Daily Dispatches

Silver shortage looms, mining stockbroker Rick Rule tells King World News

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-10-22 18:16 Section: Daily Dispatches

6:12p ET Friday, October 22, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Mining stock broker Rick Rule today tells Eric King of King World News that shortages of silver may be developing. An excerpt from the interview can be found at the King World News blog here:

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Alasdair Macleod: Where can we find 20,000 tonnes of gold?

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-10-22 13:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:53p ET Friday, October 22, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Ben Davies: Out of knowledge of money comes freedom

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-10-22 02:52 Section: Daily Dispatches

2:52a ET Friday, October 22, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Retiring CFTC judge says colleague biased against complainants

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-10-21 10:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By David S. Hilzenrath
Washington Post
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/19/AR201010...

As George H. Painter was preparing to retire recently as one of two administrative law judges presiding over investor complaints at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, he issued an extraordinary request:

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New York Fed faces 'inherent conflict' in mortgage buybacks

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-10-21 02:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Caroline Salas and Jody Shenn
Bloomberg News
Thursday, October 21, 2010

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/new-york-fed-faces-inherent-con...

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Where's the FT story about 'speculators' buying government bonds?

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-10-21 01:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

Speculators Polish Up the Price of Silver

By Jack Farchy
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25b81f4e-dc65-11df-a0b9-00144feabdc0.html

"Almost anything is better than paper money. ... Any fool can run a printing press."

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Rare earth prices soar even as China pledges supply

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-10-21 00:56 Section: Daily Dispatches

Mark Drajem and Gopal Ratnam
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-20/china-pledges-to-maintain-rare-...

WASHINGTON -- Rare-earth prices have jumped as Chinese export quotas crimped worldwide supplies for the elements used in the manufacture of disk drives, wind turbines and smart bombs.

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Chinese silver exports expected to plunge, diverted by investment demand

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-10-20 23:57 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Feiwen Rong
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-19/silver-shipments-from-china-big...

Silver exports from China, the world's largest, may drop about 40 percent this year as domestic demand from industry and investors climbs, according to Beijing Antaike Information Development Co.