You are here

Daily Dispatches

ECB prepares legal grounds for euro rupture as Greece festers

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, January 17, 2010

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/7012297/ECB-prepares-legal-gr...

Fears of a euro breakup have reached the point where the European Central Bank feels compelled to issue a legal analysis of what would happen if a country tried to leave monetary union.

NY Fed worked steadily with AIG to avert bailout disclosures

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Lawder and Mark Felsenthal
Reuters
Sunday, January 17, 2010

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60G0BV20100117

WASHINGTON -- The New York Federal Reserve Bank actively worked with bailed-out insurer AIG to build a case against disclosing details of AIG's payments to banks just days after the insurer considered making them public, documents released late on Saturday showed.

Ted Butler is enthused about CFTC movement on position limits

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:18p PT Saturday, January 16, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Prophecy Resource Corp. supports GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

3p PT Friday, January 15, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Murray Pollitt's January market letter

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:09p PT Friday, January 15, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Big mystery buyer for Treasuries; are his initials B.B.?

Section: Daily Dispatches

Treasury Bids Drive Speculation

By Michael Mackenzie
Financial Times, London
Thursday, January 14, 2010

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2588658-00ac-11df-ae8d-00144feabdc0.html?ncli...

Gold, silver markets seen as much harder target for CFTC

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Frank Tang
Reuters
Thursday, January 14, 2010

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60E02720100115

NEW YORK -- U.S. futures regulators set their sights on precious metals markets on Thursday after unveiling plans to limit positions in energy contracts, but gold and silver trading will be harder to control.

CFTC unveils oil and gas limits; deemed light touch

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ayesha Rascoe and Tom Doggett
Reuters
Thursday, January 14, 2010

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSWEQ00373420100114

GATA plans reception Jan. 18 at end of Vancouver conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

11p ET Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA will hold a public reception at the conclusion of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, January 18, in the rooftop lounge of one of the two conference hotels, the Fairmont Vancouver at 900 West Georgia St. There will be free snacks and a cash bar.

Market is remonetizing gold, and GFMS is sore about it

Section: Daily Dispatches

Investor Appetite Drives Gold to New Peak

By Chris Flood
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

LONDON -- Investors bought more gold than buyers of jewellery for the first time in three decades in 2009, highlighting the increasing impact of speculators on bullion prices.

Pages