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John Mauldin: Currencies are manipulated but the Fed will let the dollar fall

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Itar-Tass News Agency
Monday, November 8, 2004

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1432579&PageNum=14

HONG KONG -- By selling U.S. dollars, securities, and
assets denominated in the U.S. currency, Russia is
diversifying its currency reserves, which is in line
with the policy pursued by the Central Bank of Russia,

Finance ministers getting frantic about currency markets

Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Mauldin
DailyReckoning.com
Wednesday, November 10, 2004

http://www.dailyreckoning.com/home.cfm?
loc=/body_index3.cfm&qs=id=10759

The Federal Reserve defines the trade-weighted dollar as
"a weighted average of the foreign exchange value of the
U.S. dollar measured against a subset of the broad index
currencies that circulate widely outside the country of

A report from the New Orleans Investment Conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:12p CT Sunday, November 14, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

News reports over the weekend, two of which are appended
here, suggest great stress in the currency markets, the
likelihood of intervention, and possibly even competitive
devaluations. If it comes to that, there may not be much
for the currencies to devalue against except gold and oil.

Please forgive the length of these reports but they may

Will NYSE bullion fund increase demand for real gold or just be more paper?

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Gertrude Chavez
Reuters
Friday, November 12, 2004

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6802038

NEW YORK -- The dollar slumped across the board Friday
as dealers shrugged off positive U.S. economic data amid
concerns about the currency's shaky fundamentals.

The dollar initially inched higher against the euro after a

Exchange-traded bullion fund expected to trade on NYSE next week

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Friday, November 12, 2004

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duid=mtfh52251_2004-11-12_07-19-25_l12702029_newsml

NEW YORK -- A new gold bullion-backed exchange-traded
fund is expected to debut on the New York Stock Exchange
next week, according to a notification by UBS Investment

Resource Investor: Miners have bought as much gold sold by central banks

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Richard S. Appel
Financial Insights
November 4, 2004

www.financialinsights.org

Many investors and traders who have a keen desire
for higher gold complex prices believe that it will be
wonderful when gold finally breaks free from the
shackles that have long restrained it and soars
wildly higher in price. Some of these individuals
believe that gold is headed toward $600, while others

Gold at 16-year high, up $4 for week

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:39a CT Friday, November 12, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tim Wood reports at ResourceInvestor.com that, contrary
to expectations, gold mining companies have not slowed
down the closing of their forward sales but rather seem
to have bought up all the gold sold by the European
central banks in recent years. You can find Wood's
report here:

http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=7057

Doug Casey: U.S. government won''t avert dollar''s collapse

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Myra P. Saefong
CBSMarketWatch.com
Friday, November 12, 2004

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BA0C02690%2D55DF%
2D4401%2DA0D7%2D95F6483775F8%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=

SAN FRANCISCO -- Gold futures logged a gain of $4
an ounce for the week to close Friday at a level the
market hasn't seen since July 1988, boosted by a

Japanese paper says U.S. assents to weaker dollar; 20-30% devaluation speculated

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Doug Casey
www.DailyReckoning.com
Thursday, November 11, 2004

I must admit that on Election Night I was hoping one of
two things would happen: Either no one would turn out
to vote, thereby delegitimizing our rulers in D.C., or,
more realistically, that one party would dominate
Congress while the other took the presidency. The latter
would, ideally, have resulted in gridlock for the next four

Gold supply is under pressure, Merrill fund manager says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Dow Jones News Service
Wednesday, November 10, 2004

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SYDNEY -- Merrill Lynch Investment Managers have a
favorable outlook for gold, underpinned primarily by
emerging pressures on supply, a leading member of
the firm's London-based natural resources team said
late Tuesday.

Amid quot;relatively staticquot; demand, falling mine output

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