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Gold investors hold their nerve while stock markets fly
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-11-10 11:45 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jan Harvey
Reuters
Friday, November 10, 2017
LONDON -- Gold’s resilience in the face of soaring equities and a dramatic fall in demand this year points to underlying confidence in the metal among investors unconvinced by this autumn's scorching stock market rally.
Alasdair Macleod: Cryptos may destabilize fiat currency
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2017-11-09 20:04 Section: Daily Dispatches8:04p ET Thursday, November 9, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are a bubble, GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod writes today, but potentially the ultimate bubble and they may have a fantastic distance yet to run, potentially cannibalizing government currencies and generating vast price inflation before governments try to strike them down.
Third-quarter gold demand slides to eight-year low, World Gold Council says
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2017-11-09 07:18 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jan Harvey
Reuters
Thursday, November 9, 2017
LONDON -- Gold demand slid to its lowest in eight years in the last quarter as jewelry buying fell and inflows into bullion-backed exchange traded funds dried up, data from the World Gold Council showed today.
Overall demand fell 9 percent to 915 tonnes, its weakest since the third quarter of 2009, the WGC said.
Dave Kranzler: Something different is happening with gold and silver
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-08 14:25 Section: Daily Dispatches2:25p ET Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Craig Hemke: Could a commodity rally help spark silver?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-08 12:26 Section: Daily Dispatches12:26p ET Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Ethical behavior gives public confidence in Fed, Yellen says
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-08 08:53 Section: Daily DispatchesSo how come the Fed opposes being audited by Congress?
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By David Harrison
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said Tuesday that ethical behavior from the Fed allows the public to trust it is acting on its behalf.
CPM Group's Jeffrey Christian joins Monetary Metals' Board of Advisers
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-08 08:37 Section: Daily DispatchesCompany Announcement
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- Monetary Metals announces that Jeffrey Christian has become an adviser to the company. Christian IS founder and Managing Partner of CPM Group, a commodities research, consulting, financial advisory, and commodities management firm.
Gold has outperformed S&P 500 since 2001, Sprott analyst says
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-11-08 08:03 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Neils Christensen
Kitco News, Montreal
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
With investors searching far and wide for market gains, one portfolio manager is "puzzled" why gold continues to be ignored and shunned.
Trey Reik, senior portfolio manager at Sprott Asset Management, noted that gold has had an impressive run since 2001, significantly outperforming the S&P 500.
'Buy bitcoin' overtakes 'buy gold' as online search phrase
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2017-11-07 09:38 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Eddie VanDer Walt
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Add bitcoin to the list of things denting gold's appeal.
Ronan Manly: Will anyone notice LME's new gold and silver reference prices?
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2017-11-04 10:04 Section: Daily Dispatches10:10a ET Saturday, November 4, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold researcher Ronan Manly today analyzes the London Metals Exchange's 2-month-old system of posting daily reference prices for gold and silver and finds it not yet very useful or competitive with the prices reported by the Intercontinental Exchange and London Bullion Market Association.