Daily Dispatches

Central banks boosted gold holdings in April

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2013-05-27 13:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Clementine Wallop and Rhiannon Hoyle
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, May 27, 2013

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732385580457850822360187040...

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GoldMoney's James Turk refutes Warren Buffett on gold

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2013-05-27 13:11 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:09a PT Monday, May 27, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In commentary headlined "Warren Buffett on Gold," GoldMoney's James Turk refutes the celebrity investor's disparagement of the monetary metal, which, Turk shows, maintains purchasing power and security better than government currencies do. Turk's commentary is posted at GoldMoney here:

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Alasdair Macleod: The geopolitics of gold

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2013-05-26 11:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:57a PT Sunday, May 26, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold is the battlefield between East and West, GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod writes today, with the East using the monetary metal to hedge its exposure to Western currencies and Western central banks nearly out of the metal necessary to control the price through the derivatives system.

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John Browne: Is gold's fall the Fed's doing?

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2013-05-26 11:44 Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Browne
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Saturday, May 25, 2013

http://triblive.com/business/brownebusiness/4052784-74/gold-fed-dollar#a...

Asked what makes the United States the most powerful country, many readers likely would reply the military. In fact, it is the dollar.

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Gerald Celente tells King World News about the two worlds of gold

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2013-05-25 20:48 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:45p PT Saturday, May 25, 2013

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Financial writer Gerald Celente today tells King World News that there are two gold markets, the manipulated paper market and the physical market, and two gold worlds, the world that is manipulating gold and the world that is buying gold. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here: