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Barrick's Munk urges Financial Times to check out gold

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-01-04 12:39 Section: Daily Dispatches

And while the FT's at it, they might review the Barrick/Blanchard lawsuit.

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Gold Is Selling at All-Time Highs

A Letter to the Editor
Financial Times, London
Saturday, January 3, 2008

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c52952b0-d937-11dd-ab5f-000077b07658.html?ncli...

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Fed's conversion to political patronage is getting noticed

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-01-04 12:30 Section: Daily Dispatches

Fed Has Abandoned Monetary Policy, Critic Says

By Alister Bull
Reuters
Saturday, January 3, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE50306H20090104

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Federal Reserve has embarked on a campaign of unsupervised industrial policy to end the country's financial crisis, a move that could undermine its independence, a former top U.S. official said on Saturday.

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Mimic below-zero rates, Chicago Fed president urges

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-01-04 12:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ros Krasny
Reuters
Saturday, January 3, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE5021V320090104

SAN FRANCISCO -- A grim economic outlook highlights the need for the Federal Reserve to step up quantitative measures to boost growth, with official interest rates already effectively at zero, Charles Evans, president of the Chicago Fed, said on Saturday.

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Gold pays no interest, and soon the pound won't either

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-01-02 22:27 Section: Daily Dispatches

Savers Facing Accounts with No Interest

By Edmund Conway and Myra Butterworth
The Telegraph, London
Friday, January 2, 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/savings/4077360/Saver...

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James Turk: Gold climbs again -- eight years in a row

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2009-01-02 10:36 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:35a ET Friday, January 2, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Thom Calandra: Preparing to get pretty UGL(y)

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-31 15:11 Section: Daily Dispatches

3:07p ET Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his new "ThomWatch" column posted today at Stockhouse, Thom Calandra examines the advantages and risks of speculating on gold by using the exchange-traded derivatives fund UGL. Calandra's column is headlined "Preparing to Get Pretty UGL(y)" and you can find it at Stockhouse here:

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Peter Grandich's review of 2008 and outlook for 2009

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-31 14:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

2:47p ET Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold figures heavily in Agoracom market analyst Peter Grandich's outlook for 2009, even as he notes that gold was just about the only asset that held up against the blows of 2008. You can find Grandich's analysis at Agoracom here:

http://grandich.agoracom.com/2008/12/2009-year-review-and-outlook-for-20...