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Chris Martenson and Alasdair Macleod discuss China's corner on gold
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-04-10 21:50 Section: Daily Dispatches9:50p Thursday, April 10, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Pat Heller: U.S. has rigged precious metals markets for 80 years
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-04-10 21:19 Section: Daily Dispatches9:20p ET Thursday, April 10, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Writing for Coin Week, Patrick Heller of Liberty Coin Service in Lansing, Michigan, provides a brief history of the U.S. government's mechanisms of surreptitious market intervention and headlines his commentary, "The U.S. Government Has Rigged Precious Metals Markets For 80 Years":
Another smashing of gold unlikely because it would unleash demand, Kaye says
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2014-04-10 17:43 Section: Daily Dispatches5:42p ET Thursday, April 10, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Hong Kong-based fund manager William Kaye today tells King World News that more smashing of the gold price seems unlikely because it would unleash unquenchable demand for real metal that isn't available:
Telegraph notes research on China's huge gold demand by GoldMoney's Macleod
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-04-09 19:16 Section: Daily DispatchesChina 'Has More Gold Than Official Figures Show'
By Olivia Goldhill
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/commodities/10753182/China-has-more-g...
China could be holding even more gold than previously realised, according to Alasdair Macleod, a researcher at online precious metals trader GoldMoney.
Leeb sees petro-dollar fading; Boyd acknowledges gold price is 'managed'
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-04-09 00:37 Section: Daily Dispatches12:35a ET Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
At King World News fund manager Stephen Leeb sees the world transitioning away from the petro-dollar into a mechanism pricing oil in a basket of currencies:
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2014/4/8_Col...
SEC lawyer, retiring, says agency too timid with Wall Street misdeeds
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-04-09 00:33 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Robert Schmidt
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
A trial attorney from the Securities and Exchange Commission said his bosses were too "tentative and fearful" to bring many Wall Street leaders to heel after the 2008 credit crisis, echoing the regulator's outside critics.
Koos Jansen: China gold demand fell in last week of March but remains high
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-04-09 00:27 Section: Daily Dispatches12:25a ET Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Updating the Chinese gold demand figures, gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen reports that demand for the last full week in March declined a bit over the year-to-date weekly average but remained high:
http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/chinese-gold-demand-559-mt-ytd-up-16
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
John Crudele: Did Goldman use HFT to rig markets for the U.S. government?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2014-04-09 00:17 Section: Daily DispatchesGoldman Keeps Its 'Flash Boys' Under Wraps
By John Crudele
New York Post
Monday, April 7, 2014
http://nypost.com/2014/04/07/goldman-keeps-its-flash-boys-under-wraps/
Yep, the stock market is rigged.
U.S. bristles at China's infringement of its monopoly on currency market rigging
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2014-04-08 03:32 Section: Daily DispatchesUS Warns China After Renminbi Depreciation
By Robin Harding and Josh Noble
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
The US has warned Beijing not to go back to manipulating its currency, following a sharp depreciation of the renminbi since the start of 2014.
Fed gives banks extra time for compliance with Volcker Rule
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2014-04-07 22:20 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Gina Chon
Financial Times, London
Monday, April 7, 2014
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve granted a fresh concession to banks that are subject to the Volcker rule on Monday, giving them two more years to offload their holdings in collateralised loan obligations to comply with the measure.
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