own. So here it is:
FAME recommends new book about U.S. monetary history and needed reforms
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2003-02-10 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:43p ET Monday, February 10, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Thom Calandra, editor of CBSMarketWatch, has
commentary today predicting a meltdown in general
equities and a renewed rally in gold and gold shares.
This may not have been the best-timed of Calandra's
commentaries -- it was distributed this morning, just
an hour or two before gold's drubbing -- but gold's
friends may take some consolation in it after an
Comex changes exchange rules to rescue the gold shorts
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2003-02-06 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches11:11p ET Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA consultant Robert K. Landis, who plays
kemosabe Tonto to Reg Howe's Lone Ranger even
as yours truly plays Doctor Morrell to Wild
Bill Murphy's Hitler, has replied to Mitsui
gold analyst Andy Smith's latest clever little
sneer at gold.
Noting that Smith may be only talking his
book -- Mitsui is among the biggest gold shorts
Bob Landis explains how Mitsui''s Andy Smith just might be wrong about gold
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2003-02-05 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches2:07p ET Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
About $1,700 in gold at current prices (and those prices
won't last long) is being offered by our friends Durban
Deep and GoldMoney in a contest at MineWeb. You can win
if you come closest to picking the gold price and the
price of Durban Deep shares one month, three months, and
a year ahead.
You can find the contest here:
CBSMarketWatch''s Calandra salutes James Turk''s gold price predictions
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2003-02-04 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches12:18a ET Monday, February 3, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
For those of you who didn't make it to the Vancouver
Resources Investment Conference, CBSMarketWatch
editor Thom Calandra reiterates his advice there with
a new commentary today. In short, it's drop the Dow
and grab the gold while you can. You can find
Calandra's latest here:
a href=http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=http://cbs.marketwatch.co...
Excerpts from ''Midas'' commentary for February 3, 2003
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2003-02-04 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches11:14a ET Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Thom Calandra's latest commentary at CBSMarketWatch
salutes James Turk -- editor of the Freemarket Gold amp;
Money Report, founder of GoldMoney.com, and GATA
consultant -- for his gold price predictions that have been
stunningly accurate. You'll like Turk's current predictions
a lot.
You can find Calandra's latest here:
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