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Bank of China will let investors trade dollars directly for gold
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2006-02-28 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:55p ET Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Silver market analyst Ted Butler new essay,
"Confirmation," dredges Barrick Gold's latest
financial report and hauls up the hedge book
loss data that wasn't publicized in the
company's press release and news service
reports. Butler finds that Barrick's quarterly
profit of $175 million was only about a third
of the quarterly loss on its hedge book,
China discusses bloat in its U.S. dollar reserves
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2006-02-27 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Keith Bradsher
The New York Times
Sunday, February 26, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/26/weekinreview/26bradsher.html?
_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
HONG KONG -- China has such a huge stash of other countries' money
that it could, in theory, hand out bonuses equaling half a year's
wages to all 770 million of its famously low-paid workers.
John Embry to debate Dennis Gartman on ROB-TV Wednesday
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2006-02-27 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesChinese economist: Cut dollar share of forex reserves
From Reuters
via China Daily, Beijing
Monday, February 27, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-
02/27/content_524420.htm
China should reduce the dollar share of its foreign exchange
reserves because of the risks posed by the instability of the U.S.
currency, influential economics professor Xiao Zhuoji said in an
From the Silk Road to the superhighway, all coin leads to China
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2006-02-26 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches6:19p ET Friday, February 24, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Silver market analyst Jason Hommel, editor of Silver
Stock Report, has written a comprehensive analysis
of the prospects for an exchange-traded fund in
silver, and it has been posted at SilverSeek, the
companion Internet site of GoldSeek. It's titled
"The Silver ETF: What's the Deal?," and you can
find it here:
You''re invited to the St. Louis premiere of ''Gold Rush 21''
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2006-02-24 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:12p ET Thursday, February 23, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
For GATA board member Ed Steer, "One Day in
February" put it all together -- U.S. Rep. Ron
Paul's comprehensive speech on the world
financial situation, "The End of Dollar Hegemony,"
and an interview with John Perkins, author of
"Confessions of an Economic Hitman." You can
find Steer's essay at Financial Sense here:
Grandich does it again: quoted by a major news service about gold''s manipulation
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2006-02-24 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches12:53a ET Friday, February 24, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Holt & Shapard Capital Management LLC of St.
Louis, Missouri, whose partner Wistar Holt is a
member of GATA's Board of Directors, invites
you to the St. Louis premiere showing of "Gold
Rush 21," Trevor Johnston's video summary of
GATA's conference in the Yukon Territory,
Canada, last August.
The St. Louis premiere will take place Wednesday,
Jason Hommel: What''s the deal with the silver ETF?
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2006-02-24 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches5:54p ET Friday, February 24, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
How does Peter Grandich of The Grandich Letter
keep getting away with it? Here he is again tonight
quoted in a major news service story while using
the word "manipulation" in regard to gold. Along
with GATA, all gold and silver investors owe
Grandich much gratitude.
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
Are Fed and Treasury preparing massive intervention in currency markets?
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-02-23 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:42p ET Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Silver market analyst Ted Butler is arguing that
exchange-traded funds in the precious metals
are likely to become devices for more market
manipulation. Hear him out in "Hit With the
Stupid Stick Again" at GoldSeek's companion site,
SilverSeek, here:
As currencies tremble, World Gold Council pitches fashion
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-02-23 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches11:56p ET Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Are the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department
preparing for a major program of intervention in the
currency markets?
Even the official acknowledgement that such intervention
MIGHT become policy would seem to be big news, since the
U.S. government long has maintained that it has not been
intervening in the currency markets, leaving that kind of
James Turk: Get ready for the breakout of gold and silver prices
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-02-23 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesGold shines as designers create new and trendy works
By Chen Jie
China Daily, Beijing
Thursday, February 23, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-
02/23/content_523095.htm
Real gold jewellery glowed in this season's fashion weeks in New
York, Milan and Paris as the runways sizzled with gold fabrics and
accessories heralding the metal's return to the forefront of fashion.
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