Daily Dispatches

Peter Brimelow: Gold bugs' grit pays off

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-05-19 00:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Sunday, May 18, 2008

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gold-bugs-grit-pays-off/story.aspx...

When I last wrote on gold, about the only gold-friendly group cheerful about the metal's short-term prospects was the hard core that gathers at LeMetropole Cafe under the leadership of Bill Murphy.

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Inflation appears tame, but you're paying more

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-05-18 13:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
via Houston Chronicle
Sunday, May 18, 2008

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5782768.html

WASHINGTON -- If only beleaguered motorists and shoppers could make their gas pains and food sticker shock go away with the ease that the government can.

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Yes, gold dehedging will end, but central bank reserves will run out too

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-05-18 13:40 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:30p ET Sunday, May 18, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Bix Weir: Melt the witch -- trade all your gold for silver

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-05-18 13:15 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:08p ET Sunday, May 18, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Market analyst Bix Weir, a longtime GATA supporter, thinks the suppression of silver is more vulnerable to market forces right now than the gold market and so he offers a bold idea: Trade all your gold for silver. His commentary is headlined "Melt the Witch" and you can find it at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

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Peter DeGraaf: The fuse has been lit and the rocket is rising

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-05-18 13:04 Section: Daily Dispatches

1p ET Sunday, May 18, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Jason Hommel: A further warning to the CFTC

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-05-16 10:57 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:55a ET Friday, May 16, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver Stock Report editor Jason Hommel has written an open letter to the acting chairman of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission in reply to the CFTC's latest report denying that the silver market is manipulated. Hommel's reply refutes two central assertions of the CFTC report and mentions GATA's work.

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Resource Investor reports on CFTC denial of silver manipulation

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-05-16 00:14 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jon A. Nones
Resource Investor
Thursday, May 15, 2008

Much to the chagrin of silver enthusiasts who believe the price has been artificially held back, a second study in four years by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission revealed no evidence of manipulation in the silver futures market. Silver bugs now question the CFTC.