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Mike Kosares' gold forecast for 2008

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:30p ET Wednesday, December 27, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Michael J. Kosares, proprietor of Centennial Precious Metals in Denver and host of its invaluable Internet site and bulletin board, the USAGold.com Forum --

http://www.usagold.com/cpmforum/

Ron Paul: Deeply square, and committed to your right not to be

Section: Daily Dispatches

Pimp My Ride

On the Road with Ron Paul's
Merry Band of Misfits --
and His Hooker Fan Club

By Tucker Carlson
The New Republic
December 31, 2007

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=83665295-1de6-4571-af9c-0a90f6...

James Turk: Four important charts

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:22p ET Monday, December 24, 2007

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

China seems less willing to be America's piggy bank

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Floyd Norris
The New York Times
Saturday, December 22, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/22/business/22charts.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

For the last three years, China has been the financier that kept the American government well funded. In 2004 it bought a fifth of the Treasury securities issued, a proportion that rose to 30 percent in 2005 and to 36 percent in 2006.

Central banks give biggest liquidity boost ever

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Saturday, December 20, 2007

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/mone...

AngloGold will close its hedge book -- eventually, if it can figure out how to

Section: Daily Dispatches

AngloGold Confirms Hedge Book to Close

From the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald
Friday, December 21, 2007

http://news.smh.com.au/anglogold-confirms-hedge-book-to-close/20071221-1...

The world's third-largest gold producer, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., has confirmed that it will completely close down its hedge book to take advantage of high spot market prices.

As governments shower money on them, banks drop subprime rescue fund

Section: Daily Dispatches

Banks Abandon Super-SIV Plan

By David Enrich and Diya Gullapalli
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, December 21, 2007

The banks orchestrating a bailout of troubled investment vehicles that were hit by the subprime mortgage crisis are throwing in the towel after struggling to raise money for the planned fund, according to people familiar with the matter.

Saudis may start buying real stuff in a big way instead of Treasuries

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Saudis Plan Huge Sovereign Wealth Fund

By Henny Sender, David Wighton, and Sundeep Tucker
Financial Times, London
Friday, December 21, 2007

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/412752ae-afa4-11dc-b874-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...

Saudi Arabia plans to establish a sovereign wealth fund that is expected to dwarf Abu Dhabi's $900 billion and become the largest in the world.

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