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Mint can't meet demand as investors buy assets they can hold
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-24 18:10 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Sandy Shore
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081224/gold_hunt.html?.v=3
DENVER -- Investors who have forsaken shaky financial markets for the safety of gold must feel a little bit like prospectors.
Japan should write off its Treasury holdings, credit analyst says
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2008-12-24 11:09 Section: Daily DispatchesJapan Should Scrap U.S. Debt as Dollar May Plummet, Mikuni Says
By Stanley White and Shigeki Nozawa
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aFgHlh.Dn4Lc
Exporters meet to create 'gas OPEC'
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-23 19:31 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Isabel Gorst and Ed Crooks
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e11a283a-d0f1-11dd-8cc3-000077b07658.html
Energy ministers from 12 of the world's leading exporters of natural gas met in Moscow on Tuesday to create a producers' group that consumers fear could develop into an Opec-style cartel.
Eric Hommelberg: Extraordinarily bullish outlook for gold
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-23 19:09 Section: Daily Dispatches7p ET Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The new analysis by Eric Hommelberg of the Gold Discovery Letter extensively credits GATA's work exposing the manipulation of the gold market and includes some wonderful charts. It's headlined "Extraordinarily Bullish Outlook for Gold" and you can find it at GoldSeek here:
Ted Butler: More evidence of manipulation in CFTC's silver data
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-12-22 18:38 Section: Daily Dispatches6:35p ET Monday, December 22, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Gold doesn't pay interest? Neither do money market funds
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-12-22 08:28 Section: Daily DispatchesMoney Market Funds Reel as Yields Hit Zero
By Deborah Brewster
Financial Times, London
Sunday, December 21, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/813bd074-cf8b-11dd-abf9-000077b07658.html?ncli...
Where did the bailout money go? Banks keep it secret
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-12-22 08:18 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Matt Apuzzo
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Monday, December 22, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/meltdown_secrets
WASHINGTON -- It's something any bank would demand to know before handing out a loan: Where's the money going?
AP finds $1.6 billion went to execs of bailed-out banks
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-21 14:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Frank Bass and Rita Beamish
Associated Press
via Yahoo News
Sunday, December 21, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081221/ap_on_bi_ge/executive_bailouts
Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals.
Antal Fekete: Forward thinking on backwardation
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-21 12:02 Section: Daily Dispatches12:01p ET Sunday, December 21, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Economist and monetary historian Antal Fekete has replied again to critics of his analysis of backwardation in the gold market, this time with his essay "Forward Thinking on Backwardation," which can be found at 24hGold here:
James Saft: How will the Fed dismount its tiger?
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-21 11:54 Section: Daily DispatchesBy James Saft
Reuters
Friday, December 19, 2008
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2008/12/19/how-will-the-fed-get-of...
The Federal Reserve and U.S. economy have two considerable risks now that quantitative easing is at hand: keeping the dollar from a disorderly decline and figuring out how to dismount from the tiger.
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