Daily Dispatches

By Myra P. Saefong
MarketWatch.com, New York
Friday, September 13, 2019

Emerging markets have beefed up gold holdings, undeterred by prices near their highest levels in more than six years, as countries such as Russia and China diversify their foreign-exchange reserves—a trend that is likely to continue.

Two JPMorgan Metals Executives Put on Leave Amid U.S. Probe

By Peter Hobson, Lawrence Delevingne, and Koh Gui Qing
Reuters
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Two JPMorgan Chase & Co. employees, including a top metals trading executive, have been placed on leave in response to a U.S. criminal investigation into the bank's metals trading practices, according to a source familiar with the matter.

12:01p ET Thursday, September 12, 2019

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's another big reason to join GATA at the New Orleans Investment Conference during the first four days in November.

Market analyst, financial letter writer, fund manager, and Real Vision co-founder Grant Williams has just been added to the speaker lineup.

ECB Promises Stimulus Buys 'As Long As Necessary'

By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa
Reuters
Thursday, September 12, 2019

FRANKFURT, Germany -- The European Central Bank today promised an indefinite supply of fresh asset purchases and cut interest rates deeper into negative territory, an effort to prop up the ailing euro zone economy that was cheered by financial markets.