Daily Dispatches

Brett Arends: The 10 biggest myths about gold

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-09-17 00:01 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Brett Arends
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, September 18, 2010

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870439470457549620066194789...

Gold has been the investment phenomenon of the past decade. It hit a new high of $1,278 an ounce this week. In the past 10 years, investors in gold have made nearly five times their money. Over the same time, Wall Street has gone sideways.

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Watch for $21 silver and mining company acquisitions

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-09-16 20:54 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:53p ET Thursday, September 16, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

At the King World News blog tonight, GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk says $21 silver should be the trigger for the precious metals explosion. The interview with him is headlined "James Turk -- Here We Go Again" and you can find it here:

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Adrian Douglas: Atlas just shrugged

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-09-16 16:18 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Adrian Douglas
Thursday, September 16, 2010

On September 15 former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan made a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations. Some very interesting comments he made with respect to gold in response to a question were reported in an editorial in yesterday's New York Sun, "Greenspan's Warning on Gold":

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Clash over yuan escalates, risking superpower standoff

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-09-16 15:32 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, September 16, 2010

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/800762...

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China fund manager: Cut dollar assets if Fed stays loose

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-09-16 15:13 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Liu Li
Dow Jones Newswires
via The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, September 16, 2010

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100916-707347.html

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Greenspan vs. gold's anti-salesman

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-09-16 13:40 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:38p ET Thursday, September 16, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

An editorial in yesterday's New York Sun reports on remarks made about gold that day to the Council on Foreign Relations by former Chairman Alan Greenspan, who is quoted as saying:

-- "Fiat money has no place to go but gold."