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In Vietnam, gold sales are down but premiums are up

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold Loses Shine in Vietnam as Retail Sales Slump

From Thanh Nien News
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Monday, August 18, 2014

http://www.thanhniennews.com/business/gold-loses-shine-in-vietnam-as-ret...

Koos Jansen: Global gold trade declines in the first half of 2014

Section: Daily Dispatches

8a ET Monday, August 18, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Western gold exports to China were down in the first half of this year but the long-term upward trend continues, gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen reports today. His commentary is headlined "Global Gold Trade Declines in H1 2014" and it's posted at Bullion Star here:

Could mobile phone recycling extend gold price suppression for years?

Section: Daily Dispatches

1p ET Sunday, August 17, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

This week the BBC reported some details on a subject of which most gold investors may be generally aware: that mobile telephones typically contain a small amount of gold. Speculating on the prospects for recycling that gold, the BBC concluded that it probably would not accomplish much.

Mike Kosares: Fed's new vice chairman, Stanley Fischer, speaks out

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:33p ET Saturday, August 16, 2014:

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Stoferle, Celente, Fleckenstein, Cashin, and Leeb at KWN

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:35p ET Saturday, August 16, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

There's a full plate of commentary this weekend at King World News:

Fund manager Ronald-Peter Stoferle identifies the trouble caused by the suppression of interest rates:

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/8/16_Th...

Ferguson says HUI has turned up; Speck's 'Gold Cartel' reviewed favorably

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:25p ET Saturday, August 16, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The TF Metal Report's Turd Ferguson argues today that the HUI gold mining index has bottomed and promises large gains for the remainder of the year. His commentary is headlined "As the HUI Turns" and it's posted at the TF Metals Report here:

http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/6036/hui-turns

GoldCore: New LBMA silver price still not transparent

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:33a ET Friday, August 15, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldCore's daily commentary today complains that the new silver pricing mechanism in London is not transparent and seems rushed and incomplete. The commentary is headlined "New LBMA Silver Price Still Not Transparent" and it's posted at GoldCore here:

Alasdair Macleod: No escape from the dollar as the currency standard

Section: Daily Dispatches

11a ET Friday, August 15, 2014

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

China's fourth gold ETF raises about $50 million

Section: Daily Dispatches

By A. Ananthalakshmi
Reuters
Thursday, August 14, 2014

SINGAPORE -- Bosera Funds has raised $50 million for China's fourth gold-backed exchange-traded fund that it aims to launch soon, at a time when investment demand for the precious metal has been sluggish in the world's biggest bullion consumer.

Euro-zone economy grinds to halt even before Russia sanctions bite

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michelle Martin and Martin Santa
Reuters
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Euro-zone economic growth ground to a halt in the second quarter as Germany's economy shrank and France's stagnated.

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