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Richard Benson: U.S. govt. may grab your gold if you're not careful

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:45p ET Thursday, December 18, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Antal Fekete: Backward thinking on backwardation

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:30p ET Thursday, December 18, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Fed loans are guided by raters who touted subprime debt

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alison Fitzgerald
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 18, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=af32G4ayfLQY&refer=home

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is basing hundreds of billions in emergency lending on credit ratings from companies that gave AAA grades to toxic securities.

Devaluations continue as Japan prepares to sell yen

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Stanley White
Bloomberg News
Thursday, December 18, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ar3TlpiLIzqY&refer=home

TOKYO -- The yen fell from near a 13-year high against the dollar after Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa signaled the nation is ready to sell the currency.

Thom Calandra: Tipping point as gold virus spreads

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:45p ET Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Toronto exchange closed by computer failure

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Kipphoff
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a15Rjc.jU0B8

TORONTO -- The Toronto Stock Exchange suffered a daylong trading disruption after a computer failure prevented quotes from being disseminated, causing the worst halt for a major market since September.

GATA shouts its way into Chapman's technical commentary

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:19p ET Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

David Chapman of Union Securities in Toronto takes note of GATA's noisemaking in his gold market technical commentary posted today, which you can find at GoldSeek here:

http://news.goldseek.com/UnionSecurities/1229533536.php

And at Gold-Eagle here:

http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_08/chapman121708.html

John Kemp: Fed unleashes greatest bubble of all

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Kemp
Reuters
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2008/12/17/fed-unleashes-greatest-...

Like the sorcerer's apprentice, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his predecessor Alan Greenspan have unleashed a series of ever-larger asset bubbles they cannot control.

Trace Mayer: Oil majors should just buy real gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

6:46p ET Wednesday, December 18, 2008

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