Daily Dispatches

A Christmas present from Hugo Salinas Price

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2016-12-17 11:29 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:29a ET Saturday, December 17, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Turks seek gold more than liras in response to Erdogan's call

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2016-12-17 11:17 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Constantine Courcoulas
Bloomberg News
Friday, December 16, 2016

Asked by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to shun the dollar, Turks are favoring gold over liras.

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Doug Pollitt: 'Tinfoil hat crowd' was right, and gold mining executives are saps

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-12-16 14:19 Section: Daily Dispatches

2:21p ET Friday, December 16, 2016

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Responding to the documentation just disgorged by Deutsche Bank in federal court in New York, Doug Pollitt of investment house Pollitt & Co. in Toronto today declares victory for the "tinfoil hat crowd" in the contest over manipulation of the monetary metals markets.

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High gold premiums in China are demand-driven, Maguire tells KWN

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-12-16 13:37 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:37p ET Friday, December 16, 2016

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TF Metals Report: Silver price manipulation continues

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-12-16 12:16 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:13p ET Friday, December 16, 2016

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Bitcoin's rally crushed every other currency in 2016

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-12-16 10:31 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Olga Kharif
Bloomberg News
Friday, December 16, 2016

Bitcoin, that nebulous digital currency that trades in cyberspace and is "mined" by code-cracking computers, emerged as a better bet this year than every major foreign-exchange trade, stock index and commodity contract.

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Gold premiums in China at 3-year high as Indian demand stays weak

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-12-16 10:27 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sethuraman N. .R and Rajendra Jadhav
Reuters
Friday, December 16, 2016

Gold premiums in China surged to their highest in nearly three years this week on fears of limited supply of the metal, while demand in India remained weak amid low prices due to a severe cash crunch following the government's demonetisation move.