Daily Dispatches

By Thom Calandra, Editor
CBS.MarketWatch.com
Friday, June 28, 2002

Gold mutual funds compiled returns of as much as 32
percent and no less than 13 percent -- all in a
second-quarter stock market that dropped 15 percent.

Against a U.S. equity landscape devoid of profits,
precious metal funds dominated the top ranks of
second-quarter performers. If short-selling mutual funds
are set aside, the gold names made up nine of the top

11:50a ET Thursday, June 27, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Yesterday's market action seems to have converted a
few people to a belief in what GATA has been saying for
years: that governments are surreptitiously intervening
all over the place. Here's a good summary from Peter
Brimelow at CBS.MarketWatch.com that cites, among
others, GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, whom the financial
establish seems to find a bit less nutty almost every

12:50p ET Thursday, June 27, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Some of us quot;gold bugsquot; have a dirty little secret. (In
fact, some of us have a lot of dirty little secrets, but
that's a topic for an Internet site less family-oriented
than this one!)

One of those secrets is an admiration for silver as well
as gold, and we think the silver price has been
collusively suppressed just as the gold price has.

12:58a ET Tuesday, June 25, 2002

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The lead story at TheMiningWeb.com is
headlined, quot;Uproar over RBC gold conspiracy
report.quot; The summary on TheMiningWeb.com's
home page says: quot;Royal Bank of Canada has
repudiated a report issued under its name
that repeated claims of a conspiracy to
suppress the price of gold. Knives are out
for GATA boss Bill Murphy, with opponents