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Gold acting like safe-haven investment, Norcini tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:43a ET Thursday, May 31, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Futures market analyst Dan Norcini tells King World News that gold is finding big central bank buying below $1,550 and that this week's action shows that the monetary metal is being considered a safe-haven investment. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

Big commercials aggressively covering gold and silver shorts, Arensberg says

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:35a ET Thursday, May 31, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

At the Got Gold Report, Gene Arensberg examines trader positions on the gold and silver futures exchanges and finds them as bullish as they've been in years. He says the large commercial traders are aggressively covering their short positions. This particular report is presented as a video and it's posted here:

Embry elaborates on counterintuitive moves in gold 'market'

Section: Daily Dispatches

2p ET Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Currency depreciation will keep driving gold up, Embry tells MineWeb

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1:30p ET Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Interviewed by Geoff Candy at MineWeb, Sprott Asset Management's John Embry says that only market interference has gotten in the way of gold's fundamentals, foremost among which is the growing realization that government currencies soon will be worth a lot less. The interview is posted at MineWeb here:

Vancouver conference offers spectacular cruise next Sunday evening

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:40p ET Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Newmont CEO reviews China's gold hunger, depression in mining shares

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4:15p ET Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Newmont Mining CEO Richard O'Brien today tells King World News that China is scrambling to get all the gold it can. He also speculates on the reasons for the depression in mining shares. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

Von Greyerz expects capital controls and QE3 soon

Section: Daily Dispatches

3p ET Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

If gold is collateral for their bailouts, nations may want a higher gold price

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Europe's Debtors Must Pawn Their Gold for Eurobond Redemption

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9298180/Europes-debto...

Argentina adds restrictions for travelers buying dollars

Section: Daily Dispatches

Argentina: More Controls for Buying US Dollars

By the Associated Press
via Seattle (Washington) Post-Intelligencer
Monday, May 28, 2012

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Argentina-More-controls-for-buying...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina is making it harder for people to buy U.S. dollars to pay for travel abroad.

China's biggest bank wants to get into gold leasing

Section: Daily Dispatches

Which means that China's government wants a hand in gold price rigging too.

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China's ICBC Has Big Dreams for Bullion Business

By Fayen Wong
Reuters
Monday, May 28, 2012

http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFL4E8GS2OW20120528

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