Daily Dispatches

GATA Chairman Murphy rebuts defense of gold lending

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-04-07 17:42 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:41p ET Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Huffington Post has posted an essay by GATA Chairman Bill Murphy in reply to an essay by banker Warren Mosler posted there this week asserting that central banks lease gold to earn money rather than to suppress gold's price.

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At King World News, more evidence of unbacked gold and silver certficates

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-04-07 17:06 Section: Daily Dispatches

5p ET Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Jim Richter: Are metals markets rigged? Do fish swim?

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2010-04-06 16:43 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:45p ET Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Of course Sprott can't buy IMF gold: There isn't any!

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2010-04-06 15:18 Section: Daily Dispatches

3:20p ET Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Christopher Barker: Is your safe haven a house of cards?

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2010-04-05 17:59 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:55p ET Monday, April 5, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Christopher Barker, a blogger at Motley Fool, joins the growing chorus of writers who realize that there is really something to the gold and silver price suppression scheme besides the tin-foil hats supposedly worn by those who complain about it. In his commentary today Barker writes:

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Peter Brimelow: Gold price suppression suspicion now mainstream

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2010-04-05 12:08 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:10p Monday, April 5, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

In his commentary at MarketWatch today, Peter Brimelow remarks that suspicion about manipulation of the gold market has "gone mainstream." Brimelow's commentary is headlined "Paranoids Have Enemies, Radical Gold Bugs Have Wall Street" and you can find it here:

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Switzerland's Daily Bell interviews GATA Chairman Murphy

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2010-04-04 11:22 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:19a ET Sunday, April 4, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Scott Smith of Switzerland's Daily Bell, an Internet site of free-market thinking, has interviewed GATA Chairman Bill Murphy about the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recent hearing on trading in the precious metals futures markets and about the future of those markets. You can find the interview here: