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Investment Rarities'' Jim Cook interviews Ted Butler: ''Load the boat with silver''

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By Zach Howard
Reuters
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

NEW YORK -- New Orleans coin and bullion dealer Blanchard & Co.
expects the price of gold to surpass $800 an ounce this year and
$1,000 in the next two years, driven by strong investment demand,
less producer hedging, and fewer central bank gold sales.

The top executive at Blanchard, the largest U.S. retailer of gold
and rare coins, said on Tuesday gold could experience seasonal

Peter Brimelow: Gold bugs take note of retreat but not panicking yet

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:35a ET Sunday, May 21, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney founder James Turk, editor of the Freemarket
Gold & Money Report and consultant to GATA, is not
discouraged by last week's decline in the precious metals.
Having gotten out his charts, Turk writes:

"The bull market in the precious metals has not ended.
Gold simply took a breather when it touched resistance at

Russian exchange starts trading oil and gold in rubles next month

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Reuters
Monday, May 22, 2006

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060522/3/2kvnn.html

BEIJING -- China should buy more gold with its foreign exchange
reserves, an official newspaper said in a commentary on Monday.

The China Securities Journal said gold accounted for only 1.3
percent of China's foreign currency reserves, which hit a world

James Turk: Will $715 be a difficult hurdle for gold?

Section: Daily Dispatches

Benchmark Files for Gold Exchange-Traded Fund

Financial Express, Mumbai
Friday, May 19, 2006

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=127740

MUMBAI -- Benchmark Mutual has filed papers for India's first gold
exchange traded fund with the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Sebi), as per information on the regulator's Web site on Friday.

India''s first gold EFT has a 7% service charge

Section: Daily Dispatches

In Gold We Trust

By David Ranson and Penny Russell
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, May 18, 2006

Widespread fear of another global energy crisis is rife, especially
in light of the confrontation with Iran. But the second of Murphy's
Laws cautions that what actually goes wrong is seldom what we
anticipate. While the markets are clearly indicating something
ominous, the current situation is mischaracterized as an energy

Peter Grandich: What a difference a week makes!

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:10a ST Friday, May 19, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst Jason Hommel offers a great tonic
against despair for gold and silver -- his new essay
titled "Corrections." Hold on to your metal, he writes,
and know that you're going to win. You can find his
essay at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

http://news.silverseek.com/GoldIsMoney/1147970191.php

Corrected link to John Lee''s Gold Insider letter about Peru

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:28p ET Friday, May 19, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Peter Grandich's latest investment letter has been
posted in the clear at GoldSeek. He thinks the
recent decline in gold and silver is mostly done
with and he has some nice things to say about
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy. You can find the
Grandich Letter here:

http://news.goldseek.com/Grandich/1148071696.php

Treasury secretary backs strong dollar but wishes China would weaken it

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:49p ET Friday, May 19, 2006

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The May 18 edition of John Lee's Gold Insider
newsletter has been posted in the clear and it
has a comprehensive review of the political and
economic situation in Peru, whose presidential
election campaign has scared some mining
industry investors. You'll probably want to take
a long look and you can find it here:

http://www.maucapital.com/GI_Peru.pdf

It''s not an energy crisis but a money crisis

Section: Daily Dispatches

US Treasury's Snow Says He Backs Strong Dollar

By Glenn Somerville
Reuters
Friday, May 19, 2006

http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?
type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-05-
19T135738Z_01_N19283785_RTRIDST_0_ECONOMY-SNOW-DOLLAR-UPDATE-1.XML

NEW YORK -- U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow insisted on Friday

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