Daily Dispatches

U.S. must buy more assets to prevent 'tsunami,' bond manager Gross says

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2008-09-04 14:44 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jody Shenn
Bloomberg News Service
Thursday, September4, 2008

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZLLPW9YEa60&refer=home

NEW YORK -- The U.S. government needs to start using more of its money to support markets to stem a burgeoning "financial tsunami," according to Bill Gross, manager of the world's biggest bond fund.

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Troubled lenders' junk swaps with Bank of England soar

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-09-02 20:51 Section: Daily Dispatches

Lenders May Have Tapped Bank Scheme for L200 Billion

By Philip Aldrick
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/09/03/cnsls1...

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Ted Butler challenges CFTC to detail biggest silver short

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-09-02 14:32 Section: Daily Dispatches

2:30p ET Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Silver market analyst Ted Butler today elaborates on his disclosure of the recent hyper-concentration of the short position in the silver market, speculating that it was a U.S. government operation. Butler writes:

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Peter Brimelow: Radical gold bugs say manipulation will fail

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2008-09-02 00:49 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Peter Brimelow
MarketWatch.com
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/radical-gold-bugs-say-manipulation...

NEW YORK -- Down but not out.

The radical gold bugs have taken some body blows recently, but they're still fighting, and gold is still struggling back.

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James Turk: Uptrends continue for gold and silver

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-01 22:03 Section: Daily Dispatches

10p ET Monday, September 1, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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World Gold Council responds to failure of commodity market regulation

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2008-09-01 11:10 Section: Daily Dispatches

World Gold Council and Damas Launch 2008 'Generation Gold' Youth Campaign

From AMEInfo.com, Dubai
Monday, September 1, 2008

http://www.ameinfo.com/167556.html

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Gene Arensberg: Banks' huge shorting of gold, silver looks like manipulation

Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2008-08-31 09:42 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:30a ET Sunday, August 31, 2008

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

Resource Investor's Gene Arensberg seems convinced in his latest "Gold Gold Report" that the recent enormous shorting of gold and silver by a few banks was a market manipulation and likely a currency intervention inspired by the U.S. government.

Arensberg writes: