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Christopher Wood: The Fed is out of ammunition

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A Discredited Dollar Is a Likely Outcome of the Current Crisis

By Christopher Wood
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, November 24, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122748912533552007.html

Thom Calandra: Bullion rush spreads to Canadian fund

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:25p ET Monday, November 24, 2008

Stockhouse's Thom Calandra today examines Central Fund of Canada and surmises that the large increases and declines in the premium charged for the gold and silver in that closed-end fund indicate a rush for bullion. Calandra's commentary is headlined "Bullion Rush Spreads to Canadian Fund" and you can find it at Stockhouse here;

U.S. may relieve Citi of billions in bad loans

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Enrich and Carrick Mollenkamp
The Wall Street Journal
Sunday, November 23, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122747680752551447.html

Citigroup Inc. is nearing agreement with U.S. government officials to create a structure that would house some of the financial giant's risky assets, according to people familiar with the situation.

Gene Arensberg: Commercial short positions still low for gold, silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:35p ET Sunday, November 23, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Al Korelin interviews Murphy, Turk, Morgan, Grandich, and Powell

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:48p ET Saturday, November 22, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Hold still more dollars, economist urges China

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From Reuters
via Yahoo News
Saturday, November 22, 2008

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20081122/tbs-financial-china-dollar-21231d...

BEIJING -- The best thing China could do with its foreign currency reserves is raise its holdings of U.S. dollars to support Washington's efforts to support the U.S. econony, state media on Saturday cited an economist as saying.

Wherever MorganChase goes, market manipulation follows

Section: Daily Dispatches

Polish Market Regulator Seeks Probe of Late Share Deal

By Chris Borowski
Reuters
Friday, December 21, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSLL65902620081121

Citigroup may get government rescue, analysts say

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Christine Harper and Bradley Keoun
Bloomberg News
Friday, November 21, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3ArjWNoRSKw&refer=home

NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc. will probably get rescued by the U.S. government after a crisis in confidence erased half its stock-market value in three days, investors and analysts said.

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