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Robert K. Landis: Gold is money -- Pass it on
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-06-01 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Bloomberg News Service
Thursday, June 1, 2006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aV75beK4jSeQ
China should use its foreign-currency reserves, the world's largest,
to buy gold and oil as a hedge to guard against the risk of a sudden
drop in the U.S. dollar, said an adviser on the central bank's 13-
Nigel Maund: The coming financial holocaust
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-06-01 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches8:24p ET Thursday, June 1, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA consultant Robert K. Landis has engaged
our friend Sean Corrigan, chief investment
strategist for Diapason Commodities Management,
in an erudite debate over the nature of gold
(money, jewelry, or something else) and schools
of economics (Austrian, authoritarian, or just
plain ignorant).
The title of Landis' essay is "Gold Is Money
James Turk: Bull markets continue for gold and silver
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-06-01 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:15p Thursday, June 1, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Nigel Maund's new commentary, "The Coming
Financial Holocaust," gives some recognition
to GATA's work. You can find it at GoldSeek
here:
http://news.goldseek.com/CliveMaund/1149174060.php
And at Kitco here:
As Goldman Sachs will run Treasury, Morgan Chase will run IMF
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2006-06-01 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches9:22p Thursday, June 1, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA consultant James Turk, editor of the Freemarket
Gold & Money Report and founder of GoldMoney, does
some quick technical analysis and concludes that, the
recent declines in gold and silver notwithstanding,
their bull markets continue. You can find Turk's
analysis, "May 31st Closing Prices," in the "Founder's
Even a sneering wise guy begins to see some virtue in gold
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2006-05-31 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches10:32p ET Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Silver market analyst Ted Butler speculates that the
reduction in silver held by the new silver exchange-
traded fund signifies not a reduction in silver demand
but the withdrawal of actual metal by someone who
wants to hold it himself. You can find Butler's latest
commentary, "Facts and Speculation," at GoldSeek's
Goldman Sachs chief will be new Treasury secretary, Wall Street Journal says
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2006-05-30 03:00 Section: Daily Dispatches4p ET Monday, May 29, 2006
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GATA and its friends will have a big part in
the World Gold, PGM, and Diamond Investment
Conference on Sunday and Monday, June 11
and 12, at the Vancouver Convention and
Exhibition Centre.
Among the speakers will be GATA Chairman
Bill Murphy, Bob Bishop of Gold Mining Stock
Report, Ian Gordon of the Long Wave Analyst,
Peter Grandich of the Grandich Letter, John
In Barron''s interview, GoldMoney''s Turk explains gold price target of $8,000
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2006-05-30 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBush Favors Goldman's Paulson
To Succeed Snow at Treasury
By John Harwood
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
President Bush is expected to announce the choice of
Henry M. Paulson, chairman and chief executive of
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., to succeed Treasury
Secretary John Snow, a senior White House official
said Tuesday.
Mr. Bush is expected to make the announcement at 9:15
Goldman Sachs runs Treasury under both parties
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2006-05-30 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesYes, $8,000 an Ounce
An Interview with James Turk, Founder of Goldmoney.com
By Sandra Ward
Barron's
Monday, May 29, 2006
Not only did he pinpoint the beginning of the current bull market in
gold in these pages in September 2002, but he has been spot-on in
continuing to assess the direction of the metal and the drivers
behind its move. James Turk, a longtime authority on gold and other
Ted Butler: Facts and speculation
Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2006-05-30 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Terrence Hunt
Associated Press
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060530/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_shake_
up
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary John Snow has resigned and will be
replaced by Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr., a senior
administration official said Tuesday, in another chapter of a White
Vancouver conference to hear Murphy, Bishop, Gordon, Grandich, Lee, and Taylor
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2006-05-29 03:00 Section: Daily DispatchesSo Big It's Brutal
Being No. 1 in the world doesn't mean life is easy for Barrick Gold.
The Colossus must finesse some delicate balances as it searches for
the sweet spot in the ground and in the hedge book
By Charles Davies
The Globe and Mail, Toronto
Friday, May 26, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060525.rmbarr052