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Sorcerer's Apprentice time
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2005-05-11 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesHedge fund rumors knock markets;
Widespread jitters focus on GM, convertible bonds
By Alistair Barr and Kathie O'Donnell
CBSMarketWatch.com
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?
source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid=%7BF6DCAC87%2DFC3E%2D4907%
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Ted Butler: Silver at $7 today is as much a bargain as it was at $5 years ago
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-05-10 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesCommodity Strategists: Tice's Auerback Sees $80 Oil
By Sri Jegarajah
Bloomberg News Service
Monday, May 9, 2005
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?
pid=email_us&refer=commodity_futures&sid=a1Yg1ORMn6oA
SINGAPORE -- Crude oil prices may rise as high as $80 a barrel as
recoverable reserves dwindle, making it harder for producers to meet
Hedge fund rumors knock markets, depress shares of big banks
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2005-05-10 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ted Butler
InvestmentRarities.com
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
For several years I had the very good fortune to have been able to
write many articles that laid out my case in urging people to buy
silver at $5 and less. Many thousands of readers had the good sense
to heed that urging and follow that advice. Looking back, there
should be no regrets, save not buying more. Certainly I do not regret
Britain tries to cadge gold from Malaysia via weapons deal
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-05-09 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesCitigroup Seeks FSA Deal Over Bond 'Raid'
By Andrew Murray-Watson
The Sunday Telegraph, London
Sunday, May 8, 2005
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml;sessionid=DPYXRP5Y4H3KRQF
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Citigroup, the world's largest bank, is ready to cut a deal with the
Wall Street Journal examines the Consumer Price Index''s ''hedonics'' racket
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-05-09 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesMalaysia May Use Gold
To Secure Arms Purchases
By Leslie Lopez
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, May 9, 2005
KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian government is considering an arms deal
that calls for it to commit part of the country's gold reserves to
help finance the purchase of warships and other defense equipment
valued at roughly 1 billion, or about $1.8 billion, from BAE
Systems PLC.
The proposed use of Malaysia's gold holdings as collateral for the
The perfect storm that could drown the economy
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-05-09 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesNew and Improved
An Inflation Debate Brews
Over Intangibles at the Mall;
Critics Say U.S. Plays Down
CPI Through Adjustments
For Quality, Not Just Price;
Value of a TV's Flat Screen
By Timothy Aeppel
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, May 9, 2005
WASHINGTON -- To most people, when the price of a 27-inch television
set remains $329.99 from one month to the next, the price hasn't
changed.
Tice''s Marshall Auerback sees oil at $80
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2005-05-09 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Daniel Gross
The New York Times
Sunday, May 8, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/weekinreview/08gross.html?
ex=1116302400&en=9910a79bde4d33a0&ei=5070
We seem to be living in apocalyptic times. On NBC's "Revelations,"
Bill Pullman and Natascha McElhone seek signs of the End of Days. In
the Senate, gray-haired eminences speak of the "nuclear option."
Full speed ahead to another Asian meltdown
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-05-08 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Thursday, May 5, 2005
http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?
duid=mtfh99650_2005-05-05_22-47-57_n05553518_newsml
NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. said on Thursday it had agreed to
pay $356 million to settle investor lawsuits related to the failure
of Commercial Financial Services Inc.
Dow Jones Newswires interviews analysts who expect gold above $500
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-05-08 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Hamish McDonald
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Sunday, May 8, 2005
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Full-speed-ahead-to-another-
Asian-meltdown/2005/05/08/1115491044455.html?oneclick=true
HONG KONG -- For Jim Walker, the chief economist at CLSA Asia-
Pacific Markets in Hong Kong, the signs are coming thick and fast.
The next China may be India, and they sure like gold over there
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2005-05-08 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy James Attwood
Dow Jones Newswires
Sunday, May 8, 2005
http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/050508/15/3sel0.html
SYDNEY, Australia -- With the pendulum apparently swinging back in
gold's favor, some analysts now expect the metal is back on track
for US$500 some time next year.
Confidence is building among gold traders and analysts that the
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