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John Butler: Will Putin play his gold card?

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:33a ET Thursday, November 20, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Unusual gold moves in Asian hours puzzle jittery traders

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They must not yet have heard about the Bank for International Settlements and the Exchange Stabilization Fund.

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By A. Ananthalakshmi
Reuters
Thursday, November 20, 2014

Support for Swiss gold referendum proposal weakens as campaign heats up

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By Katharina Bart and Jan Harvey
Reuters
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Support among Swiss voters for a referendum proposal that would force a huge increase in the central bank's gold reserves has slipped to 38 percent, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, falling short of the majority backing it needs to become law.

Koos Jansen: Why did European central banks sell gold?

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:53a ET Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jim Otis: An open letter to monetary metals mining executives

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:01a ET Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In an essay posted at Kitco, blogger Jim Otis itemizes the simple ways monetary metals mining companies could fight suppression of the price of their product in the futures markets. Otis' advice is headlined "An Open Letter to Mining Company Executives" and it's posted here:

German gold repatriation movement is going strong, Peter Boehringer tells KWN

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:55p ET Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

One way or another, Ukraine's gold reserves have gone away

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:23p ET Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Zero Hedge reports today that one way or another, Ukraine's gold reserves have disappeared:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-18/ukraine-admits-its-gold-gone

A report about their supposed removal from Kiev in the dead of night last March is posted at GATA's Internet site here:

http://www.gata.org/node/13754

Platinum miners realize that their metal is money

Section: Daily Dispatches

Maybe gold miners will figure it out for their own metal eventually as well.

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Platinum Producers Launch Trade Body to Attract Asset Investors

By Arthur England
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

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