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What kind of financial journalism doesn't care and doesn't ask questions?

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-11-03 13:40 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:51p ET Monday, November 3, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

With his sneering at GATA today, commodity letter writer Dennis Gartman (https://www.thegartmanletter.com/) inadvertently signifies what's wrong about Western financial journalism -- its fear of committing journalism.

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Germany's euroskeptic party sells gold bars and coins to raise funds

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-11-03 12:01 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Justin Huggler
The Telegraph, London
Monday, November 3, 2014

BERLIN -- Germany's rising eurosceptic party, riding high following its recent electoral successes, has branched out in a somewhat surprising direction -- and entered the gold-trading market.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has started selling gold bars and coins online to raise funds for its operations.

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Chinese gold demand insatiable, Jansen reports; in Germany, a run on silver

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-11-03 07:49 Section: Daily Dispatches

7:50a ET Monday, November 3, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Chinese gold demand continues to be huge, insatiable, and largely ignored or underestimated by the Western financial news media, Bullion Star market analyst and GATA consultant Koos Jansen reports today:

https://www.bullionstar.com/blog/koos-jansen/insatiable-chinese-gold-dem...

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Chris Martenson interviews Ted Butler about commodity price suppression

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2014-11-02 19:56 Section: Daily Dispatches

7:56p ET Sunday, November 2, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Robert Fitzwilson: Central bank intervention may explain gold's drop

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2014-11-02 18:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

6:30p ET Sunday, November 2, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Official economic data is mainly "fairy tales," fund manager Robert Fitzwilson tells King World News today, adding, in regard to recent market action:

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Support for Swiss gold referendum falls in latest poll

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2014-11-02 14:40 Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
via the Daily Mail, London
Friday, October 31, 2014

ZURICH, Switzerland -- Support for a proposal to prohibit the Swiss National Bank from selling any of its gold reserves has waned, according to a poll published on Friday by the free Swiss newspaper 20 Minuten. ...