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Ted Butler's weekly interview with King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:25a ET Saturday, 19, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Grandich sees $100 risk in gold against $1,000 reward

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:50p 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

Section: Daily Dispatches

By 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

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:01p 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

Section: Daily Dispatches

By 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

Section: Daily Dispatches

By 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

Section: Daily Dispatches

9p 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:

Discount pushes Canadian gold trust into open-end EFT

Section: Daily Dispatches

By 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

Section: Daily Dispatches

By 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?

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