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Alasdair Macleod: A horror story in the gold and silver paper markets
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-09-26 17:44 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Friday, September 26, 2025
Our headline chart shows silver storming ahead amid reports of backwardations and soaring lease rates. Will it continue, and will gold be next?
Driven by poor liquidity, in Europe this morning silver was $45.03, up $2 from last Friday's close. Gold was up a less spectacular $68 at $3,750 on the week, but with a firm undertone.
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Stuart Englert: Legal tender laws start digitizing gold and silver
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2025-09-26 11:55 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Stuart Englert
StuartEnglert.Substack.com
Friday, September 26, 2025
The future of gold and silver transactions in the United States likely will be defined by states implementing new and amended legal tender laws.
Financial officials and regulators in Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, and Texas are finalizing rules and instituting electronic payment systems for digital and tokenized precious metals.
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Jim Rickards: Is China a rising power or a falling star?
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2025-09-25 19:52 Section: Daily DispatchesBy James G. Rickards
Daily Reckoning, Baltimore
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Copper jumps as Freeport declares force majuere at Grasberg mine in Indonesia
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2025-09-24 11:30 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Doug Alexander and Yvonne Yue Li
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Copper prices jumped the most in more than five months after Freeport-McMoRan Inc. said force majeure was declared on contracted supplies from its giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia.
Copper for delivery in three months rose as much as 3.2% to $10,297.50 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, the biggest intraday jump since April 10. Freeport's shares fell 11% in New York trading, while rivals including Glencore PLC and Teck Resources Ltd. climbed.
China courts foreign gold reserves to boost global clout
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2025-09-24 09:57 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Bloomberg News
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
China aims to become custodian of foreign sovereign gold reserves in a bid to strengthen its standing in the global bullion market, according to people familiar with the matter.
How China could claim a much bigger slice of the gold-trading business
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2025-09-24 09:39 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Myra P. Saefong
MarketWatch, New York
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
China reportedly has plans to invite some countries to buy physical gold and store it within its borders, in the country's latest move to expand its reach into the international market for the precious metal.
Where and when does the gold price stop rising?
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2025-09-23 11:53 Section: Daily Dispatches11:58a ET Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA's longtime friend, financial newsletter writer Thom Calandra, yesterday asked your secretary/treasurer if a gold mania was developing. My comments made his letter this morning and he doesn't mind if I share them with you, so they're appended.
CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.
CPowell@GATA.org
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China's central bank wants to become international gold repository
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2025-09-23 07:43 Section: Daily DispatchesGold Hits Fresh Record as Traders Weigh China Reserves, Fed Cuts
By Jack Ryan and Sybilla Gross
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Gold climbed to a fresh record, with traders weighing China's plan to become a custodian of foreign sovereign gold reserves in a bid to strengthen its standing in the global bullion market.
Inflation is worse than CPI shows, former U.S. comptroller says in new book
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2025-09-22 17:58 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Laura Bliss and Klara Auerbach
Bloomberg News
Monday, September 22, 2025
Faced with runaway inflation during World War I, the U.S. Department of Labor came up with a handy tool. A single figure, the Consumer Price Index, would measure the changing cost of a basket of everyday items.
Brien Lundin: Ride the gold and silver bull best by attending the New Orleans conference
Submitted by admin on Mon, 2025-09-22 16:11 Section: Daily DispatchesGATA's Bill Murphy and Chris Powell will be speaking there.
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By Brien Lundin, Publisher
Gold Newsletter / Golden Opportunities, Metarie, Louisiana
Monday, September 22, 2025
https://goldnewsletter.com/go092225/
Ho hum. Another day, another record for gold and a scorching run in silver.
Both metals seem unstoppable right now. Although off from their highs of earlier in the session, they continue to lay waste to all the shorts standing in their way.
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