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How Nixon stopped backing the dollar with gold and changed global finance
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-08-05 20:54 Section: Daily DispatchesThe Nixon Shock
How Nixon stopped backing the dollar with gold and changed global finance, a 40-year-old decision that still echoes in Greece, Ireland, and the U.S.
By Roger Lowenstein
Bloomberg Businessweek
Friday, August 4, 2011
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-nixon-shock-08042011.html
Yu Yongding: China can break free of the dollar trap
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-08-05 20:22 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Yu Yongding
Financial Times, London
Thursday, August 4, 2011
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/2189faa2-bec6-11e0-a36b-00144feabdc0.html...
Hoarding gold beats charts, technical analysis over 25 years
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-08-05 20:15 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Nicholas Larkin
Bloomberg News
Thursday, August 4, 2011
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-04/hoarding-gold-beats-charts-over...
A buy-and-hold strategy for gold made investors more money during the past quarter century than any technical analysis tool.
Gold could hit $2,000 despite slip, analysts say
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-08-05 20:04 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Peter Guest
CNBC.com
Friday, August 5, 2011
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44030531
Thursday's market turmoil pulled gold lower, as speculators liquidated speculative positions, but analysts told CNBC that the longer-term flight to safety could now speed up and drive the precious metal towards $2,000 an ounce.
Terence Corcoran: Eric Sprott and the gold school look like the only game in town
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2011-08-05 17:59 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Terence Corcoran
Financial Post / National Post, Toronto
Friday, August 5, 2011
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/08/05/terence-corcoran-making-mone...
Eric Sprott, newly discovered as a Canadian billionaire, on Friday night is set to deliver the keynote address to a sold-out GATA Gold Rush conference in London. What a celebration that will be.
J.S. Kim: How bankers use imaginary supply to suppress gold and silver
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 20:24 Section: Daily Dispatches1:18a BST Friday, August 5, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver:
GoldMoney covers GATA's London conference on Twitter
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 18:35 Section: Daily Dispatches11:31p BST Thursday, August 4, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
A journalistic crew from GoldMoney is covering GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London and posting comments at Twitter.com in five languages -- English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian. You can follow highlights of the conference with the GoldMoney postings at Twitter here:
Thom Calandra reports for Stockhouse on GATA's London conference
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 18:26 Section: Daily Dispatches11:23p BST Thursday, August 4, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Stockhouse writer Thom Calandra reports (and photographs) today from GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London, which opened tonight with a crowded but happy reception at the Savoy Hotel. Calandra's commentary is headlined "This Is All Legally Blonde" and you can find it at Stockhouse here:
Mineweb: GATA Gold Rush looking to make its mark in London
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 08:28 Section: Daily Dispatches1:27p BST Thursday, August 4, 2011
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Mineweb's Lawrence Williams today takes pretty favorable notice of GATA's Gold Rush 2011 conference in London. But his observation that GATA's may be considered "a very right-wing, hard-money message" needs to be disputed.
Is some sort of worldwide currency intervention on the way?
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2011-08-04 07:20 Section: Daily DispatchesIf everyone wants a weaker currency, gold would be glad to help. Just stop trying to push it down.
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Calls Grow for Global Effort to Address Debt Crisis
By Neil Shah
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, August 4, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405311190388560457648663136910775...
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