Daily Dispatches

Treasury's gold auditor doesn't know if reserves are leased or swapped

Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2008-01-25 08:49 Section: Daily Dispatches

Feds Accused of Gold Price Manipulation

By Jerome R. Corsi
WorldNetDaily.com
Friday, January 25, 2008

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59876

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Ted Butler: The coming investment boom in silver

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 22:30 Section: Daily Dispatches

10:30p ET Thursday, January 24, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Richard J. Greene: Don't trust gold and silver ETFs to have any metal

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 21:32 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:28p ET Thursday, January 24, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Richard J. Greene, managing partner of Thunder Capital Management in Clearwater, Florida, expresses skepticism of the gold and silver exchange-traded funds in his new essay, "Gold and Silver ETFs' Disparities with Gold Price Mean Higher Risk." You can find it at Market Oracle here:

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John Crudele: You should be wary of this market rebound

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 21:22 Section: Daily Dispatches

By John Crudele
New York Post
Thursday, January 24, 2008

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01242008/business/you_should_be_wary_of_this...

It's a miracle -- two days in a row.

The stock market was going to hell again yesterday when suddenly -- out of a cloud of dust and a hearty hi-ho, Silver -- someone came to the rescue.

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European Central bank deeply split on immediate rate cut

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 21:01 Section: Daily Dispatches

Fed move sparks ECB dilemma

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Friday, January 25, 2008

DAVOS, Switzerland -- A serious conflict at the European Central Bank has broken into the open after Spain's finance minister revealed that a number of board members are pushing for an immediate rate cut in light of the emergency action by the US Federal Reserve week.

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Did Societe Generale trades trigger market rout, Fed cut?

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-01-24 20:48 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Sitaraman Shankar and Blaise Robinson
Reuters
Thursday, January 24, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2455504620080124

Societe Generale's shock disclosure of a fraud that lost it $7 billion has left investors wondering about a link between the fiasco and Monday's European stock market rout.