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Ted Butler's weekly interview with King World News
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-12-19 09:27 Section: Daily Dispatches9:25a ET Saturday, 19, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Grandich sees $100 risk in gold against $1,000 reward
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-12-17 22:53 Section: Daily Dispatches10:50p ET Thursday, December 17, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Agoracom's chief market analyst, Peter Grandich, analyzed the correction in gold tonight and contended that the risk in gold is $100 on the down side against $1,000 on the up side. His commentary is headlined "$100/$1,000 May the Risk/Reward Be with You" and you can find it at Agoracom here:
Miners may finally gain if gold price stabilizes high
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-12-17 15:32 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Julie Crust and Jan Harvey
Reuters
Thursday, December 17, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BG3ED20091217
LONDON -- Investors in major gold producers may enjoy some long-overdue gains next year as companies hope to cash in on the precious metal's ability to sustain historically high price levels.
James Turk: The fractional reserve aspects of gold ETFs
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-12-17 11:57 Section: Daily Dispatches12:01p ET Thursday, December 17, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA did not originally call your attention to Adam Hamilton's most recent essay, "GLD Conspiracy Theories" (http://www.321gold.com/editorials/hamilton/hamilton121409.html), a defense of the foremost gold exchange-traded fund, because of its brazen lack of seriousness. Hamilton wrote:
Former Barrick CEO Greg Wilkins dies
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-12-17 10:59 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Peter Koven
National Post / Financial Post, Toronto
Thursday, December 17, 2009
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2351625
Greg Wilkins, the former chief executive of Barrick Gold Corp. and a leader in Canadian business, passed away on Wednesday after a battle with cancer. He was 53.
Chinese central banker says dollar must weaken
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-12-17 10:48 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Li Yanping and Justin Carrigan
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 17, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aLHD8QY9fQsU
BEIJING -- Chinese central banker Zhu Min said that the dollar is set to weaken further and it will become more difficult for nations to buy U.S. Treasuries.
John Browne concedes gold price manipulation
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-12-16 21:01 Section: Daily Dispatches9p ET Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Discussion of gold market manipulation is growing and becoming more open. Today's formal acknowledgement comes from John Browne, senior market strategist for Peter Schiff's Euro-Pacific Capital, whose latest commentary remarks as follows about the European central bank gold agreement:
Gulf petro powers to launch currency in new threat to dollar hegemony
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-12-16 20:26 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6819136/Gulf-petro-powers-t...
Discount pushes Canadian gold trust into open-end EFT
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-12-16 00:14 Section: Daily DispatchesBy David Pett
National Post / Financial Post, Toronto
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2340742
Access to gold bullion continues to expand for Canadian investors, after Claymore Investments Inc. announced it will convert the closed-end Claymore Gold Bullion Trust into an open-end exchange traded fund in January.
Fabrice Taylor: The gold bubble myth
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-12-15 19:23 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Fabrice Taylor
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Monday, December 14, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/features/...
It's easy to say gold is a bubble. It's up more than 26 percent in the past six months, so it has to be, right?