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Futures hassles push funds into buying real commodities

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Commodity Funds Get Physical

By Gregory Meyer
Financial Times, London
Friday, December 4, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41c44bc2-e107-11de-af7a-00144feab49a.html

The retired civil servants of San Bernardino County could soon be in the livestock business.

Silver held up well Friday, Ted Butler tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

1p ET Saturday, December 5, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

All U.S. Mint gold offerings are sold out, suspended, or limited

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:45p ET Saturday, December 5, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Mike Zielinski, editor of CoinUpdate.com, reports that all gold bullion coin offerings from the U.S. Mint are now either sold out, suspended, or limited. You can read Zielinski's report at CoinUpdate.com here:

http://news.coinupdate.com/us-mint-gold-buffalo-bullion-coins-sold-out-0...

China reassures on dollar strategy

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Terence Poon
Dow Jones Newswires
via The Wall Street Journal
Saturday, December 5, 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125997791348677673.html

James Grant: Requiem for the dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

In this long essay from The Wall Street Journal, James Grant of Grant's Interest Rate Observer remarks that the Federal Reserve "isn't overtly manipulating" the gold market. His implication is that the Fed might be manipulating the gold market covertly. Maybe this is a small step in the right direction by someone who surely is erudite enough to know better already.

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Best-performing fund of last 10 years is BlackRock gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Emma Wall
The Telegraph, London
Friday, December 4, 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/gold/672893...

A gold fund is the best performing investment fund of the past decade.

Israeli central banker says world must accept a weaker dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Daniel Bases
Reuters
Thursday, December 3, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/usDollarRpt/idUSN0310218520091203

NEW YORK -- Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said on Thursday the world has to accept a weaker U.S. dollar in order to ensure the global economy recovers soundly.

China urged to avoid open markets when buying gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

That's the objective of all central banks: avoiding open markets in gold.

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China Needs to Buy Gold in Long-Term, Industry Executive Says

By Chikako Mogi
Reuters
Thursday, December 3, 2009

http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINT21418620091203

Reuters can't figure gold out, so it must be a bubble

Section: Daily Dispatches

Investors Taking Contradictory Path with Gold

By Jeremy Gaunt
Reuters
Thursday, December 3, 2009

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5B23R320091203

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