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James Turk: History repeats for gold and silver with another bull-market correction

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:13a ET Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder James Turk, consultant to GATA and editor of the Freemarket Gold & Money Report, argues in new analysis posted today at GoldMoney.com that the recent smashing of gold and silver has been the same sort of cartel-assisted, bull-market correction the metals endured in June and that the metals are now "exceptionally good value." You can find Turk's analysis, headlined "History Repeats," in the "Founder's Commentary" box at the top left of the GoldMoney home page here:

Corrected version of Grandich Letter's special alert

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:37p ET Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

There are have been some fixes to the graphics in today's special alert of the Grandich Letter. You can find a corrected version of the letter at the Grandich Internet site here:

http://www.grandich.com/docs/alertGL_09-12-06.pdf

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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Peter Grandich: Special alert -- A realist's view

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:42p ET Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Peter Grandich's letter issued today -- "Special Alert -- A Realist's View" -- is a comprehensive analysis of the metals markets and includes a long section endorsing GATA's work and describing the probability of market manipulation. Grandich's continuing support of GATA has been of the greatest importance and we're deeply grateful for it. He will join GATA as a speaker at both the Toronto Resource Investment Conference and the New Orleans Investment Conference, which are cited below.

What happened in Vegas should NOT stay in Vegas

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:16p ET Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

One of GATA's first supporters in the coin and bullion business, Dr. Fred Goldstein of Swiss America Trading Corp. in Phoenix, attended the recent hard assets investment conference in Las Vegas and his comments about it are appended, along with an essay by Swiss America's Craig R. Smith.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

Whoever has been selling gold, the powerful are not omnipotent

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:30a ET Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

This essay by Mike Kosares, proprietor of Centennial Precious Metals in Denver and host of the wonderful forum at the firm's Internet site, www.USAGold.com, is adapted from a couple of his posts there yesterday and today.

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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By Mike Kosares

IMF worries that FX markets might develop, escaping central bank control

Section: Daily Dispatches

IMF Identifies Risk of 'Disorderly' U.S. Dollar Drop

By Mark Drajem and Shamim Adam
Bloomberg News Service
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYXu7ScpRXC4

A "disorderly" drop in the dollar is the biggest risk to world financial markets, the International Monetary Fund said, urging policy makers to prepare and act quickly when asset prices slump.

Currency intervention reaches unprecedented heights, BIS says

Section: Daily Dispatches

Might the central banks consider gold a currency too?. ...

The report of the Bank for International Settlements cited in the following dispatch can be found here:

http://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt0609.pdf

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BIS Says Inflation May Force
Asian Countries to let
Currencies Rise, Hike Rates

By Steve Whitehouse
AFX News via Forbes.com
Sunday, September 10, 2006

http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/09/10/afx3005525.html

Gold and silver go on sale

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:45p ET Monday, September 11, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst Ted Butler is quick to report how he sees the smashing of gold and silver over the last few days. His commentary, posted at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, is headlined "Blatant Manipulation," and you can find it here:

http://news.silverseek.com/TedButler/1158011743.php

But really -- was anyone expecting anything else from the central banks on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks? At least central bank intervention is the suggestion of Peter Grandich of the Grandich Letter, quoted by CBSMarketWatch here:

Australian central banker admits disinformation campaign to dupe FX markets

Section: Daily Dispatches

Markets 'Duped' in Dollar Crisis

By Tim Colebatch
The Age, Melbourne (Australia)
Monday, September 11, 2006

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/markets-duped-in-dollar-crisis/20...

Reserve Bank governor Ian Macfarlane has revealed that the Reserve teamed up with Prime Minister John Howard and Treasurer Peter Costello in the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis to hoodwink foreign exchange markets into thinking interest rates might rise.

Dubai's Khaleej Times cites GATA in review of silver's prospects

Section: Daily Dispatches

Silver Could Be More Profitable Investment Than Gold

Khaleej Times, Dubai
Saturday, September 9, 2006

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/business/20...

From Our Correspondent

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- It is said that every cloud has a silver lining. But when it comes to silver, people usually see that lining more in gold than in the white metal itself.

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