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John Crudele: How Washington will try to rig the stock market
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2015-08-26 07:46 Section: Daily DispatchesBy John Crudele
New York Post
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
How long will it be before Washington decides to rig the U.S. stock market?
Well, it could have happened Monday around noon.
The U.S. Treasury admitted that it had been in touch with "market participants." Was that just a social call or was Treasury Secretary Jack Lew lining up his market manipulators?
Precious metals trading is probed by EU after U.S. inquiry
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-08-25 11:03 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Gaspard Sebag Stephen Morris
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
European Union antitrust regulators are probing precious-metals trading following a U.S. investigation that embroiled some of the world's biggest banks.
The European Commission disclosed the probe after HSBC Holdings said in a filing this month that it had received a request for information from the EU in April.
On KWN, Embry discusses China crash and PPT's rescue of U.S. stocks
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2015-08-25 08:11 Section: Daily Dispatches8:10a ET Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Sprott Asset Management's John Embry, interviewed by King World News, discusses China's stock market crash and the work of the Plunge Protection Team in pushing the U.S. stock market back up on Monday. An excerpt from the interview is posted at the KWN blog here:
Please join GATA in New Orleans in October -- you really can't lose
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-08-24 21:36 Section: Daily Dispatches9:35p ET Monday, August 24, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Dave Kranzler: Gold vs. the U.S. dollar -- the big lie
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-08-24 12:28 Section: Daily Dispatches12:27p ET Monday, August 24, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Lost in today's turmoil in the equity markets, Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics writes, are a plunge in the value of the U.S. dollar and a surge in gold offtake from the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Kranzler's analysis is headlined "Gold vs. the U.S. Dollar: The Big Lie" and it's posted at the IRD Internet site here:
Deutsche Bank admits that the markets are just rigging by central banks
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-08-24 12:19 Section: Daily Dispatches12:19p ET Monday, August 24, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Zero Hedge today quotes a Deutsche Bank report asserting that the world financial system is "artificially manipulated" and relies on constant intervention by central banks. Zero Hedge also credits itself for having said as much six years ago:
Koos Jansen: Theory on China's gold strategy
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2015-08-24 08:05 Section: Daily Dispatches8a ET Monday, August 24, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Ben Davies: Another BRIC in the wall
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2015-08-23 22:14 Section: Daily Dispatches10:12p ET Sunday, August 23, 2015
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
India's imports of gold-silver alloy may almost double, refiner says
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2015-08-23 11:34 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Rajendra Jadhav
Reuters
Saturday, August 22, 2015
PANAJI, India -- India's imports of dore, a semi-pure alloy of gold and silver, are rising fast and could nearly double this fiscal year, the head of the country's top gold refiner said on Saturday.
China's neighbors step up stock market support
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2015-08-23 11:12 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Bloomberg News
Sunday, August 23, 2015
China isn't the only country resorting to extraordinary measures to shore up its tumbling stock market.