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Alasdair Macleod: Are the central banks running a fractional gold system?
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-12-15 23:29 Section: Daily Dispatches11:46p ET Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
CFTC will miss statute's deadline on commodity position limits
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-12-15 14:42 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Charles Abbott and Tom Doggett
Reuters
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1515374920101215
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. futures regulator acknowledged on Wednesday it will miss the January target for issuing a final rule on limiting the amount of contracts a trader can control in agricultural, energy and metals markets.
Reformer from NY Fed gets reformed himself ... by Goldman Sachs
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2010-12-15 00:11 Section: Daily DispatchesNew York Fed Derivatives Reformer Lubke Joining Goldman Sachs, Memo Shows
By Matthew Leising and Shannon D. Harrington
Bloomberg News
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-14/new-york-fed-s-theo-lubke-joins...
How Asian buyers use indirection to get gold and silver in London
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2010-12-14 21:41 Section: Daily Dispatches9:40p ET Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gene Arensberg: Is Morgan really getting smaller in silver, and, if so, why?
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2010-12-14 13:21 Section: Daily Dispatches1:18p ET Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Morgan said to cut silver short, denies 90% claim on copper
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2010-12-14 13:06 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Frank Tang
Reuters
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFN1425443520101214
NEW YORK -- JPMorgan's commodity business was uncomfortably in the spotlight on both sides of the Atlantic on Tuesday amid reports it had amassed a large copper long position and was unwinding a big silver short.
James Turk: Numbers don't lie
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2010-12-13 23:35 Section: Daily Dispatches11:32p ET Monday, December 13, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Federal Reserve policy, "quantitative easing," is failing, Free Gold Money Report editor and GoldMoney founder James Turk writes tonight, pointing to rising long-term interest rates and commodity prices. Turk's commentary is headlined "Numbers Don't Lie" and you can find it at the FGMR Internet site here:
Rep. Ron Paul, Republican loner, comes in from the cold
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2010-12-13 23:24 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Kate Zernike
The New York Times
Monday, December 13, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/us/politics/13paul.html
WASHINGTON -- As virtually all of Washington was declaring WikiLeaks's disclosures of secret diplomatic cables an act of treason, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul was applauding the organization for exposing the United States' "delusional foreign policy."
Market riggers are feeling the heat, so help GATA turn it up
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2010-12-13 21:51 Section: Daily Dispatches10p ET Monday, December 13, 2010
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):
Morgan quietly cuts silver futures position way back, FT reports
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2010-12-13 20:19 Section: Daily DispatchesJPMorgan Cuts Back on U.S. Silver Futures
By Jack Farchy and Gregory Meyer
Financial Times, London
Monday, December 13, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7d699ca4-06ea-11e0-8c29-00144feabdc0.html
JPMorgan has quietly reduced a large position in the US silver futures market that had been at the centre of a controversy about its impact on global prices for the precious metal.