Daily Dispatches

Gold is decade's best-performing investment

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2010-03-06 11:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Myra Butterworth
The Telegraph, London
Saturday, March 6, 2010

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/gold/737541...

Gold has proved to be the best value investment over the last 10 years, new research has disclosed.

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Morgan not yet going short again against metals rally, Butler tells King

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2010-03-06 10:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:45a ET Saturday, March 6, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Venezuelan central bank to increase gold purchases

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-03-05 17:33 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Corina Rodriguez Pons
Bloomberg News
Friday, March 5, 2010

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=awESVDHFnzbQ

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's central bank will boost its gold reserves this year and will buy more than half the estimated 20 metric tons of domestic production, bank director Jose Khan said today at an event in Caracas.

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FT's 'Lex' sniffs at complaints of gold price suppression

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-03-05 16:19 Section: Daily Dispatches

4:23p ET Friday, March 5, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The Financial Times took renewed notice of GATA today via the newspaper's pseudonymous "Lex" column, appended here, which provides a mix of condescension and acknowledgement that just maybe something is "fishy" in the gold world.

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Russia nudging Belarus, Kazakhstan away from dollar

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-03-05 12:18 Section: Daily Dispatches

Russia May Scrap Ruble for New Customs Union Currency

By Maria Levitov and Paul Abelsky
Bloomberg News
Friday, March 5, 2010

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095&sid=aca71nsqhuWs

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Sprott raises $400 million from gold trust IPO

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-03-04 23:47 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Shirley Won
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/fund-watch/sprott-raises-400-millio...

Gold bullion fever continues.

Sprott Asset Management said Wednesday that it has raised US$400 million from its initial public offering (IPO) of its Sprott Physical Gold Trust at US$10 per unit.

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Murphy roast video posted in short segments at YouTube

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-03-04 17:11 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:08p ET Thursday, March 4, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Video of the roast of GATA Chairman Bill Murphy, held at the Phoenix Resource Investment Conference and Silver Summit on Thursday, February 4, originally posted in two long segments at Vimeo here --

http://www.vimeo.com/videos/search:GATA%20murphy%20roast

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GATA Chairman Murphy to appear on Mancow's radio show Thursday

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-03-03 22:14 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:14p ET Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy will be interviewed from 7:40 to 8 a.m. ET Thursday on Mancow Muller's "Mancow's Morning Madness" nationally syndicated radio program. A directory of stations carrying the program can be found here:

http://www.mancow.com/stationfinder