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When buying gold or silver, consider the dealers who support GATA

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9:05p ET Friday, July 15, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Being the only forms of money without counterparty risk, at least when held directly by their owners, gold and silver are often seen as the foundation of a sound investment portfolio. 

Alasdair Macleod: The collapsing euro and its implications

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Thursday, July 13, 2022

The euro system and its currency are descending into crisis. Comprised of the European Central Bank and the national central banks, the system is over its head in balance-sheet debt and it is far from clear how that can be resolved.

Normally, a central bank is easy to recapitalise. But in the case of the euro system, when the lead institution and all its shareholders need to be recapitalised all at the same time, the challenge could be impossible. 

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Litigation over Venezuelan gold resumes in London court

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By Kirstin Ridley and Marc Jones
Reuters
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

LONDON -- A long-running legal battle between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido over who should hold the key to more than $1.5 billion of gold stored at the Bank of England resumed today at the London High Court.

The UK Supreme Court ruled last year that Guaido should be recognised as the Latin American country's head of state, taking a lead from the British government's position, and that he had the authority to determine the future of the 31 tonnes of bullion

Pam and Russ Martens: Brightest tech minds say crypto and blockchain are shams

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By Pam and Russ Martens
Wall Street on Parade
Wednesday, Junly 13, 2022

The letter is a punch in the gut to the Wall Street underwriters who have brought billions of dollars of crypto related companies to the public markets, most of which have now collapsed in price. 

It makes the billionaire venture capitalists who have invested billions in crypto startups look like fools. And it renders the big-name celebrities who have promoted this garbage in TV commercials look like the shills that they are.

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JPMorgan gold desk's 'spoofing' cheated market, former trader testifies

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By Tom Schoenberg and Eddie Spence
Bloomberg News
via Yahoo News, Sunnyvale, California
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorgan-gold-desk-cheated-market-211639062.html

JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s gold trading and sales team was so focused on making money that they scammed the market for years with so-called spoofing trades, according to a former colleague who testified at the trial of three former bank employees charged with fraud.

Hedge funds cut back trading after LME nickel chaos

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By Laurence Fletcher
Financial Times, London
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Hedge funds have cut back positions in some markets that they fear could suddenly become difficult to transact in, following the London Metal Exchange’s decision to void thousands of nickel trades.

The LME's move in March to cancel eight hours’ worth of trades has pushed a number of hedge funds to reassess the risk they face across their portfolios from human interference upending their positions.

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When buying gold or silver, consider the dealers who support GATA

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:34a ET Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Being the only forms of money without counterparty risk, at least when held directly by their owners, gold and silver are often seen as the foundation of a sound investment portfolio. 

Ted Butler: The perfect (and only) solution to shorting gold and silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

7:55p ET Monday, July 11, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Silver market analyst Ted Butler speculates today that the London Metals Exchange's default on its nickel contract is prompting bullion banks to close their short positions in the monetary metals. Butler's analysis is headlined "The Perfect (and Only) Solution" and it's posted at GoldSeek's companion site, SilverSeek, here:

https://silverseek.com/article/perfect-and-only-solution

Matthew Piepenburg: A gold industry veteran acknowledges the market rigging

Section: Daily Dispatches

10:30a ET Monday, July 11, 2022

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Matterhorn Asset Management's Matthew Piepenburg today joins the acclaim for gold industry veteran Peter Hambro's recent declaration that the price of gold long has been suppressed with derivatives masterminded through the Bank for International Settlements, the central bank of the central banks.

Fed braces as another big inflation number looms

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By Vince Golle
Bloomberg News
Sunday, July 10, 2022

U.S. inflation data in the coming week may stiffen the resolve of Federal Reserve policy makers to proceed with another big boost in interest rates later this month.

The closely watched consumer price index probably rose nearly 9% in June from a year earlier, a fresh four-decade high, based on the median projection of economists in a Bloomberg survey. Compared with May, the CPI is seen rising 1.1%, marking the third month in four with an increase of at least 1%.

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