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Zero Hedge: How two Janet Yellen phone calls saved the world
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2016-04-02 23:01 Section: Daily Dispatches11a HKT Sunday, April 3, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Gold demand from central banks marched higher in turbulent 2015
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2016-04-02 11:09 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Emiko Terazono
Financial Times, London
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Heightened geopolitical tension and a push for diversification in reserve assets led to central banks' net purchases of gold reaching 483 tonnes in 2015, the second highest annual total since the end of the gold standard.
Don't many smart guys say that gold doesn't pay interest?
Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2016-04-02 06:29 Section: Daily DispatchesThen why does India's gold paperization scheme increasingly look like another gold-leasing operation?
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India Allows Gold Repayments to Make Scheme Attractive for Temples
By Sankalp Phartiyal
Reuters
Friday, April 1, 2016
Alasdair Macleod: A tale of two currencies
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-04-01 02:10 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney.com, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Thursday, March 31, 2016
There is a widespread and growing feeling that financial markets are slipping toward another crisis of some sort.
Ronan Manly: A big role for the monetary metals at the World Money Fair
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-04-01 01:38 Section: Daily Dispatches12:35p ICT Friday, April 1, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The monetary metals had a big place at the World Money Fair in Berlin in February, and gold researcher Ronan Manly attended with Bullion Star executives. His report is posted at Bullion Star here:
https://www.bullionstar.com/blogs/bullionstar/bullionstars-visit-to-the-...
Gold Newsletter's Lundin chides market manipulation by big commercial shorts
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-04-01 01:28 Section: Daily DispatchesGold Scores Biggest Quarterly Gain in Nearly 30 Years
By Myra P. Saefong
MarketWatch.com, New York
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Gold futures settled higher Thursday, scoring their best quarterly performance since 1986 -- a year when "Top Gun" was the most popular movie.
Bullion has benefited as the Federal Reserve’s dovish stance on policy has softened the highflying U.S. dollar. ...
China's forex regulator buys $4.2 billion in stocks via new platform
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-03-31 11:16 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Samuel Shen and Pete Sweeney
Reuters
Thursday, March 31, 2016
SHANGHAI, China -- China's foreign exchange regulator has bought mainland stocks worth over 27 billion yuan ($4.18 billion) via three low-profile investment firms it controls, the official Shanghai Securities News reported today.
50,000-watt Toronto radio station airs interview with GATA secretary
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-03-30 05:31 Section: Daily Dispatches4:28p ICT Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
As interest rates turn negative, gold becomes the high-yield asset, Rickards says
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-03-30 05:01 Section: Daily Dispatches3:58p ICT Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Wall Street for Main Street's Jason Burack gets some interesting observations out of financial writer and geopolitical strategist James G. Rickards in an interview posted this week. Among other things, Rickards remarks:
Gold options manipulation is even worse in Europe, Turk tells KWN
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-03-30 03:19 Section: Daily Dispatches2:19p ICT Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
GoldMoney founder and GATA consultant James Turk, interviewed by King World News, discusses the manipulation of gold prices around futures option expiration dates, manipulation that is even more obvious in Europe than in the United States. Turk's interview is excerpted at KWN here: