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Got Gold Report: Trader positions in silver most bullish in 10 years
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2011-12-28 08:22 Section: Daily Dispatches8:19a ET Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Free market in gold starts scaring China too
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-12-27 10:10 Section: Daily DispatchesChina Clamps Down on Gold Trading Frenzy
By Zhou Xin and Koh Gui Qing
From Reuters
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/27/us-china-gold-exchanges-idUSTR...
BEIJING -- Gold exchanges in China outside of two in Shanghai are to be banned, authorities said in a statement released today.
J.S. Kim: Did bankers crash MF Global to crash gold and silver?
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-12-27 01:35 Section: Daily Dispatches1:30a ET Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
China central bank researcher says gold is only safe haven now
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-12-27 00:49 Section: Daily DispatchesNation Urged to Increase Holdings of Gold
By Wang Xiaotian
China Daily, Beijing
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/business/2011-12/27/content_14332943.htm
Metals' takedowns don't undo Western insolvency, Turk tells King World News
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2011-12-26 23:18 Section: Daily Dispatches11:10p ET Monday, December 22, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Jim Rickards sees 'Currency Wars' destroying dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2011-12-26 18:48 Section: Daily DispatchesJames G. Rickards spoke at GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London in August.
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By Jon Rosen
USA Today
Monday, December 26, 2011
http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/story/2011-12-23/book-curren...
China, Japan to back direct trade of currencies, sidestepping dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2011-12-25 20:38 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Toru Fujioka
Bloomberg News
Sunday, December 25, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-25/china-japan-to-promote-direct-t...
TOYKO -- Japan and China will promote direct trading of yen and yuan without using dollars and will encourage the development of a market for the exchange, to cut costs for companies, the Japanese government said.
Alasdair Macleod: Gold price set for hyperbolic increase
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-12-24 23:45 Section: Daily Dispatches11:41p ET Saturday, December 24, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Economist and former banker Alasdair Macleod, who spoke at GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London in August, writes today that five factors will push the United States into hyperinflating the dollar. Macleod writes:
Gold futures market vulnerable if people want real metal, Paul Brodsky tells KWN
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-12-24 20:15 Section: Daily Dispatches8:13p ET Saturday, December 24, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Fund manager Paul Brodsky tells King World News that the gold futures market is enormously vulnerable to a trend toward taking actual delivery of the metal, as metal is available to cover only 5 percent of the contracts sold. A summary of Brodsky's interview is posted at the King World News blog here:
Turkey sharply increases its gold reserves
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-12-23 10:20 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Rhiannon Hoyle
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, December 23, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020455230457711601088993667...
LONDON -- Turkey lifted its gold reserves by a hefty 1.328 million troy ounces, or 30 percent, last month as central banks around the world maintained their positions as net buyers of the precious metal.