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China's Treasury holdings extend drop amid trade war escalation
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2019-07-16 19:54 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Sarah McGregor and Katherine Gdreifeld
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries dipped in May to the lowest in two years amid an escalation of the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Alasdair Macleod: Refuting Ted Butler's criticism
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2019-07-16 12:02 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Jersey, Channel Islands
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Following last Thursday’s article on silver ("A Whale Is Accumulating Silver Futures"), Ted Butler, an analyst who specifically follows silver futures on Comex, responded in an article posted on Silverseek entitled "Wrong Whale."
A gigantic gold coin makes its way to Wall Street
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2019-07-16 09:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Asjyiyn Loder
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Richard Hayes plans to leave a $45 million coin on the streets of Manhattan all day today, but he isn't particularly worried about a thief carting it off.
Ted Butler: Alasdair Macleod has the wrong whale
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-07-15 23:14 Section: Daily Dispatches11:13p ET Monday, July 15, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Silver market analyst Ted Butler today disputes GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod about who is really long and short silver on the New York Commodities Exchange.
Butler adds: "I'm sick and tired about hearing how JPMorgan is acting on China's behalf, a favorite of the whack-job, tinfoil hat conspiracists.
Texas may waive taxes on gold and silver stored at state depository
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-07-15 20:20 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom LewRockwell.com
Monday, July 15, 2019
Texas continues to take steps to make the state more friendly to gold and silver.
Barrick wins $5.83B arbitration award against Pakistan but getting paid won't be easy
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-07-15 19:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Gabriel Friedman
National Post, Toronto
Monday, July 15, 2019
The World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes has ordered the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to pay US$5.83 billion to a Barrick Gold Corp. joint venture subsidiary for blocking a mining project nearly a decade ago.
Turk tells King World News why silver looks so good
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-07-15 19:45 Section: Daily Dispatches7:43p ET Monday, July 15, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Craig Hemke at Sprott Money: Expectations and opportunity cost
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-07-15 19:20 Section: Daily Dispatches7:20p ET Monday, July 15, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Venezuela defies sanctions to sell another $40 million in gold reserves
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2019-07-15 18:42 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Patricia Laya
Bloomberg News
Monday, July 15, 2019
Venezuela sold about $40 million worth of gold last week, defying numerous U.S. sanctions that threaten to cut off Nicolas Maduro's autocratic regime, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Modern Monetary Theory is fact and practice, and market rigging is its consequence
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2019-07-14 11:21 Section: Daily Dispatches2:04p ET Sunday, July 14, 2019
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Modern Monetary Theory, which has been getting much attention lately, is so controversial mainly because it is misunderstood.
It is misunderstood first because it is not a theory at all but a truism.
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