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Real metal keeps moving to Shanghai, silver severely underpriced, Maguire tells LFTV

Section: Daily Dispatches

9p ET Thursday, May 7, 2026

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Answering viewer questions on this week's edition of Kinesis Money's "Live from the Vault" program, London metals trader Andrew Maguire says physical gold and silver trading continues to move away from New York and London to Shanghai, Shanghai prices show silver is severely underpriced in the West, and a spike in silver prices is imminent.

The program is 41 minutes long and can be viewed at the Kinesis Money channel at YouTube here:

Hungary returns to Ukraine a seized cash and gold shipment worth $82 million

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Justin Spike
Associated Press
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- A shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold worth around $82 million that Hungary seized earlier this year has been returned to Ukraine's state Oschadbank, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today.

Standstill in India's gold imports drags on, threatening supply

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Preeti Soni, Yihui Xie, and Vignesh Radhakrishnan
Bloomberg News
via The Times of India, Mumbai
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Indian banks have been unable to import gold and silver for five weeks, an unusually long halt that’s pushing up domestic prices and threatening shortages in the world's second-biggest bullion market.

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David Fickling: China's defiance of sanctions heralds a post-dollar world

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Fickling
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

The fight over U.S. sanctions on China's oil refining companies is being framed as a battle over high principles. In fact, it's about raw power.

Beijing on Saturday ordered five domestic refiners to ignore U.S. restrictions announced last month over their alleged connection to trade in Iranian oil. Those clashing legal mandates potentially create a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation for the firms, and for any banks, insurers, chemicals groups, and shipping lines that deal with them.

Alasdair Macleod: Why does gold fall as the world cracks up?

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:23a ET Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his financial newsletter yesterday, economist and monetary metals advocate Alasdair Macleod addressed a mystery recently haunting gold investors. 

He begins: "Why goes the gold price fall when war risk increases, and rise when tension relieves? And if oil goes up, why is that bad for gold? This is the opposite of what should happen."

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Mozambique weighs swapping dollar debt for yuan debt

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Tavares Cebola
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Mozambique is considering converting the $1.4 billion it owes China into renminbi loans as part of a debt restructuring with its biggest bilateral creditor, in line with similar moves by other African sovereign borrowers.

"This is usually a possibility that the cooperation partner raises," the finance ministry said in response to questions at the weekend. "In this specific case, it was a valid possibility that was put on the table."

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Ed Steer: How the London fix has suppressed gold prices since 1975

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Sprott Money, Toronto
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Originally published by [GATA board member] Ed Steer on November 4, 2024, this article examines longstanding distortions in gold pricing and the structural imbalance between paper and physical markets. 

King Report: Trump's obsession with stock market prompts suspicion of intervention

Section: Daily Dispatches

From The King Report, Burr Ridge, Illinois
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

https://thekingreport.com/

... On Friday, when confronted by a reporter about soaring energy prices, Trump said people are making a lot of money in their 401Ks and other stock market holdings. Obviously Trump is extremely, one might say overly, sensitive to the stock market.

Astute traders recognize this and wonder to what degree he and Bessant are rigging or intervening in the markets. 'Tis why dips are short-lived! ...

Doug Casey to lead speakers at this year's New Orleans Investment Conference

Section: Daily Dispatches

Join GATA there Wednesday-Saturday, October 28-31

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By Brien Lundin
Gold Newsletter / Golden Opportunities
CEO, New Orleans Investment Conference
Metairie, Louisiana
Monday, May 4, 2026

I've got great news to share with you today.

My friend Doug Casey just emailed me that he's coming to this year's New Orleans Investment Conference.

Gold buyers in China on alert over hard-to-detect fakes

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Aw Cheng Wei and Joyce Z.K. Lim
The Straits Times, Singapore
Friday, May 1, 2026

CHONGQING / SHENZHEN, China -- Office executive Xu Tanji was contemplating buying a gold pendant for her mother's birthday at a neighbourhood jewellery store near her house in Chongqing when she saw news reports about counterfeit gold.

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported on April 26 that fraudsters had been mixing rhenium -- a silvery rare metal that costs a fraction of the price of gold -- with the precious metal to make fakes that are hard to detect.

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