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James Turk: A ''waterfall decline'' for the dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold Waits as Base Metals Fall;
South African Bid Is Reminder
that the Commodity Has Great Potential

Barry Riley
Financial Times
Monday, October 25, 2004

It has been a frustrating year for gold bugs, who have
been forced to watch the bullion price tracking
sideways while other commodities have been soaring
-- oil by 60 percent and copper by 25 percent.

But Harmony's cheeky bid last week for the somewhat

Ted Butler: Bullion dealers have never been shorter, hedge funds never longer

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:39a ET Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney proprietor James Turk, editor of the
Freemarket Gold & Money Report and consultant
to GATA, observes in new commentary that the
U.S. dollar has fallen 4 percent in 12 trading
sessions and has entered a "waterfall" decline
that is propelling gold in the other direction.
You can find Turk's analysis in the "founder's

Financial Times: Is the dollar about to fall off a cliff?

Section: Daily Dispatches

From Pravda Online, Moscow
Friday, October 22, 2004
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2004/10/22/56751.html

The weighted average dollar exchange rate was
29 RUR/USD in the first 90 minutes of trade at a
special session today. Thus, the official dollar rate
for October 23-25 will decrease by RUR0.12. This
is the most considerable one-day drop of the dollar

The Gartman Letter shifts from denial to preferring not to know

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Steve Johnson
Financial Times, London
Saturday, October 23, 2004

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2df17324-2490-11d9-a110-00000e2511c8.html

After months of relative torpor the currency market
burst into life this week as the pressures building on
the U.S. dollar finally forced the greenback to crack.

The dollar spiralled out of the tight trading range of

Financial Times'' Barry Riley examines gold''s prospects and cites GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:24a ET Monday, October 25, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

"Conspiracies rarely exist," Dennis Gartman wrote
in the September 14 edition of The Gartman Letter,
disparaging GATA's contention that central banks
and bullion banks have been working together to
suppress the gold price.

But Gartman sounded a little different about gold
in his edition of Friday, October 22:

Russian central bank stops supporting dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:53p ET Saturday, October 23, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The November issue of Financial Insights, the newsletter
of Dr. Richard S. Appel, provides an excellent overview
of the real gold market and recognizes GATA's work.
Appel has generously granted permission for a large part
of his November issue to be shared with you here, so it
is appended.

Financial Insights discusses gold, the financial markets,

Sanders Research interviews GATA Chairman Bill Murphy

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:19p ET Thursday, October 21, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to GATA supporter Martin Thomas for
noting this chart by Professor Werner Antweiler
of the University of British Columbia in
Vancouver, plotting the performance of five
major currencies against gold since July:

http://shmyl.com/ppzison

Looks like the metal is starting to get away

Central banks may be up against a lot more history than they think

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:18a ET Saturday, October 23, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Chris Sanders of Sanders Research Associates has
done for his firm's newsletter an interview with GATA
Chairman Bill Murphy and we've been given permission
to post it at GATA's Internet site here:

http://www.gata.org/InterviewWithMurphy.htm

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer

Newmont officials in Indonesia released from jail

Section: Daily Dispatches

Bulgaria Dig Suggests Rich Past

From British Broadcasting Co.
Friday, October 22, 2004

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3945023.stm

Archaeologists in Bulgaria say they have found hundreds
of tiny gold jewels dating back 5,000 years, possible
proof of Europe's earliest civilisation. The head of
Bulgaria's National Museum of History, Bozhidar

Financial Insights newsletter explains the real gold market

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Jerry Norton and Karima Anjani
Reuters
Saturday, October 23, 2004

http://www.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?
duid=mtfh24487_2004-10-23_14-42-11_jak68061_newsml

JAKARTA -- Five officials of a unit of U.S.-based gold
miner Newmont Mining Corp accused of dumping toxic
waste in Indonesia left jail on Saturday after being held

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