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Ted Butler: A few thoughts on silver
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-05-27 16:36 Section: Daily Dispatches4:35p ET Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
LIBOR cracks widen as bankers struggle with reforms
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-05-27 11:18 Section: Daily Dispatches11:15a ET Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Investors bet Persian Gulf will loosen dollar pegs
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-05-27 10:56 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Joanna Slater
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Hedge funds and other investors made bundles of money in the 1990s betting currency pegs around the world would break. They are at it again, only this time they are gambling currencies will soar, not plummet.
As if you can't 'mingle with criminals' at a bank ...
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-05-26 10:46 Section: Daily DispatchesOttawa Warns on Gold-Backed Web Trades
Kevin Carmichael
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Monday, May 26, 2008
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080526.wrfintrac26...
Germany joins call for ban on speculation in oil
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-05-25 22:27 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Monday, May 26, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/26/cnoil1...
German leaders are to propose a worldwide ban on oil trading by speculators, blaming the latest spike in crude prices on manipulation by hedge funds.
'Virtual hoarding' by investors is monetizing oil
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-05-25 12:00 Section: Daily DispatchesSlick Investors Strike Riches as They Cash in on Peak Oil
By Louise Armitstead
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, May 25, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/25/cnoil1...
Retail investors have joined a raft of hedge funds and pension funds in making millions of pounds by cashing in on the oil crisis.
Collectors angered as U.S. rations 'silver eagles'
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-05-23 11:28 Section: Daily DispatchesLosing a Mint:
Curb on Coin Sales
Angers Collectors
U.S. Begins Rationing
Popular 'Silver Eagles';
How $1 Fetches $19
By Ianthe Jeanne Dugan
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, May 23, 2008
The government rationed food during World War II and gasoline in the 1970s. Now it's imposing quotas on another precious commodity: 2008 dollar coins known as silver eagles.
Ed Steer: Write to the CFTC's inspector general
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-05-22 22:38 Section: Daily Dispatches10:30p ET Thursday, May 22, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
I have read Ted Butler's rebuttal to the report of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission that claims that the silver market is not manipulated and that the concentrated short position of the "eight or less" traders in the commercial category of the commitment of traders report means nothing.
David Morgan: Silver price manipulation
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-05-22 22:18 Section: Daily Dispatches10:15p ET Thursday, May 22, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
GATA appeals Fed's denial of access to gold records
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-05-22 15:00 Section: Daily Dispatches3p ET Thursday, May 22, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
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