You are here
Daily Dispatches
Europenan report to let hedge funds off easy, FT says
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2007-04-11 18:01 Section: Daily DispatchesHedge Fund Report to Split Views
By Ralph Atkins and Mark Schieritz
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cc7cf5ce-e84a-11db-b2c3-000b5df10621.html
An international task force charged with investigating the fast-growing hedge fund industry will stop short of proposing concrete steps to beef up its policing by financial regulators.
Leave hedge funds alone, Fed chief says
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2007-04-11 17:45 Section: Daily DispatchesAll market riggers will be delighted.
* * *
Bernanke: Current Hedge Fund System OK
By Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070411/ap_on_bi_ge/bernanke_hedge_funds;_yl...
Mike Swanson: A triple buy signal in gold stocks
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2007-04-10 21:09 Section: Daily Dispatches9:10p ET Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Mike Swanson, editor of the Wall Street Window letter, offers some lovely bedtime reading for gold and silver investors -- a bunch of charts and indicators on the verge of giving what he calls a "triple buy signal" for the precious metals, the tripping of which apparently launches a one-way trip to the moon.
U.S., Europe may be happy with dollar's new decline
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2007-04-10 20:58 Section: Daily DispatchesPaulson and Trichet Mum
As Falling Dollar Gives Help
By Matthew Benjamin and Simon Kennedy
Bloomberg News Service
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ab4j1z8k4ICI
The dollar's slide may be coming at the right time for U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet.
U.S.-China trade tensions undermine dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2007-04-10 20:51 Section: Daily DispatchesU.S.-China Trade Tensions Undermine Dollar
By Neil Dennis
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5017c514-e74f-11db-8098-000b5df10621.html
The dollar fell sharply Tuesday as trade tensions between the US and China intensified. The fall reversed the gains prompted by Friday’s stronger-than-expected non-farm payrolls data.
Even world debt is getting out of the dollar
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2007-04-10 20:38 Section: Daily DispatchesForeign Bonds to Top
Dollar Denomination
in 2007, Lehman Says
By Bryan Keogh
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, April 9, 2007
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aUZTaoFd5x6g
James Turk: Can we trust the silver ETF?
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2007-04-09 23:23 Section: Daily Dispatches11:15p ET Monday, April 9, 2007
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Dollars may come home from Mideast to buy Dow Chemical
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2007-04-08 17:20 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Sunday, April 8, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSLAU86960620070408
LONDON -- A consortium of Middle Eastern investors and American buyout firms is preparing a $50 billion approach for Dow Chemical Co. in what could be the world's biggest-ever leveraged buyout, a newspaper said on Sunday.
Is Barrick trying to depress NovaGold's price before new bid?
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2007-04-07 12:39 Section: Daily Dispatches12:40p ET Saturday, April 7, 2007
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The headline on GATA's dispatch last Thursday, "NovaGold Beats Barrick" -- http://www.gata.org/node/4968 -- may have been premature.
Grandich Letter supports GATA as it surveys markets, miners
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2007-04-07 12:17 Section: Daily Dispatches12:15p ET Saturday, April 7, 2007
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The latest edition of market analyst Peter Grandich's letter expresses support for GATA as it surveys conditions in the markets and examines the prospects for some mining companies. You can find it here:
http://www.grandich.com/docs/alert_04-07-07.pdf
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Pages
