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Chris Powell: Canada, you're a rich country, so stop insisting on being poor
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-03-02 01:13 Section: Daily DispatchesRemarks by Chris Powell
Secretary/Treasurer, Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Stein-GATA Dinner, Toronto
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Please forgive the lack of a French translation for my remarks. I took four years of French in high school and still don't know merde.
But since we met here a year ago things have changed dramatically for the monetary metals. For much of the last year gold and silver have been more or less soaring. I think I know why.
Chris Powell: Canada, you're a rich country, so stop insisting on being poor
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2026-03-02 01:03 Section: Daily DispatchesRemarks by Chris Powell
Secretary/Treasurer, Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Stein-GATA Dinner, Toronto
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Please forgive the lack of a French translation for my remarks. I took four years of French in high school and still don't know merde.
But since we met here a year ago things have changed dramatically for the monetary metals. For much of the last year gold and silver have been more or less soaring. I think I know why.
Thai gold-trading curbs take effect as authorities try to restrain baht
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-03-01 15:17 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Suttinee (Ying) Yuvejwattana and Matthew Burgess
Bloomberg News
via The Business Times, Singapore
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Thailand will implement tough new rules governing retail gold-trading from Sunday, March 1, hoping to curb speculative activity that has fueled gains in the baht and weakened the nation's competitiveness.
Crypto market hedges Iran war risks with 24/7 oil, gold trading
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-03-01 10:37 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Sidhartha Shukla and Muyao Shen
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Saturday, February 28, 2026
One of crypto's favorite 24/7 trading venues has become an unlikely hotspot for commodities and traditional asset classes this weekend, as traders scramble for round-the-clock hedges amid escalating tensions between the U.S., Israel and Iran.
Dubai gold flows curbed as flights halted amid U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-03-01 10:28 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Polina Devitt
Reuters
Sunday, March 1, 2026
LONDON -- Physical gold flows to and from Dubai's bullion trading hub will be severely curbed in coming days as airlines cancel flights due to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran's retaliation, three metals industry sources said.
Dubai's trading hub is a major gold supplier to Switzerland, Hong Kong, and India, a major consumer. Gold travels by plane due to security and insurance issues stemming from its value-to-weight ratio.
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Stuart Englert: Gold is the handiwork of divine alchemy
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-03-01 09:15 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Stuart Englert
https://stuartenglert.substack.com
Friday, February 27, 2026
With gold once again topping $5,200 an ounce, I thought it a good time to look back in time and ask: Where did this coveted metal comes from and why has it retained its universal appeal though the ages?
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Ed Steer's weekend Gold and Silver Digest posted in the clear at SilverSeek
Submitted by admin on Sun, 2026-03-01 09:04 Section: Daily Dispatches9:04a ET Sunday, March 1, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The weekend edition of GATA board member Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest letter, headlined "The Set-Up in Silver: Even More Incandescently White-Hot Bullish," is posted in the clear at SilverSeek here:
https://silverseek.com/article/set-silver-even-more-incandescently-white-hot-bullish
Market riggers have lost control and gold and silver miners have much catching up to do, Sprott says
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2026-02-28 00:26 Section: Daily Dispatches12:20a ET Saturday, February 28, 2024
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold and Silver:
Interviewed Friday by Jeremy Szafron of Kitco News, Canadian mining entrepreneur Eric Sprott says the people who have been controlling gold and silver prices have lost control and gold and silver mining stocks have a lot of catching up to do.
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Alasdair Macleod: Blue skies ahead for silver
Submitted by admin on Sat, 2026-02-28 00:19 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Friday, February 27, 2026
Gold was steady but silver volatile as Comex March contracts matured. Suspension due to "technical failures" saw high volatility in silver which has since recovered.
Futures were suspended to avert default in silver, trader Vince Lanci says
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-02-27 14:46 Section: Daily Dispatches2:46p ET Friday, February 27, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In his daily commentary for the Arcadia Economics channel at YouTube, market analyst and futures trader Vince Lanci offers his suspicion about the "technical issue" that supposedly caused the brief suspension of the U.S. commodities futures market on Wednesday. Most likely, Lanci says, there were so many more buy orders than sell orders for silver on the eve of contract closing that the exchange needed more time to balance them or delay delivery on some to prevent a public default.
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