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Embargoes push Iran into remonetizing gold
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-05-18 10:26 Section: Daily DispatchesTurkish Gold Sales to Iran Soar as Sanctions Bite
By Behiye Taner
Reuters
Thursday, May 17, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/gold-turkey-iran-idUSL5E8GGF3K...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish gold sales to Iran in March soared over 30 times and gold companies said Iranians were turning to gold for savings and possibly trade as Western sanctions tighten.
Brett Heath: Paper gold and silver Ponzi exposed
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-05-18 10:20 Section: Daily Dispatches10:15a ET Friday, May 18, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
JPMorgan unit has $100 billion in risky bonds
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-05-18 00:54 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Sam Jones, Tracy Alloway, and Tom Braithwaite
Financial Times, London
Friday, May 18, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8ef035de-a043-11e1-88e6-00144feabdc0.html
Doug Casey: Precious metals market manipulation?
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-05-18 00:34 Section: Daily Dispatches12:20a ET Friday, May 18, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In an essay posted Thursday at GoldSeek, financial writer Doug Casey of Casey Research asks for evidence of gold market manipulation and some explanation of its purpose. Casey's essay is headlined "Precious Metals Market Manipulation?" and it's posted here:
Peter Grandich's presentation at the New York Hard Assets Conference
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2012-05-18 00:13 Section: Daily Dispatches12:12a ET Friday, May 18, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
South Africa gives tax break to gold miners
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-05-17 23:47 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ed Stoddard
Reuters
Thursday, May 17, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/africa-money-idUSL5E8GH73I2012...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- As African governments seek to extract more revenue from their mining sectors, the continent's biggest economy has given gold producers a much-needed tax break tha t removes at least one head wind from a struggling industry.
GATA Chairman Murphy's presentation to Las Vegas Moneyshow
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-05-17 23:36 Section: Daily Dispatches11:36p ET Thursday, May 17, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA Chairman Bill Murphy's presentation to the Las Vegas MoneyShow this week has been posted at YouTube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKC38M_RH1E
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
J.S. Kim: Fear and panic are banks' weapons against gold and silver
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2012-05-17 23:21 Section: Daily Dispatches11:20p ET Thursday, May 17, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Grandich, Sinclair do hand-holding for monetary metals investors
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2012-05-16 13:21 Section: Daily Dispatches1:18p ET Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Monetary metals investors looking for some hand holding might want to read market analyst and mining company consultant Peter Grandich's market letter today:
http://www.grandich.com/2012/05/update-45/
And Jim Sinclair's commentary, headlined, "Remember to Stay Balanced":
Japanese pension fund buys gold -- but only the ETF kind
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2012-05-16 13:13 Section: Daily DispatchesJapanese Pension Fund Switches to Gold
By Ben McLannahan
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1be7a2a2-9f3f-11e1-a255-00144feabdc0.html
TOKYO -- Okayama Metal & Machinery has become the first Japanese pension fund to make public purchases of gold, in a sign of dwindling faith in paper currencies.
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