Daily Dispatches

Intervention in Libya was largely about gold, Rickards tells Future Money Trends

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2012-01-21 13:43 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:42a PT Saturday, January 21, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Gary North: Auditing the Fed's gold

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-01-20 16:49 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:48 PT Friday, January 20, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Ben Davies forecasts gold and silver for King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-01-20 16:27 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:20p PT Friday, January 20, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Interviewed by King World News today, Hinde Capital CEO Ben Davies reviews 2011 in gold and silver and explains his fund's positioning in the monetary metals for the new year. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

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Bullion banking system 'not fully backed,' Naylor-Leyland tells CNBC Europe

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-01-20 11:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:45a PT Friday, January 20, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Cheviot Asset Management's investment director, Ned Naylor-Leyland, was interviewed for 7 minutes the other day on CNBC Europe and noted that the bullion banking system is "not fully backed" -- that is, that it is selling promises of gold it doesn't have. The interview is posted at the Cheviot Internet site here:

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Kinross seen in play after paying too much for African gold

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-01-20 11:26 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Charles Mead, Liezel Hill, and Rita Nazareth
Bloomberg News
Friday, January 20, 2012

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-20/kinross-in-play-after-paying-to...

By paying too much for acquisitions in western Africa, Kinross Gold Corp. (KGC) is now turning itself into the cheapest gold-mining target in the world.

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Rates now negative on inflation-protected and regular Treasuries

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-01-19 23:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

Investors Seek Safety of U.S. Treasuries

By Michael Mackenzie
Financial Times, London
Thursday, January 19, 2012

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ad85b014-42b5-11e1-97b1-00144feab49a.html

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Sprott bearish on base metals, positive on gold and oil

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-01-19 23:15 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Frank Tang
Reuters
Thursday, January 19, 2012

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/19/us-precious-sprott-idUSTRE80I1...

Prominent Canadian fund manager Eric Sprott said on Wednesday he was bearish on cyclical commodities such as industrial metals because of the economic slowdown, though he remained positive on gold and crude oil.