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If gold doesn't correlate as it should, how about inquiring why?
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2019-02-26 10:18 Section: Daily Dispatches10:22a ET Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Financial letter writer Mark Hulbert never offers a good word about gold, which is fine, but then never offers a relevant one either. This practice has turned him into a mere propagandist.
In his essay today at MarketWatch, headlined "Why Gold Won't Save Your Portfolio from Inflation's Bite" --
Newmont CEO calls Barrick move 'desperate'
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-02-25 21:29 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ed Hammond
Bloomberg News
Sunday, February 24, 2019
The chief executive officer of Newmont Mining Corp. labeled a potential takeover attempt by rival gold miner Barrick Gold Corp. as a "desperate" and "bizarre" move aimed at complicating his company's pending deal to acquire Goldcorp Inc.
Gold and silver are resisting options expiration smashes, Turk says
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-02-25 19:54 Section: Daily Dispatches7:55p ET Monday, February 25, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk, interviewed today by King World News, says the monetary metals are fending off pretty well the usual smashes tied to options expiration.
Here's another way of getting control of the gold price
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-02-25 11:18 Section: Daily DispatchesCombine the biggest producers and then undersell the smaller ones so the price of the metal goes down until the smaller producers liquidate at distress prices. Central banks could help finance this by leasing gold cheaply to the conglomerating producer, as they assisted Barrick with its first round of acquisitions, including Homestake Mining in 2002 and Placer Dome in 2006.
To ease acquisition, Barrick moves to change Newmont bylaws
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2019-02-24 23:16 Section: Daily DispatchesNewmont Says Barrick Intends to Propose Changes of Newmont By-Laws
By Ismail Shakil
Reuters
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Newmont Mining Corp said today that Barrick Gold Corp. intends to propose lowering the ownership threshold needed to call a meeting of Newmont shareholders.
Citigroup says Venezuela deal covered $1.6 billion in gold
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2019-02-23 13:38 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Jennifer Surane and Patricia Laya
Bloomberg News
Friday, February 22, 2019
Citigroup Inc. said it entered into a financing deal with Venezuela's central bank in 2015 essentially using $1.6 billion of gold held at the Bank of England as collateral.
New York Times and central bank won't hear of gold market rigging
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2019-02-23 13:05 Section: Daily Dispatches1:20p ET Saturday, February 23, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
From GATA's point of view the problem with mainstream Western news organizations isn't so much "fake news" as suppressed news.
Barrick confirms it's considering bid for Newmont
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2019-02-22 10:43 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ed Hammond, Scott Deveau, Dinesh Nair, and Danielle Bochove
Bloomberg News
Friday, February 22, 2019
Barrick Gold Corp., the world's second-largest gold producer, confirmed today tdhat it has considered a bid for Newmont Mining Corp. as the Canadian mining giant looks for ways to boost production.
Barrick eyes hostile bid for Newmont, Toronto Globe and Mail says
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2019-02-22 09:17 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Niall McGee and Rachelle Younglai
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Barrick Gold Corp. is mulling a takeover bid for Newmont Mining Corp., a transaction that would represent one of the largest mining deals ever and solidify the Toronto-based company’s position as the world's largest gold producer.
Australia's central bank reports on its gold reserves ...
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2019-02-21 23:38 Section: Daily Dispatches... just days after Bullion Star's Ronan Manly questions bank's custody of them:
http://www.gata.org/node/18882
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Australia's Gold ... Safely in the Hands of the Bank of England
By Shane Wright
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia
Friday, February 22, 2019
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