Daily Dispatches

Somehow in the FT: Gold primed to be 'mania asset'

Submitted by cpowell on Thu, 2009-02-19 10:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Steve Ellis
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eff64394-fdd7-11dd-932e-000077b07658.html?ncli...

Gold is exhibiting all the classic signs of being in a structural bull market. On fears of inflation in early 2008, it rallied. Then, on fears of deflation in late 2008, it rallied again.

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China's reserves could fuel natural-resources deals

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-02-18 21:21 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Andrew Batson, Alex Wilson, and Rick Carew
The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123495580036609781.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=...

China's government is signaling greater willingness to use its wealth for acquisitions abroad, which could accelerate a push into natural resources that already has brought a string of major deals in recent days.

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Bank of England votes for 'quantitative easing'

Submitted by cpowell on Wed, 2009-02-18 08:30 Section: Daily Dispatches

From The Telegraph, London
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/interestrates/4688047/Bank-...

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Greenspan backs bank nationalization

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-02-17 21:24 Section: Daily Dispatches

How about starting with the Federal Reserve?

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By Krishna Guha and Edward Luce
Financial Times, London
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e310cbf6-fd4e-11dd-a103-000077b07658.html?ncli...

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Jay Taylor is interviewed about gold, miners on BNN

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-02-17 21:12 Section: Daily Dispatches

9:06p ET Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

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Gold hits record against euro on fear of Zimbabwe-like policies

Submitted by cpowell on Tue, 2009-02-17 21:04 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph, London
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4682554/Gold-hits-record-against-euro...

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Chinese gather up mining resources abroad

Submitted by cpowell on Mon, 2009-02-16 23:10 Section: Daily Dispatches

By Rick Carew
The Wall Street Journal
Monday, February 16, 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123477757942292439.html?mod=yahoo

China Minmetals Corp. is leading its home country's latest push to secure natural resources abroad, launching a takeover bid for Australian miner OZ Minerals Ltd.