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IMF rejects investment house bids for gold
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-03-26 17:53 Section: Daily Dispatches5:56p ET Friday, March 26, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Today we welcome Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S. Global Investors in San Antonio, Texas, to the ranks of tin-foil hat wearers, rent-seeking parasites, and charlatans, on account of the interview he has just given to Alex Steele of Kitco News.
CFTC posts video of hearing on metals futures trading
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-03-26 16:12 Section: Daily Dispatches4:10p ET Friday, March 26, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Video of all of yesterday's hearing of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commisison on the metals futures markets has been posted at the CFTC's Internet site here:
http://www.capitolconnection.net/capcon/cftc/webcastarchive.htm
Zero Hedge, Jesse's Cafe Americain note GATA's whistleblower
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2010-03-26 00:54 Section: Daily Dispatches12:51a ET Friday, March 26, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
There's a buzz in the financial blogosphere about GATA's presentation of the silver market manipulation whistleblower at Thursday's hearing of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Zero Hedge is sardonically indignant here:
Video of GATA Chairman Murphy's CFTC testimony posted at YouTube
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-03-25 22:31 Section: Daily Dispatches10:25p ET Thursday, March 25, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
A great day at the CFTC, and another one's coming
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-03-25 21:15 Section: Daily Dispatches9:36p ET Thursday, March 25, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
A few observations by someone who caught most of today's CFTC hearing via telephone conference call. ...
A London trader walks the CFTC through a silver manipulation in advance
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-03-25 19:41 Section: Daily DispatchesAdditional Statement by Bill Murphy, Chairman
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee
to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Washington, D.C., March 25, 2010
Metal-trading limits weighed by U.S. regulator
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-03-25 17:38 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Millie Munshi and Alan Bjerga
Bloomberg News
Thursday, March 25, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aQEmXWROcmRQ
WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators are considering limits on how much of the market for metals including gold and copper that speculators can control after last year’s financial crisis spurred record swings in futures prices.
Metals trade limits would hurt U.S., financial execs say
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-03-25 17:06 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Marcy Gordon
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Thursday, March 25, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100325/ap_on_bi_ge/us_regulators_metals_tra...
CFTC faces naysayers on metals trade limits
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2010-03-25 16:40 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Frank Tang and Tom Doggett
Reuters
Thursday, March 25, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2521251820100325
WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. futures regulator heard objections on Thursday from exchanges and traders who said limiting metals speculation could irreparably harm markets, while some questioned whether the agency has the authority to impose such restrictions.
Can't manipulate Treasuries market? But that's the point of rigging gold!
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-03-24 20:53 Section: Daily Dispatches9:14p ET Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Our friend P.B. writes:
"Best of luck to GATA at the CFTC hearing tomorrow. What a long, strange trip it's been.
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