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Bill Murphy: The manipulation of the gold market

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:23p ET Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Sorry for the late notice, but if you're in the San
Francisco Bay area this weekend you might want to
consider attending LewRockwell.com's Burton Blumert
Conference on Gold, Freedom, and Peace, to be held
Friday and Saturday at the Radisson Villa Hotel in
San Mateo, Calif.

Saturday's proceedings include a lunch with U.S.

Copper trader throws market into confusion

Section: Daily Dispatches

11:50p ET Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA Chairman Bill Murphy has written an introduction
to the gold price suppression scheme, "The
Manipulation of the Gold Market." It has been posted
at GATA's Internet site here:

http://www.gata.org/Murphy111605.htm

... and at GoldSeek here:

http://news.goldseek.com/LemetropoleCafe/1132239667.php

Noticing that real gold costs more than paper, India expects $500 soon

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David M. Lenard
Asia Times, Hong Kong
Thursday, November 17, 2005

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/GK17Cb05.html

HUA HIN, Thailand -- Confusion reigned in world copper markets this
week after reports emerged that a Chinese copper trader based in
London, Liu Qibing, had disappeared after building gigantic short

James Turk: Something ''fundamentally different'' is up with gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

London Outshines New York in Gold Rally

By Arindam Saha
Economic Times / The Times of India
Gurgaon, India
Friday, November 18, 2005

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1299592.cms

MUMBAI -- A buying spree in the London gold spot market has stunned
the New York futures market. It has unfolded a rare event in the

China may default on copper contracts, exchange''s former lawyer says

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:40p ET Thursday, November 18, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GATA consultant James Turk, editor of the Freemarket
Gold & Money Report and founder of GoldMoney, has
gotten out his long-term gold price chart and concludes
that "something fundamentally different" seems to be
happening.

Turk believes that gold's dramatic rise this week has
been prompted by the Federal Reserve's announcement

London Telegraph: Gold''s burst through $480 sparks covering by big shorts

Section: Daily Dispatches

As gold and silver prices rise,
will the shorts there simply
default too?

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China May Default on Copper Contracts
Amid Shortage, Lawyer Says

By Matthew Craze
Bloomberg News Service
Friday, November 18, 2005

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=10000006&sid=a06N6xBoYZ.Q&refer=home

LONDON -- China may default on money-losing copper trades because

Even the Financial Times is starting to get it

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold at 18-year High
After Russia Pledges to Pile in

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, November 18, 2005

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?
xml=/money/2005/11/18/cngold18.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/11/1
8/ixcitytop.html

Gold surged to an 18-year high of $486.10 an ounce yesterday as

AP: Gold, silver shares up on inflation fears

Section: Daily Dispatches

By James Cook
InvestmentRarities.com
Tuesday, November 15, 2005

The November 8 edition of The Wall Street Journal carried an article
about the Silver Users Association's attempt to block the new silver
exchange-traded fund proposed by Barclays. They report the same
argument that Ted Butler explained in previous essays. Butler wrote
that there wasn't enough silver available for the fund and any

Mike Kosares: Gold will protect you best and then go on to save the world

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold, Silver Shares Up on Inflation Fears

Gold, Silver Shares Climb
As Investors Seek Safe Haven
From Equities Vulnerable to Inflation

By The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 16, 2005

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/051116/apfn_gold_mover.html?.v=1

NEW YORK -- Shares of gold stocks got a significant boost in
afternoon trading Wednesday, as investors sought a safe haven from

Rep. Ron Paul attends Lew Rockwell gold conference this weekend in San Mateo

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michael Kosares
Centennial Precious Metals, Denver
www.USAGold.com
Tuesday, November 15, 2005

My concern about the hopeful scenario I outline below is that the
great trading nations of the world seem to have no interest in giving
up something small to gain something large. That would require
vision -- and risk.

My worst instincts tell me that we are destined to play the current
scenario out no matter what, and that is disturbing. When I see the

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