Daily Dispatches

Koos Jansen: Media failure on Russia's official gold reserves

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2015-06-05 12:16 Section: Daily Dispatches

12:13p ET Friday, July 5, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Gold researcher and GATA consultant Koos Jansen today corrects a news agency report this week that grossly exaggerated Russia's gold reserves. His commentary is headlined "Media Failure on Russia's Official Gold Reserves" and it's posted at Bullion Star here:

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Alasdair Macleod: China's five-year plan and the end of an era

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2015-06-05 11:50 Section: Daily Dispatches

11:50a ET Friday, June 5, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Led by China, Asia countries are acquiring gold to remove risk from their currencies as the world moves away from the U.S. dollar, GoldMoney researcher Alasdair Macleod writes today. His commentary is headlined "China's Five-Year Plan and the End of an Era" and it's posted at GoldMoney here:

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Southwest England was scene of prehistoric gold rush, new research says

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2015-06-04 20:18 Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Keys
The Independent, London
Thursday, June 4, 2015

New archaeological research is revealing that southwest Britain was the scene of a prehistoric gold rush.

A detailed analysis of some of Western Europe's most beautiful gold artifacts suggests that Cornwall was a miniature Klondyke in the Early Bronze Age.

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HayekGold from Anthem Vault represents physical gold on the bitcoin blockchain

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2015-06-04 20:00 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Giulio Prisco
Bitcoin Magazine, Huntsville, Alabama
Thursday, June 4, 2015

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Ted Butler: First Majestic Silver's Keith Neumeyer steps up

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2015-06-04 19:33 Section: Daily Dispatches

7:30p ET Thursday, June 4, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst and whistleblower Ted Butler tonight congratulates First Majestic Silver CEO Keith Neumeyer for appealing to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission for an explanation of manipulation of the silver futures market. (See http://www.gata.org/node/15422.)

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IMF warns that Fed should delay rate hike until 2016

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2015-06-04 14:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Chance
Reuters
Thursday, June 4, 2015

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Reserve should delay a rate hike until the first half of 2016 until there are signs of a pickup in wages and inflation, the International Monetary Fund said today in its annual assessment of the economy.

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TF Metals Report: Avoiding the GLD

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2015-06-04 13:58 Section: Daily Dispatches

1:57p ET Thursday, June 4, 2015

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Metal in the exchange-traded gold fund GLD is being drained for shipment to Asia, where people know that they don't own gold if they can't hold it, the TF Metals Report's Turd Ferguson writes today. His commentary is headlined "Avoiding the GLD" and it's posted at the TF Metals Report here: