Daily Dispatches

Buy gold's dips, key Chinese economist advises

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2011-03-09 08:35 Section: Daily Dispatches

China Adviser Says Beijing Should Buy More Gold

By Zhou Xin and Simon Rabinovitch
Reuters
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFTOE72802F20110309

BEIJING -- China should use some of its $2.85 trillion foreign exchange reserves to buy more gold, a government adviser was quoted as saying by local media reports on Wednesday.

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Alasdair Macleod: Governments are about to lose control of the markets

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-03-08 20:09 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:08p ET Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Inflation is about to cause governments to lose control of the markets, economist and former banker Alasdair Macleod contends in his new commentary this week.

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Ted Butler, silver position limits make Wall Street Journal, thanks to 'Charlie Sheen'

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-03-08 19:29 Section: Daily Dispatches

'Charlie Sheen': Secret Silver Investor?

By Katy Burne
Dow Jones Newswires
via The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/03/08/charlie-sheen-secret-silver-investor/

Charlie Sheen loves tiger blood, machetes, and goddesses. But is he also a closet commodities fan?

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Oil markets brace for Saudi 'rage' as spare capacity wears thin

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-03-08 16:23 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/8369427/Oil-markets-brace-for...

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Sprott says silver will keep outshining gold

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2011-03-08 15:03 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Euan Rocha and Pav Jordan
Reuters
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/08/canada-pdac-sprott-idUSN081254...

TORONTO -- Silver is likely to keep outperforming gold thanks to strong dollar flows, though both are still good investments compared with copper and other base metals, according to Eric Sprott, the hedge-fund manager and Canadian investment guru.