Daily Dispatches
Gene Arensberg: U.S. banks buy gold futures in dramatic position change
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2013-05-14 18:52. Section: Daily Dispatches2:46p ET Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Big U.S. investment banks have reduced their net short position in gold to the lowest level since 2008, the Got Gold Report's Gene Arensberg reports today.
Shell targeted with BP, Statoil in European oil-price probe
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2013-05-14 18:14. Section: Daily DispatchesBy Brian Swint and Lananh Nguyen
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-14/statoil-raided-by-competition-a...
LONDON -- European antitrust regulators began a probe of potential manipulation of oil prices, expanding into energy markets after banks were investigated for fixing interbank lending rates.
Charles Schwab complains of Fed's manipulation of markets
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2013-05-14 16:12. Section: Daily DispatchesSchwab Reflects on Firm's History
By Kathleen Pender
San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, May 13, 2013
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Schwab-reflects-on-firm-s-history-...
Kaye says gold's bear market is an illusion; Grandich notes sector's demoralization
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2013-05-14 15:56. Section: Daily Dispatches11:50a ET Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold buying becomes frantic in India, strongest since 2008
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2013-05-14 12:59. Section: Daily DispatchesGold Rush Spooks Economy as Trade Deficit Surges to $17.8 Billion
By Dilasha Seth and Sutanuka Ghosal
The Times of India, Mumbai
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/gold-rush-sp...
CFTC launches broad investigation of energy and metals derivatives
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2013-05-14 01:41. Section: Daily DispatchesWatchdog Probes 1 Million US Swap Contracts
By Greg Meyer and Kara Scannell
Financial Times, London
Monday, May 13, 2013
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cefe05da-b9be-11e2-bc57-00144feabdc0.html
Paul Craig Roberts: Gold market rigging exposes a gangster state
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2013-05-13 21:01. Section: Daily Dispatches5p ET Monday, May 13, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Former Assistant U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts today condemns the rigging of the gold and silver markets by the Federal Reserve as emblematic of a gangster state protecting banks at the expense of the public. Roberts' commentary is headlined "Gangster State America" and it's posted at his Internet site here:
Beware Fed's disinformation on QE, fund manager Kaye tells King World News
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2013-05-13 19:57. Section: Daily Dispatches3:57p ET Monday, May 13, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney interviews Catherine Austin Fitts and Ronald Stoeferle
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2013-05-13 15:42. Section: Daily Dispatches11:42a ET Monday, May 13, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney today offers interviews with Solari Investment Advisory Services founder and former GATA board member Catherine Austin Fitts and gold market analyst Ronald Stoeferle.
Alasdair Macleod: GLD and SLV are not havens against crisis
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2013-05-12 16:17. Section: Daily Dispatches12:16p ET Sunday, May 12, 2013
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod writes today about how his inquiry to the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority produced an acknowledgment that the custodianship of the metal nominally held by the gold and silver exchange-traded funds GLD and SLV is not regulated by government.
