Daily Dispatches

'Virtual hoarding' by investors is monetizing oil

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-05-25 12:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

Slick Investors Strike Riches as They Cash in on Peak Oil

By Louise Armitstead
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, May 25, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/25/cnoil1...

Retail investors have joined a raft of hedge funds and pension funds in making millions of pounds by cashing in on the oil crisis.

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Collectors angered as U.S. rations 'silver eagles'

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-05-23 11:28 Section: Daily Dispatches

Losing a Mint:
Curb on Coin Sales
Angers Collectors

U.S. Begins Rationing
Popular 'Silver Eagles';
How $1 Fetches $19

By Ianthe Jeanne Dugan
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, May 23, 2008

The government rationed food during World War II and gasoline in the 1970s. Now it's imposing quotas on another precious commodity: 2008 dollar coins known as silver eagles.

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Ed Steer: Write to the CFTC's inspector general

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-05-22 22:38 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:30p ET Thursday, May 22, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

I have read Ted Butler's rebuttal to the report of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission that claims that the silver market is not manipulated and that the concentrated short position of the "eight or less" traders in the commercial category of the commitment of traders report means nothing.

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David Morgan: Silver price manipulation

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-05-22 22:18 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:15p ET Thursday, May 22, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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GATA appeals Fed's denial of access to gold records

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-05-22 15:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

3p ET Thursday, May 22, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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James Turk: Gold is the ultimate inflation and catastrophe hedge

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-05-21 14:35 Section: Daily Dispatches

2:33p ET Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder, Freemarket Gold & Money Report editor, and GATA consultant James Turk, has just given The Gold Report a comprehensive interview about investing in gold, silver, and mining shares. It's headlined "Gold -- the Ultimate Inflation and Catastrophe Hedge," and you can find it here:

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Nadler sees intervention again, just not in his own markets

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-05-21 13:10 Section: Daily Dispatches

1p ET Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his commentary today Kitco's precious metals market analyst Jon Nadler remarks again, as he did on April 7 (http://www.kitco.com/ind/nadler/apr072008A.html), about the possibility of government intervention in markets, this time the oil market.