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Bullion Star graphic describes how 'paper gold' controls the metal's price

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:10p ET Monday, February 20, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Bullion Star today publishes an elaborate informational graphic describing how bullion banks create almost infinite amounts of imaginary "paper gold" to control the monetary metal's price and prevent the price from being determined by physical demand.

Bullion Star summarizes the graphic's topics this way:

JPMorgan, HSBC among dozen banks facing fines for rigging S. African rand

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Renee Bonorchis and Michael Cohen
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

South Africa's antitrust investigators have urged that a dozen banks be fined for colluding and manipulating trades in the rand, potentially becoming the latest in a string of penalties handed to lenders around the world for rigging currencies.

Arizona bill would remove state tax on profit from sale of gold coins

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Howard Fischer
Arizona Daily Star, Tucson
Sunday, February 12, 2017

PHOENIX, Arizona -- Arguing that federal policies have made paper money "virtually worthless," Arizona lawmakers are moving to allow residents to invest in gold coins and not have to pay state taxes on any profits they make when they sell them.

Investors worldwide could become plaintiffs in class-action suit in UK against bullion banks

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:57p ET Saturday, February 18, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Investors in nine countries have responded to the announcement two weeks ago that a British law firm, Leon Kaye Solicitors, is contemplating bringing a class-action lawsuit in the United Kingdom under that country's Competition Act against bullion banks suspected of manipulating the gold and silver markets:

London bullion banks will pretend to be transparent next week

Section: Daily Dispatches

Banks to Test London Gold-Trading Platform in Transparency Push

By Eddie Van Der Walt
Bloomberg News
Friday, February 17, 2017

Some banks will start testing a new bullion-trading platform next week as part of the London Bullion Market Association's push to make the city's over-the-counter market more modern and transparent.

Ronan Manly: A chink of light into London's gold vaults?

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:30a ET Friday, February 17, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

John Ing: The primary 'Trump trade' is to buy gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:40p ET Thursday, February 16, 2017

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Canadian fund manager John Ing tonight gives King World News a comprehensive review of the world financial and political situation and concludes that the primary "Trump trade" is probably to buy gold. Ing's commentary is posted at KWN here:

Kyrgyzstan wants everyone to have 100 grams of gold

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Evgenia Pismennaya and Anna Andrianova
Bloomberg News
Thursday, February 15, 2017

A landlocked nation perched between China and Kazakhstan is embarking on an experiment with little parallel worldwide: shifting savings from cattle to gold.

Agnico plans to invest $1.2 billion in gold projects in Canada's north

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Danielle Bochove
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. plans to invest more than $1.2 billion in Canada's subarctic in the next three years as it builds one new mine and expands another.

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