Daily Dispatches

Cash soon to be trash as money-market yields go negative

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-10 11:15 Section: Daily Dispatches

Money-Market Yields Seen Falling to Less Than Zero

By Christopher Condon
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axHG.5Dvl3P4&refer=home

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ScotiaMocatta acknowledges gold carry trade, sees it ending

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-10 11:10 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:08a ET Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Fed Considers Debt Sales of Its Own

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-10 10:53 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jon Hilsenrath and Damian Paletta
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122888021757894023.html

The Federal Reserve is considering issuing its own debt for the first time, a move that would give the central bank additional flexibility as it tries to stabilize rocky financial markets.

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Interest on T-bills hits zero

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-09 18:30 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Madlen Read and Martin Crutsinger
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Tuesday, December 9, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_treasurys

NEW YORK -- Investors are so nervous that they're willing to accept the same return from government debt that they'd get from burying money in a coffee can — zero.

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Frank Beck: Dollar devaluation to fix the Great Recession

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-09 17:15 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Frank Beck
Forbes magazine
Tuesday, December 9, 2008

http://www.forbes.com/finance/investingideas/2008/12/09/dollar-devaluati...?

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Gold backwardation examined on Canada's Business News Network

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-09 01:09 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:10a ET Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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GATA chairman's manipulation debate video and text

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-12-08 22:29 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:26p ET Monday, December 8, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

A video of GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's debate on gold market manipulation with Tim Wood, vice president of International Investment Conferences, held at the Las Vegas Hard Assets Conference on September 10, has been posted at a Resource Investor-related site here, along with the text of Murphy's main statement: