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Resource Investor takes another look at Barrick's bid for NovaGold
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2006-08-30 01:48 Section: Daily Dispatches1:32a ET Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Resource Investor's Jon A. Nones has updated the situation with Barrick's attempt to acquire NovaGold, what with more lawsuits and a new valuation of the junior miner, which Resource Investor puts at as much as $73 per share. NovaGold closed Tuesday at $17.50. (Sweet dreams!)
You can find Nones' report here:
China reported ready to widen yuan's trading range
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2006-08-30 01:28 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom AFX News via Forbes
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2006/08/29/afx2981348.html
SHANGHAI -- China's central bank may widen the daily trading band of the yuan against the dollar to increase the flexibity of its exchange rate, the China Securities Journal reported in a front-page story, citing analysts.
Currently, the People's Bank of China allows the currency to move 0.3 percent on either side of the central parity set before start of trading every day.
Peru negotiates end to siege at Yanacocha gold mine
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2006-08-30 01:15 Section: Daily DispatchesFarmers Reach Deal
Over Peru Gold Mine
By Carla Salazar
Associated Press
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060830/peru_gold_mine.html?.v=1
LIMA, Peru -- Latin America's largest gold mine and protesting farmers reached a government-brokered agreement late Tuesday to end a six-day roadblock that prompted a 24-hour shutdown of operations.
Peru's presidential Cabinet chief, Jorge Del Castillo, announced the deal to lift the roadblock Wednesday and immediately resume gold production at the Yanacocha gold mine, majority owned by Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp.
GoldSeek's Peter Spina: U.S. must sacrifice the dollar or the economy
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2006-08-29 20:34 Section: Daily DispatchesGold Tallies Two-Day Loss
of More Than $11
Price Climbs in Electronic Session
After Fed Minutes;
Metals Index Up Slightly
By Myra P. Saefong
CBSMarketWatch.com
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?column=Metals+Stocks&si...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Gold futures fell in tandem with oil Tuesday to tally a two-day loss of more than $11 an ounce, then moved higher in the electronic trading session as investors weighed the prospects for metals demand and mulled the minutes from the Aug. 8 Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting.
More 'experts' are mystified
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2006-08-28 20:33 Section: Daily DispatchesThey must never have heard of the gold price suppression scheme, nor even of derivatives in the bond and oil markets.
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What Crisis? Oil, Gold, Stocks
Show Investors Ignore World Risk
By Michael R. Sesit
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, August 28, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=agYt1SK7yvdY
PARIS -- What you know can help you -- unless you ignore it, which appears to be how investors are treating growing risks of war, terrorism, and political unrest.
MineWeb: Gold and copper hedges slash into Newcrest's profits
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2006-08-28 09:02 Section: Daily Dispatches8:52p ET Monday, August 28, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
MineWeb reports that the most recent financial results of the big Australian mining company, Newcrest, are poor, despite the boom in the metals, because of hedging. MineWeb says:
"The prime reason for the company’s relatively poor ongoing performance in a time of much higher gold and copper prices has been the impact of its forward sales contracts. Newcrest received only Aus$564 an ounce for its gold during the year, compared with the Aus$708 average spot price over the same period. Similarly, its less significant copper sales were achieved at Aus$2.22/lb as against a $3.69/lb average on the open market."
James Turk: Heed the wake-up call
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2006-08-28 08:40 Section: Daily Dispatches8:30p ET Monday, August 28, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The failure of the Refco brokerage house and the nickel contract of the London Metals Exchange are reminders of the huge difference between owning metal and owning only someone's promise to deliver metal, GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk writes. You can find his new commentary, "Wake-Up Call," in the "Founder's Commentary" box at the top left of the GoldMoney home page here:
Ted Butler: China is trying to talk silver down
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2006-08-27 19:14 Section: Daily Dispatches7p ET Sunday, August 27, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Silver market analyst Ted Butler is interviewed by Jim Cook of Investment Rarities at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, and says China is trying to talk the price of silver down. He says a lot of other interesting things too, and you can find them in "Interview With Ted Butler" here:
Japan is back in the free-credit, dollar-bailout business
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2006-08-27 17:00 Section: Daily DispatchesYen Slumps Most in Nine Months as Interest-Rate Trades Resume
By Chris Young
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, August 28, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=akqB.r6N6VPE&refer=home
SYDNEY, Australia -- The yen is heading for its worst month against the dollar since November as investors take advantage of Japan's low interest rates to finance trades in higher-yielding assets.
Greg Peel: Gold sales continue to confuse
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2006-08-25 01:05 Section: Daily Dispatches12:56a ET Friday, August 25, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In his latest commentary, Greg Peel of FN Arena News in Australia again takes note of the mystery and accounting anomalies surrounding central bank gold sales, citing GATA and Dennis Gartman, editor of the Gartman Letter, who sometimes sees the trees but never the forest. Peel's commentary is titled "Gold Sales Continue to Confuse" and you can find it here:
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