Daily Dispatches

4p ET Sunday, August 28, 2005

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold Rush 21, GATA's conference in Dawson City,
Yukon Territory, Canada, was so well-received that
we have decided to produce a video recording of the
conference on computer disc -- they call them DVDs
-- in time for presentation at GATA's fund-raising
dinner at the New Orleans Investment Conference
on Wednesday, November 2, assuming that the

World Gold Council Sponsors Abby Z's Spring 2006 Runway Show
Tuesday, September 13th, 2005, 7 p.m., at the Canal Room

World Gold Council press release

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

http://www.gold.org/pr_archive/pdf/AbbyZ_pr_240805.pdf

NEW YORK -- The World Gold Council announced today a unique
partnership with plus size couture fashion designer Abby Z to

... but now other derivatives have
gotten so out of control that the
Fed itself is intervening.

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Fed, Banks Will Meet Over Derivatives

By Henny Sender, Michael Mackenzie,
and Ramez Mikdashi
The Wall Street Journal
Thursday, August 25, 2005

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will meet with Wall Street
banks next month to discuss the still relatively opaque market for
credit derivatives.

By Ted Butler
www.InvestmentRarities.com
Tuesday, August 23, 2005

The most recent commitment of traders report confirmed expectations
of a continued deterioration in the market structure in COMEX
gold,and a further improvement in the market structure in COMEX
silver. As mentioned here last week, we have the unprecedented
condition of gold holding at historic negative extremes while silver