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Shift to Democrats in Congress would transform policy debates
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2006-11-05 10:21 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Brad Foss
Associated Press
Friday, November 3, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061103/ap_on_bi_ge/election_business;_ylt=A...
Policy debates affecting every corner of the economy are likely to shift in major ways if Tuesday's election, as expected, gives Democrats more power in Congress.
Hearings focused on boosting domestic petroleum supplies could morph into talks about raising energy efficiency.
The trillion-dollar high of China's central bank
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2006-11-05 10:11 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Agence France-Presse
via Yahoo News
Sunday, November 5, 2006
http://au.news.yahoo.com/061105/19/11b08.html
SHANGHAI -- China will announce any day now that its forex reserves have shot past one trillion dollars in a relentless rise described as the stimulating but risky financial equivalent of mainlining drugs.
The unprecedented financial high will come as no surprise to economists and traders, who widely estimate that Beijing's foreign reserves holdings already hit one trillion dollars late last month.
China needs more derivatives, govt. financial official says
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2006-11-04 10:45 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Christina Soon
Bloomberg News Service
Saturday, November 4, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=axDuYFWDf0xw
BEIJING -- China needs derivatives products, including a deepening forwards market, to help companies hedge against risks as the yuan appreciates against the dollar, Vice Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said.
"We need products to hedge against risks," Lou told a conference in Beijing today. "Yuan gains will have a certain risk for companies. We should have a yuan forwards market."
Euro hasn't gained as reserve currency for three years
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2006-11-04 10:36 Section: Daily DispatchesBIS Says Dollar Still
Top Reserve Currency
From Reuters
via Khaleej Times, Dubai
Saturday, November 4, 2006
BERLIN -- The US dollar has a big lead over the euro as the world’s top reserve currency, but the British pound is now much more widely held than the Japanese yen, according to a Bank for International Settlements report quoted in a German magazine on Saturday.
Der Spiegel quoted a new BIS study which found that the euro was not yet in a position to challenge the dollar as the key reserve currency, despite speculation that the greenback had been losing ground.
One more proof there's too much 'money' sloshing around
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2006-11-03 17:51 Section: Daily DispatchesNew Gig Has Chelsea
Hedging Into Big Money
By Ben Smith
New York Daily News
Friday, November 3, 2006
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/467929p-393667c.html
Former and perhaps future First Daughter Chelsea Clinton is getting a new job -- and probably a big raise.
Clinton is taking a post at the Avenue Capital Group, a hedge fund run by supporters of her mother, according to a person familiar with the company's decision.
Democrats warn that U.S. debt could trigger crisis
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-11-02 20:59 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Reuters
Thursday, November 2, 2006
http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reut...
WASHINGTON -- Democratic lawmakers warned on Thursday that U.S. reliance on foreign countries to purchase U.S. debt could lead to a financial crisis as they faulted the Bush administration's economic stewardship.
Buy gold regularly, like clockwork, and it will treat you right
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-11-02 19:49 Section: Daily Dispatches7:45p ET Thursday, November 2, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Shares of gold and silver mining companies have huge potential as well as huge risk, but if you can settle for 10 or 20 percent or so per year on your savings and want to sleep soundly and regain some of the time you spend at the computer screen tracking and trading stocks, some good advice was posted today at the USAGold.com Forum by Webmaster Randy Strauss. It is appended.
James Turk: Almost a breakout
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-11-02 08:53 Section: Daily Dispatches8:47a Thursday, November 2, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney founder, Freemarket Gold & Money Report editor, and GATA consultant James Turk charts gold and silver prices once again and concludes that there is "almost a breakout" -- but not until silver confirms gold's recent rise. You can find Turk's new analysis in the "Founder's Commentary" box at the top left of the GoldMoney home page here:
AngloGold Ashanti continues to reduce forward sales of gold
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2006-11-01 08:23 Section: Daily Dispatches8:17a ET Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Resource Investor's Charlotte Matthews reports that AngloGold Ashanti has reduced by nearly another $400 million the value of gold it has sold in advance of production. AngloGold Ashanti's hedge book is now at 9.5 million ounces, just about half of what it was four years ago. You can find the report at Resource Investor here:
John Hathaway: Gold can triple without any catastrophe
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2006-11-01 08:16 Section: Daily Dispatches8:14a ET Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Tocqueville Gold Fund manager John Hathaway surveys the gold and financial markets in his new essay, "Trivial Pursuit," and remarks:
"Should fear revisit the financial markets, buying power for gold is without precedent. While the gold mining industry struggles to produce 2,500 tonnes per year, an amount that would increase the above-ground stock of gold by a paltry 1.7 percent, the financial system continually spews out a blizzard of new financial assets, all of which represent potential claims for liquidity and safety.
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