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Bron Suchecki: Blame the carpenter or the tool?

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:36a ET Thursday, October 1, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Replying to your secretary/treasurer, Perth Mint research director Bron Suchecki today defends the "financialization" of markets and particularly the financialization of the gold market, arguing that it has provided the advantage of leverage to retail investors.

But as your secretary/treasurer argued the other day --

Charging into the Yukon's new gold rush

Section: Daily Dispatches

By James Kwantes
Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

DAWSON CITY, Yukon Territory, Canada -- It is possible to travel by boat for hours down the Yukon River to Dawson City without spotting another human, although you will likely see moose and black bears -- and if you're lucky, a grizzly.

Rights group: Filipino child miners risk lives in gold mines

Section: Daily Dispatches

This is what happens when gold price suppression makes it impossible for easily regulatable corporations to mine gold responsibly in accordance with worker-safety and environmental-protection regulations. Wildcatters go into the business without any concern for protecting people or the environment.

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By Teresa Cerojano
Associated Press
via MSNBC, New York

China boosts gold reserves 1% in August, diversifying assets

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ranjeetha Pakiam
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

China boosted central bank gold holdings 1 percent as the country that rivals India as the world's largest bullion consumer seeks to diversify its foreign exchange reserves.

Shanghai gold withdrawals at record on signs of more demand

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Bloomberg News
Wednesday, September 30, 3015

Investors have withdrawn a record amount of gold from the Shanghai Gold Exchange this year, adding to signs that demand in China is recovering after a stock market rout and a shock devaluation of the yuan.

GoldSeek Radio interviews GATA Chairman Bill Murphy

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:40p ET Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Turk thinks Fed will let dollar fall to sustain stock prices

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:17p ET Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk tells King World News that he thinks the Federal Reserve will let the U.S. dollar sink to help sustain stock prices. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the KWN blog here:

http://kingworldnews.com/is-the-global-house-of-cards-finally-going-to-c...

Simon Black: What it means when gold sells at a negative price

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:41p ET Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

North Carolina House committee rejects teaching gold standard in high school

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Laura Leslie
WRAL-TV5, Raleigh, North Carolina
Monday, September 28, 2015

RALEIGH, North Carolina -- The state House Rules Committee voted Monday to remove a proposed requirement that high school students be taught about the gold standard.

Bank of England investigated for rigging markets, covering up for banks

Section: Daily Dispatches

But that's only what central banks were created to do.

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Fraud Probe into Bank of England Guidance in Emergency Auctions

By Caroline Binham and Lindsay Fortado
Financial Times, London
Monday, September 28, 2015

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