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China gold exchange restrictions will cut risk, not appetite

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By Chris Oliver
MarketWatch
Friday, December 30, 3011

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-gold-move-will-cut-risk-not-appet...?

HONG KONG -- China's decision this week to channel all gold trading through Shanghai shouldn't dampen mainland investors' appetite for bullion, even as unauthorized trading platforms are forced to close, according to analysts.

Rickards sees war with Iran, big price impact on oil and gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:20a ET Friday, December 30, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Geopolitical analyst James G. Rickards tells King World News that war with Iran is probable, with predictably big consequences for the prices of oil and gold. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

'Financial repression' is gold price suppression

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:35p ET Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Metals' plunge is just paper illusion, not real metal, von Greyerz says

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1:37p ET Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

2012 will be harder for metals price suppression, Embry tells King World News

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12:03a ET Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

John Lee: Fire sale on the rich man's gold

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9:40p ET Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Peter Grant: Gold near-term outlook 2012

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5:49p ET Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tocqueville's Hathaway sees 'panic liquidation' in gold

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5:35p ET Thursday, December 29, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Tocqueville Gold Fund manager John Hathaway today comments to King World News about indicators of a bottom in gold, including "panic liquidation." An excerpt from the interview is posted at the King World News blog here:

Citing 'financial repression,' FT's Gillian Tett sounds like Jim Rickards and Rob Kirby

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Suppressing the gold price is a crucial piece of the "financial repression" cited here, as a rising gold price would advertise the theft perpetrated by government bonds paying a negative interest rate.

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Ties Between Sovereigns and Banks Set to Deepen

By Gillian Tett
Financial Times, London
Sunday, December 22, 2011

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