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Keith Barron's real-life adventure story of gold discovery in Ecuador, Part 2
Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2016-03-14 13:28 Section: Daily Dispatches1:27p ET Monday, March 14, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Part 2 of geologist and mining entrepreneur Keith Barron's account of his discovery of the Fruta del Norte gold deposit in Ecuador is even more of an adventure story than Part 1. It's amazing that he lived to tell the tale. It's posted at his Internet site, Straight Talk on Mining, here:
A 'radical economic theory' is gaining converts, except it's not radical at all
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2016-03-13 21:31 Section: Daily Dispatches9:50p ET Sunday, March 13, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Central banks aim to beat bitcoin at own game with rival supercurrency
Submitted by cpowell on Sun, 2016-03-13 11:57 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Computer scientists have devised a digital crypto-currency in league with the Bank of England that could pose a devastating threat to large tranches of the financial industry and profoundly change the management of monetary policy.
Gold just collects dust? Two more financial companies disagree
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-03-11 13:00 Section: Daily Dispatches1:05p ET Friday, March 11, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
"Bullion is not liquid," says Ian Lee, a business school professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. "It sits down in the basement and collects dust":
http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canada-s-gold-reserve-sell-off-makes-sens...
Tell that to, among others, AuSecure --
TF Metals Report interviews GATA chairman on resilience of monetary metals
Submitted by cpowell on Fri, 2016-03-11 12:15 Section: Daily Dispatches12:14p ET Friday, March 11, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: ECB's Draghi plays his last card to stave off deflation
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-03-10 19:56 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Thursday, March 10, 2016
The European Central Bank has pulled out all the stops to avert a dangerous deflation trap, launching a blast of triple stimulus despite angry criticism from Germany that it is entirely unnecessary and will do more harm than good.
Alasdair Macleod: Gold is the only sound money
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-03-10 13:28 Section: Daily Dispatches1:28p ET Thursday, March 10, 2016
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
ECB cuts rates, increases asset buys more than expected
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-03-10 08:53 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa
Reuters
Thursday, March 10, 2016
FRANKFURT, Germany -- The European Central Bank cut all three of its interest rates and expanded its asset-buying program today, delivering a bigger-than-expected cocktail of actions to boost the economy and stop ultra-low inflation becoming entrenched.
Why poor man's gold may be about to get more investor love
Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2016-03-10 08:42 Section: Daily DispatchesRanjeetha Pakiam and Eddie Van Der Walt
Bloomberg News
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Silver hasn't been so cheap relative to gold for more than seven years and with mine supplies forecast to contract this year that may be a sign it’s ready to come out of the yellow metal's shadow.
Indian government calls meeting on gold monetization scheme's lack of success
Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2016-03-09 20:41 Section: Daily DispatchesGovernment Calls Meeting to Review Gold Monetization Scheme
By Rajesh Bhayani
Business Standard, New Delhi
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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