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Comex concentration hints that shorts are all government now
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-16 19:17 Section: Daily Dispatches7:14p ET Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Fear of deflation lately has been convulsing world markets, causing liquidation of most assets into dollar cash and government bonds. Unchecked, that sort of thing must lead to the cessation of all industrial and agricultural production, and everybody freezes and starves.
Monetizing debt is next, Fed says
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-16 16:58 Section: Daily DispatchesFed Cuts Rate to As Low As Zero, Will Use All Tools
By Scott Lanman and Craig Torres
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZS8x0eXMOiA&refer=home
Ted Butler: Flight to safety first
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-12-16 15:10 Section: Daily Dispatches3:10p ET Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Doug Pollitt on the possibly imminent end of paper gold
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-12-15 20:12 Section: Daily Dispatches8:11p ET Monday, December 15, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Doug Pollitt has written a wonderful essay about the possibly imminent end of the paper gold market. It's headlined "Positive Carry" and you can find it in PDF format at Kitco here:
http://www.kitco.com/reports/PositiveCarry-Dec09-08.pdf
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
GATA chairman to meet CFTC member and Rep. Paul
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 22:51 Section: Daily Dispatches10:49p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In his "Midas" commentary today at LeMetropoleCafe.com, GATA Chairman Bill Murphy announced his plans to meet in Washington shortly with Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Bart Chilton and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul to discuss the manipulation of gold and silver prices. You can read Murphy's commentary at GoldSeek here:
Gold suppression scheme was how Clinton deceived bond market
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 20:24 Section: Daily Dispatches8:19p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gene Arensberg: HUI surges while Canadian miners sleep
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 20:00 Section: Daily Dispatches8p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gene Arensberg's new "Got Gold Report" at Resource Investor says the market conditions for gold remain as strong as ever and some bids are starting to be made for the junior mining shares. Arensberg's report is headlined "HUI Surges While Canadian Miners Sleep" and you can find it at Resource Investor here:
Adrian Douglas: The gold rush is on
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 19:51 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Adrian Douglas
Sunday, December 14, 2008
The article that appeared in the Financial Times on Thursday and was dispatched by GATA was very significant:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/077b765c-c77c-11dd-b611-000077b07658.html?ncli...
What was especially significant was the article's necessity to supply disinformation:
Antal Fekete: Backwardation that shook the world
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 19:20 Section: Daily Dispatches7:18p ET Sunday, December 14, 2008
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Economist and monetary historian Antal Fekete explains tonight that he's calculating the current gold price a little different from others as he figures that the gold market has entered backwardation. Fekete's new essay is headlined "Backwardation That Shook the World" and you can find it at 24hGold here:
Swiss gold refineries pushed to the limit by demand
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-12-14 16:03 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Gerhard Lob
SwissInfo, Bern, Switzerland
Sunday, December 14, 2008
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Financial_crisis_boosts_Swiss_gold_pro...
Gold refineries in Switzerland are working at their limit to cope with demand for the precious metal from investors seeking ways to shield their wealth.