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Mike Kosares: Blinded by the money illusion
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-07-05 13:09 Section: Daily Dispatches1:12p ET Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Of course this would never happen with gold -- or no one would ever dare to ask
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2017-07-04 09:17 Section: Daily DispatchesMetals Trading Has a Paper Fraud Problem
By Mark Burton
Bloomberg News
Monday, July 3, 2017
For all the high-tech wizardry of modern financial markets, there’s one corner of the commodity world that still depends almost entirely on printed paper -- making it an easy target for crooks.
Tax hike in India could boost illegal bullion, jewelry sales and smuggling
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2017-07-04 08:34 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Rajendra Jadhav
Reuters
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
MUMBAI -- A hike in taxes on gold sales in India could stoke under-the-counter buying and drive up appetite for precious metal smuggled into the country, where millions of people store big chunks of their wealth in bullion and jewelry.
Russian academic and political leaders listen to Hugo Salinas Price about silver
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2017-07-03 16:42 Section: Daily Dispatches4:48p ET Monday, July 3, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Despite lousy sentiment, gold and silver are doing well this year, Turk tells KWN
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2017-07-03 16:14 Section: Daily Dispatches4:15p ET Monday, July 3, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold and silver have done well in the first half of the year despite the terrible sentiment in the monetary metals sector, GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk tells King World News today, adding that both the monetary meals are in backwardation in the futures markets. Turk's comments are posted at KWN here:
Ronan Manly: How many silver bars are in the LBMA vaults in London?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2017-07-03 07:10 Section: Daily Dispatches7:14a ET Monday, July 3, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Digital-payments firm Paytm joins jewellers in India to promote gold
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2017-07-02 16:48 Section: Daily DispatchesPaytm Goes Gaga over Gold
By Yuthika Bhargave
The Hindu, Chennai, India
Saturday, July 2, 2017
http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/paytm-goes-gaga-over-gold/arti...
Paytm, which has sold more than 100 kilograms of gold on its platform, is in discussions with jewellers across the country to enable buyers to redeem their digital gold in the form of jewellery.
Few in U.S. want gold and silver coins when stocks seem strong
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2017-07-01 09:07 Section: Daily DispatchesU.S. Mint's 1st-Half Sales of American Eagle Gold Coins Weakest Since 2007
By Marcy Nicholson
Reuters
Friday, June 30, 2017
U.S. Mint American Eagle gold coin sales in the first half of 2017 were the lowest for this period in a decade, while sales of silver in the period were the weakest since 2008, government data showed on Friday. ...
Romania hit by $4.4-billion damage claim over stalled gold mine project
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2017-06-30 13:18 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Neil Buckley
Financial Times, London
Thursday, June 29, 2017
A Toronto-listed mining company is claiming $4.4 billion in damages from Romania at the World Bank's arbitration tribunal, accusing Bucharest of unfairly blocking its $2 billion project to create one of Europe's biggest gold mines and expropriating its assets.
Bullion Star's gold demand charts for June
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2017-06-28 23:43 Section: Daily Dispatches11:47p ET Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Bullion Star's gold demand charts for June, posted today, suggest that people outside North America remain eager to get the monetary metal:
https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/gold-market-charts/gold-market-charts-...
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org