Daily Dispatches

Stewart Dougherty: Fort Knox, Fort Hocks, or Fort Shocks

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-07-23 20:05 Section: Daily Dispatches

8p ET Thursday, July 23, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Stewart Dougherty has written a wonderful speculation on the disposition of U.S. gold reserves, outlining the possibilities. His essay cites GATA's work, is headlined "Fort Knox, Fort Hocks, or Fort Shocks: Three United States Gold Scenarios," and can be found at GoldSeek here:

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1248373722.php

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Eckart Woertz: Gulf should follow China into real assets, gold

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-07-23 08:34 Section: Daily Dispatches

Revisit Investment Strategist

By Eckart Woertz
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bf3e8d46-76cd-11de-b23c-00144feabdc0.html?

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CFTC's hearings on position limits start next week

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-07-22 17:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

Press Release
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

http://www.cftc.gov/newsroom/generalpressreleases/2009/pr5681-09.html

CFTC to Hold Three Open Hearings to Discuss Energy, Position Limits, and Hedge Exemptions

First Hearing Scheduled for July 28, 2009

Read more about CFTC's hearings on position limits start next week

Senator scolds Bernanke: You promised transparency but didn't deliver

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-07-22 17:33 Section: Daily Dispatches

Bernanke Resists Plan for Consumer-Products Agency

By Jeannine Aversa
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090722/ap_on_bi_ge/us_bernanke

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Fed 'embroiled' in politics, former St. Louis Fed chief says

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-07-22 17:07 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Vincent Del Giudice and Max Raskin
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=apYCNLcqHufI

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is "embroiled" in politics and has "stretched beyond reason" its authority to make loans, said William Poole, who served as president of the St. Louis Fed from 1998 to 2008.

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China to hasten dollar dump to buy resources, energy

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-07-21 17:41 Section: Daily Dispatches

China to Deploy Forex Reserves

By Jamil Anderlini
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b576ec86-761e-11de-9e59-00144feabdc0.html?ncli...

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Ted Butler: The real solution

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-07-21 17:22 Section: Daily Dispatches

5:15p ET Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

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Peter Brimelow: Is grousing about Goldman reaching critical mass?

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-07-20 14:05 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Monday, July 20, 2009

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-grousing-about-goldman-reaching-crit...

NEW YORK -- I'm amazed: Grousing about Goldman Sachs, and fury at the financial sector, is actually reaching the point where something might happen -- maybe even answers to questions we've been asking for a while.