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Goldman Sachs completes acquisition of Treasury Department

Section: Daily Dispatches

Trump to Nominate Goldman Sachs' Donovan as Deputy Treasury Secretary

By Eric Beech
Reuters
Tuesday, May 14, 2017

President Donald Trump will nominate Goldman Sachs banker James Donovan as deputy Treasury secretary, the White House said Tuesday, adding another alumnus of the Wall Street investment bank to his administration.

Trump's CFTC chairman pledges to cut regulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

... But for gold and silver trading, there's nothing to cut.

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Trump's Pick to Lead CFTC Unveils Major New Policy Agenda

By Sarah N. Lynch
Reuters
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

The only way to stop Indians from buying gold? Take away their cash

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Swansy Afonso
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

It seems the only way to stop Indians from buying more gold is to take their money away.

Love of technical analysis blinds fund manager to evidence of market manipulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:21p ET Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Keith Weiner of gold fund management company Monetary Metals in Scottsdale, Arizona, is scoffing again at complaints of market manipulation, this time involving the silver market particularly.

In his commentary Sunday, "Why Did Silver Fall?" --

https://monetary-metals.com/why-did-silver-fall-report-12-mar-2017/

'Conspiracy' defines government, and 'cowardice' the monetary metals mining industry

Section: Daily Dispatches

2p ET Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our friend T.P. writes:

I have read enough to believe that there is significant manipulation of gold and silver prices.

I hold investments in two gold mining companies in Canada. Would you believe that one company thinks that suppression of gold and silver prices is just a "conspiracy theory"?

Join GATA at metal writers conference in Vancouver in May

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:03a ET Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA will participate in Cambridge House's International Metal Writers Conference in Vancouver on Sunday and Monday, May 28 and 29.

Solving the secret behind the Chinese gold market

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Valentin Schmid
Epoch Times, New York
Monday, March 13, 2017

The world is full of golden rules. There is one for every field: ethics, communication, fashion. But there is only one that counts, the golden rule of money: "Who has the gold makes the rules."

Market drift suggests some investors may be trading on U.K. data ahead of release

Section: Daily Dispatches

... Or maybe governments themselves are trading on it. But mainstream financial news organizations don't dare to look at the evidence that governments are surreptitiously trading markets.

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Market Drift Suggests Some Investors May Be Trading on U.K. Economic Data Ahead of Release

By Mike Bird
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, March 13, 2017

Accurate account of Klondike Gold Rush turns mythology on its head

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David A. James
Alaska Dispatch News, Anchorage
Sunday, March 12, 2017

"All for the Greed of Gold: Will Woodin's Klondike Adventure." Edited by Catherine Holder Spude; Washington State University Press; 2016; 294 pages; $27.95

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