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Controlled devaluation of the dollar increasingly seems like official policy
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2003-01-04 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:21a ET Saturday, January 4, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
If the London Times remains the mouthpiece
of the British establishment, it may not be
hard to see the column appended here as a
clue about the objective of official
Anglo-American economic policy: a controlled
devaluation of the dollar.
CAN the central banks control the devaluation
that is under way when the world figures out
Morgan Chase denies ''any real exposure to gold''
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2003-01-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:24p ET Thursday, January 2, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Rodney Cook's new commentary at Gold-Eagle, titled
quot;Dirt Poor,quot; doesn't quite mention GATA but it
incorporates GATA's work from beginning to end in a
very entertaining way. You can find it here:
a href=http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/cook010303.htmlhttp://www.gold-e...
Chris Temple''s commentary on Morgan, Barrick, and the Blanchard lawsuit
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2003-01-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches12:56a ET Friday, January 3, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The story from CBSMarketWatch about J.P. Morgan
Chase that is appended here is especially interesting
for its last three paragraphs, wherein the company
denies any liability in regard to gold -- quot;any real
exposure,quot; to quote the company's chairman exactly.
The chairman insists that he doesn't know where the
Morgan/gold quot;rumorquot; comes from, and the company's
(No subject)
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2003-01-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10a ET Friday, January 3, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Kitco has posted some very interesting commentary
by Chris Temple, editor of NationalInvestor.com,
about Morgan Chase, Barrick Gold, and the Blanchard
lawsuit against them. You can find it here:
a href=http://www.kitco.com/ind/Temple/jan022003.htmlhttp://www.kitco.com/ind/T...
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
How could anyone think that Morgan Chase is in the gold business?
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2003-01-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches7:34p ET Friday, January 3, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
As you can see from the Reuters story appended
here, Morgan Chase stomped around a little more
today supposedly in pursuit of that nasty quot;rumorquot;
that the bank has some connection to the gold
business. Morgan continues to ask the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate
the quot;rumor,quot; as if its origin was something other
Excerpts from ''Midas'' commentary at www.LeMetropoleCafe.com
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2003-01-03 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches7:34p ET Friday, January 3, 2003
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
As you can see from the Reuters story appended
here, Morgan Chase stomped around a little more
today supposedly in pursuit of that nasty quot;rumorquot;
that the bank has some connection to the gold
business. Morgan continues to ask the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate
the quot;rumor,quot; as if its origin was something other
Morgan settles Enron case with insurers
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2003-01-02 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches7:23p ET Tuesday, December 24, 2002
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Check Gold-Eagle for a heartfelt and moving essay
by our friend who long has posted on the gold
bulletin boards under the name Farfel. It is titled
quot;Soothed by Golden Voices in the Darkness of My
Night,quot; and it resonates strongly with those of us
at GATA who long have felt as if we live on
another planet or in a parallel universe, given the
J.P. Morgan says it will take $1.3 billion in charges
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2003-01-02 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesJP MORGAN CHASE PRESS RELEASE
JPMorgan Chase announces settlement
of surety case with 10 out of 11 insurers
Thursday January 2, 2003
NEW YORK(BUSINESS WIRE)--J.P. Morgan Chase amp; Co.
announced today that it has settled its dispute with 10 of
the 11 insurance companies regarding the surety contracts
issued by those companies that guaranteed obligations of
Enron Corp. to JPMorgan Chase under prepaid commodity
Recommended reading at Gold-Eagle
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2003-01-02 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesJ.P. Morgan says it will take $1.3 billion in charges
a href=http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030102/financial_jpmorgan_outlook_1.htmlhttp://b...
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Reuters) -- J.P. Morgan Chase amp; Co.
said on Thursday it would take about $1.3 billion pretax in
charges for litigation related to Enron Corp. and the global
research settlement announced late last month.
The loneliness of the parallel universe
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2002-12-24 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches4:58p ET Monday, December 23, 2002
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Our friend Dr. Richard S. Appel, publisher of the
excellent Financial Insights newsletter, has an
essay at Kitco arguing that the fates of gold, silver,
and the dollar have been sealed by the recent
anti-deflation comments of Federal Reserve officials.
Here is one more close observer of the Fed who has
concluded that a big change in policy is under way.