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What's the central bank endgame in gold?

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:55a ET Saturday, April 7, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Our friend R.V. writes:

"If the naked short position in gold on behalf of the Federal Reserve through its intermediaries is so big that it can drive down the bullion markets with mere paper (and I believe that it is), then what is the likely strategic endgame that these evil people have in mind?

Money Morning interviews Ted Butler on silver market manipulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:10a ET Saturday, April 7, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

The Money Morning investment letter yesterday published a comprehensive interview with silver market analyst Ted Butler about the mechanisms of manipulation in the silver market. It's headlined "The Who, How, and Why Behind Silver Price Manipulation" and it's posted at Money Morning here:

Credit derivatives market being manipulated by Morgan / U.S. govt.

Section: Daily Dispatches

JPMorgan Trader's Positions Said to Distort Credit Indexes

By Stephanie Ruhle, Bradley Keoun, and Mary Childs
Bloomberg News
Friday, April 6, 2012

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-05/jpmorgan-trader-iksil-s-heft-is...

Swiss franc 'safe haven' trade is mistake, von Greyerz tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

5:58p ET Friday, April 6, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Manipulators 'seriously overplaying their hand,' Embry tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

3p ET Friday, April 6, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Sprott Asset Management's John Embry today tells King World News that the gold and silver market manipulators "are seriously overplaying their hand" and driving demand for real metal way up as paper prices are forced down. An excerpt from Embry's interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

India's gold jewelers call off strike, expecting tax rollback

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rajesh Roy and Biman Mukherji
The Wall Street Journal
Friday, April 6, 2012

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230330250457732728329555427...

NEW DELHI -- India's gold-jewelry trade associations agreed Friday to call off a 20-day strike, after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee promised to look into rollbacks on newly implemented gold taxes.

Fund established to help GATA's Adrian Douglas battle cancer

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:20a ET Friday, April 6, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

One of the 'Masters' of the universe gets a market manipulation question on CNBC

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:50p ET Thursday, April 5, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Though the monetary metals have been under the most severe attack for the last few weeks, today may be considered a great victory for our side, insofar as a softball interviewer on CNBC managed to question JPMorganChase commodity executive Blythe Masters about whether the bank is manipulating the metals markets:

Asia breaks West's code in gold war, London trader tells King World News

Section: Daily Dispatches

4:25p ET Thursday, April 5, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Massive buying of physical gold by Asian government entities is being swamped by massive selling of paper gold by Western central banks and bullion banks that are waging war against the monetary metal, the London trader source of King World News says today.

Zero Hedge cites gold as part of currency market manipulation

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:17p ET Thursday, April 5, 2012

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Zero Hedge today cites gold market manipulation in its commentary headlined "Meet the People Bringing You Currency Manipulation on a Daily Basis":

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/meet-people-bringing-you-currency-manipula...

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.


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