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Bill Bonner: Selling gold was worst trade of the decade

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2006-03-25 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

China's gold reserves double in value

By Peter Klinger
The Times, London
Saturday, March 25, 2006

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13132-2102426,00.html

China has put Gordon Brown's investment philosophy to shame by
enjoying a near-doubling of the value of its gold reserves.

The people's republic has gold reserves worth $10.8 billion (6.2

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CBSMarketWatch surveys analysts on impact of likely silver ETF

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2006-03-24 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold: Historic Spike Ahead?

It is common knowledge that the British government sold more than
half of the nation's gold reserves at the bottom of the market in
mid-1999. It's less well-known why.

By Brian Durrant
DailyReckoning.com
Wednesday, March 22, 2006

http://www.dailyreckoning.co.uk/article/220320061.html

The Treasury sold 395 tonnes of gold from July 1999 to March 2002 at

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Dollar loses clout in bullion market

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2006-03-24 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

Silver Soars on ETF, But Will Luster Last?

By Myra P. Saefong
CBSMarketWatch
Friday, March 24, 2006

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B64DDD031%
2DBF2F%2D454E%2D87AF%2D01F5F34B04BA%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=

SAN FRANCISCO -- Prospects of an exchange-traded fund have pushed
futures prices for silver to a more than two-decade high, but the

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China''s gold reserves double in value while Britain''s are sold cheap

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2006-03-24 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Atul Prakash
Reuters
Friday, March 24, 2006

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?
type=reutersEdge&storyID=2006-03-24T180845Z_01_L23418455_RTRUKOC_0_US-
MARKETS-GOLD.xml&src=cms

LONDON -- The dollar's faded influence over gold prices is unlikely
to be restored as investors react more to economic growth trends,

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I.M. Vronsky: The real El Dorado -- real estate or gold equities?

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2006-03-22 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

SEC Backs Rules to List iShares Silver Trust

By Kevin Drawbaugh
Reuters
Tuesday, March 21, 2006

http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?
type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=2006-03-
21T213840Z_01_N21216480_RTRIDST_0_FINANCIAL-SEC-SILVER-UPDATE-3.XML

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on

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What if Cheuvreux and GATA are right about gold price rigging?

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2006-03-22 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:21p ET Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

How do the prospects for real estate compare with the
prospects for gold and gold mining shares?

I.M. Vronsky, proprietor of the invaluable
Gold-Eagle.com, has prepared a detailed analysis,
"The Real El Dorado -- Real Estate or Gold
Equities?," which you can find here:

http://www.gold-eagle.com/gold_digest_05/vronsky032106.html

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Refusing to sell gold, Bundesbank rebuffs German government

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2006-03-21 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:45p ET Monday, March 20, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The spring dinner meeting of the Committee for Monetary
Research and Education, a gold-friendly group, will be
held from 5 to 10 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at the Union
League Club, 38 East 37th St., just a few blocks from
Grand Central Station in New York City. The agenda is
below.

It's always an interesting time and a great dinner,

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Bank''s economists appeal to central banks for more market intervention

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2006-03-21 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ralph Atkins and Kevin Morrison
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, March 21, 2006

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/686ce0a2-b908-11da-b57d-0000779e2340.html

The Bundesbank, the German central bank, on Tuesday rebuffed the
Berlin government by announcing that it had decided against
substantial gold sales before at least September.