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Is HSBC evicting your gold or silver?

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:48p ET Thursday, November 12, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tungsten as a gold substitute

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:10p ET Thursday, November 12, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant Rob Kirby of Kirby Analytics in Toronto and Mike Hewitt, editor of DollarDaze.org, have some interesting reports from the tungsten-as-gold front.

Kirby's commentary is headlined "On Doing God's Work" and you can find it at GoldSeek here:

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1258049769.php

IMF economists lament dollar-based financial system

Section: Daily Dispatches

Plea to Reduce Demand for Dollar Reserves

By Krishna Guha
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b163f502-cf02-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html

GATA's Catherine Austin Fitts interviewed by GoldSeek's Chris Waltzek

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:10p ET Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Barrick is scurrying around apologizing for hedge book

Section: Daily Dispatches

Barrick Shuts Hedge Book as World Gold Supply Runs Out

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, November 11, 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/6546579/...

Vietnam acknowledges trying to push gold price down

Section: Daily Dispatches

Vietnam to Allow Gold Imports to Prevent Speculation

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601012&sid=aPA2HISVOVqU

By Nguyen Kieu Giang
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam will resume gold imports for the first time since June 2008 to try to curb speculation and soaring prices in the domestic market.

'Everybody knows U.S. gold reserves are leased and shorted'

Section: Daily Dispatches

A Rock-Solid Case for Gold Reserves

By Fabrice Taylor
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/features/...

There's one mention of the word gold in the Bank of Canada's latest annual report. There are no mentions of bullion.

So just what's bringing 'order' to dollar's fall, gold's rise?

Section: Daily Dispatches

U.S. Dollar Depreciation Orderly So Far: Fed's Fisher

By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
Reuters
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/gc04/idUSTRE5AA09N20091111

AUSTIN, Texas -- The U.S. dollar has so far had an orderly depreciation, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said on Tuesday.

CFTC's Chilton expects position limits soon for energy, metals

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Christopher Doering
Reuters
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5A95K220091110

WASHINGTON -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is moving toward adopting a proposal in early December to rein in excessive speculation in energy markets by setting hard limits on positions investor entities can hold in a contract.

GoldSeek Radio interviews GoldMoney's James Turk

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:50p ET Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

In a 20-minute interview today with GoldSeek Radio's Chris Waltzek, GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk discussed the prospects for gold and silver as well as evidence that the exchange-traded fund GLD is something less than g-o-l-d. You can listen to the interview at GoldSeek here:

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