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CFTC leaves shaping position limits rule to Trump administration
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2016-12-06 10:15 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Andrew Ackerman and Alexander Osipovich
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators failed to put the finishing touches on a much-debated, long-delayed rule to limit speculation in commodities like oil and gold, opting instead to propose a scaled-back version that leaves its outcome in the hands of the Trump administration.
Avery Goodman: What happened to gold and the dollar after Italy's 'no' vote?
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2016-12-06 08:16 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Avery Goodman
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Bill Holter: Fake news, fake markets
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2016-12-05 20:27 Section: Daily Dispatches8:25p ET Monday, December 5, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Market analyst Bill Holter cites GATA's work today in his latest commentary at Jim Sinclair's JSMineSet.com, commentary headlined "Fake News, Fake Markets."
USAGold: Reflections on the election
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2016-12-05 13:02 Section: Daily Dispatches1p ET Monday, December 5, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
USAGold's December News & Views newsletter, edited by Michael Kosares, contains some pretty insightful observations on the economy and the U.S. presidential election from a dozen or so market analysts, many of them bearing heavily on gold. It's headlined "Reflections on the Election" and it's posted at USAGold here:
Who needs real metal if paper will do?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2016-12-05 12:51 Section: Daily DispatchesAnd who needs gold miners if they can never figure out why the metal's price doesn't behave as it should?
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Fears Rise over Future Supply of Gold
By Henry Sanderson
Financial Times, London
Monday, December 5, 2016
"For the first time in history, gold supply into the future is under enormous pressure."
Now Muslims can help bullion banks undermine gold investments with GLD
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2016-12-05 12:37 Section: Daily DispatchesGold Standard Approved for Islamic Finance, Opening New Market
By Claudia Carpenter
Bloomberg News
Monday, December 5, 2016
Gold is acceptable for the first time as an investment in Islamic finance after the group that sets standards for the industry adopted Shariah-compliant rules for trading the metal.
There are no markets anymore and capitalism is dead, Sinclair tells USA Watchdog
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2016-12-03 20:02 Section: Daily Dispatches8p ET Saturday, December 3, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Koos Jansen: Debunking GFMS' gold demand statistics
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2016-12-03 11:07 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Koos Jansen
BullionStar.com, Singapore
Saturday, December 3, 2016
What came to light as on odd discrepancy between GFMS' Chinese gold demand and "apparent supply" has proven to be a tenacious cover-up by the oldest consultancy firm in the gold market.
China gold premiums near 3-year high while cash crunch curbs Indian demand
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2016-12-03 10:47 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Sethuraman N.R. and Rajendra Jadhav
Reuters
Friday, December 2, 2016
Gold premiums in China held near three-year highs this week amid limited supply of the precious metal, with traders saying Beijing was restricting imports, while prices in India swung to a discount as a severe cash crunch dampened appetite.
Court allows IRS to seek user info from blockchain firm Coinbase
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-12-02 11:40 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ismail Shakil and Sruthi Shankarin Bengaluru
Reuters
Thursday, December 1, 2016
A federal court in California on Wednesday allowed the Internal Revenue Service to seek three years of information from blockchain firm Coinbase Inc. about its American users, the U.S. Department of Justice said.








