Daily Dispatches

Investors in U.S. Treasuries contemplate yields tumbling to zero

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2020-03-05 11:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Colby Smith
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

In the wake of the first emergency interest-rate cut from the US Federal Reserve since the global financial crisis, investors have begun to grapple with a question that was once not even in the back of their minds: could U.S. Treasury yields fall to zero?

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UBS considers passing negative rates to more clients

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2020-03-05 11:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Marion Halftermeyer and Patrick Winters
Bloomberg News
Thursday, March 5, 2020

UBS Group AG is considering whether to impose fees on a wider group of savers as it seeks to share the burden of negative interest rates.

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J.P. Koning: Could gold confiscation happen again?

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2020-03-05 11:14 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:17a ET Thursday, March 5, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bullion Star's J.P. Koning today reviews the history of gold confiscation in the United States and United Kingdom and concludes that the circumstances used to justify confiscation no longer exist and so confiscation is unlikely.

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Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Another interest rate cut coming this month

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2020-03-04 21:45 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:48p ET Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Another cut in Federal Reserve interest rates is more than likely this month, the TF Metals Report's Craig Hemke writes tonight at Sprott Money, and while gold and silver futures trading will be as always vulnerable to sharp falls, as long as interest rates trend toward zero, the metals will find bids on dips.

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Support our campaign for a free gold market by purchasing GATA-label wine

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2020-03-04 20:56 Section: Daily Dispatches

8:58p ET Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Wine carrying the label of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee are now available for purchase by the case from Fay J Winery LLC in Texarkana, Texas. Each case has 12 bottles and the cost is $240, which includes shipping via Federal Express.

Here's what the bottles look like:

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Jim Rickards: Gold is a chameleon -- and the most reliable money

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2020-03-04 20:52 Section: Daily Dispatches

By James G. Rickards
Daily Reckoning, Baltimore
Friday, February 28, 2020

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'Rigged' author Stuart Englert interviewed by The Daily Coin

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2020-03-03 11:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:50a ET Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Stuart Englert, author of "Rigged -- Exposing the Largest Financial Fraud in History," which draws heavily on GATA's documentation of the manipulation of the gold market by governments and central banks, was interviewed a few days ago by The Daily Coin's Rory Hall.

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Ronan Manly: Physical gold demand at record levels as paper gold price disconnects

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2020-03-01 18:17 Section: Daily Dispatches

6:17p ET Sunday, March 1, 2020

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Last week's smash in the gold price, Bullion Star researcher Ronan Manly writes today, was entirely a matter of derivatives trading, contradicting the physical market, which experienced rising demand and remains strong.