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More highlights from the Phoenix resource conference
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-09 12:26 Section: Daily Dispatches12:27p ET Monday, March 9, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA gets mentioned in a pseudonymous account of the Phoenix Resource Investment Conference posted at Seeking Alpha on Sunday. It's headlined "Top 5 Highlights from the Phoenix Resource Conference" and you can find it here:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/124720-top-5-highlights-from-the-phoenix...?
China energy head would buy more gold, oil, commodities
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-09 12:20 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Zhou Xin
Reuters
via Forbes.com
Monday, March 9, 2009
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/03/09/afx6140426.html
BEIJING -- China should use part of its nearly $2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves to buy more gold, oil, uranium, and other strategic commodities, the head of China's energy bureau said in comments published on Monday.
Bloomberg TV airs doubt about gold ETFs
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-03-09 12:01 Section: Daily Dispatches12:10p ET Monday, March 9, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Hedge funds buying much more paper than metal
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-03-08 22:41 Section: Daily DispatchesBearish Big Investors Catch Gold Bug
By Gregory Zuckerman
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, March 9, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123655584569665995.html?
Large investors, including some who anticipated troubles for the housing and financial sectors, have been buying gold, concerned that moves by governments to shovel money at problem areas could cripple leading currencies.
Michael Kosares: Gold coin shortage likely to become chronic
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-03-08 21:30 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Michael Kosares
Centennial Precious Metals, Denver
http://www.usagold.com
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Is the U.S. Mint's production problem long-term or short-term?
What will be the effect on gold coin prices?
In 1999, at the height of the Y2K crisis and under the strain of record gold demand, the U.S. Mint produced 2,055,000 1-ounce gold American eagles.
Bloomberg TV in Asia cites GATA during Rogers interview
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-03-08 20:06 Section: Daily Dispatches7:54p ET Sunday, March 8, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Friends report that Bloomberg Television's Asia program moderator, Bernard Lo in Hong Kong, tonight mentioned GATA in a question he put on the air to renowned investor Jim Rogers during the interview from which the Bloomberg story appended here was drawn.
Hedge fund investors turn to gold
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-03-08 17:32 Section: Daily DispatchesBut real metal or just manipulated paper?
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By Henny Sender and Javier Blas
Financial Times, London
Sunday, March 8, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37fcba70-0c0a-11de-b87d-0000779fd2ac.html
Hedge fund investors who made money last year by betting against investment banks are now buying gold as a way of betting against central banks.
Barrick founder sets no limits on gold price
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2009-03-08 17:03 Section: Daily DispatchesBy William MacNamara
Financial Times, London
Sunday, March 8, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f4375ee-0c07-11de-b87d-0000779fd2ac.html?ncli...
Financial Times only pretends to report on gold market
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-03-07 14:39 Section: Daily Dispatches2:36p ET Saturday, March 7, 2009
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Friday's Financial Times story by Javier Blas about the prospects for renewal of the central bank gold sales agreement, appended here, seems to go out of its way to avoid reporting anything worthwhile, even after advertising the reporter's connections to insiders.
James Saft: Only way out is to inflate and default
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2009-03-07 13:51 Section: Daily DispatchesLet Sleeping Shadow Banking Systems Lie
By James Saft
Reuters
Friday, March 6, 2009
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/03/06/let-sleeping-shadow-ban...
Rather than vainly trying to refloat the shadow banking system, the U.S. would be better off grappling with the inevitable ultimate solution -- debt destruction and inflation.
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