Daily Dispatches

10a ET Sunday, February 1, 2026

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

In his weekend letter, market analyst and economist Alasdair Macleod writes that "Friday's action in gold, silver, and platinum was designed to flush out weak holders of paper contracts. This was for the benefit of establishment players in Comex's swaps category, who, being desperately short, are losing huge sums on mark-to-market valuations."

He calls it "a one-off scare, because nothing else has changed."

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By Andrew Sheng
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Saturday, January 31, 2026

https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3341788/us-dollar-weakens-all-glitters-gold?module=top_story&pgtype=section

10:50a ET Saturday, January 31, 2026

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Journalist Stuart Englert, author of "Rigged," an account of Western gold price suppression policy, has written another book, "Patient Millionaire," which explains how he came to put more faith in the monetary metals than in a currency being destroyed by government overspending and debt.

11:06a ET Friday, January 30, 2026

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Is President Trump's nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, former Fed Board of Governors member Kevin M. Warsh, really a "hawk" on interest rates, as mainstream financial news organizations are claiming as an explanation for the sharp declines in monetary metals prices in the last 24 hours?