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Bill Fleckenstein: The seven stages of a dollar crisis

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Theodore Butler

When I first read the following press release from the
NYMEX/COMEX I was angry. Then I realized that this
was a time for pushing ahead in a professional and
logical manner, as the stakes were too important.

First, here's the press release.

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Exchange Expands Retail Customer Protection

NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2004 -- The New York Mercantile Exchange
Inc. today established additional retail customer protections

At CBSMarketWatch, gold''s Indian rope trick and a report on bullion funds

Section: Daily Dispatches

The seven stages of a dollar crisis --

... 'Experts' simplistically tout a weak dollar
as good news. No wonder many regular folks
are unaware that its dramatic decline could
spell real trouble.

By Bill Fleckenstein

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Along the way to a full-blown crisis, the steps leading up to

Gold''s rise and dollar''s fall are actually accelerating, GoldMoney''sTurk reports

Section: Daily Dispatches

By James Turk, Editor
The Freemarket Gold amp; Money Report
Letter No. 339
February 9, 2004
Copyright 2004, The Freemarket Gold amp; Money Report
Republished by permission

New Hampshire made history this week. It is the first state
since President Roosevelt's gold confiscation in 1933 to
attempt the praiseworthy goal of returning to constitutional
money -- gold and silver coin. I am honored that I had a

Important commentaries by Jim Sinclair

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:40a ET Saturday, February 14, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

GoldMoney proprietor James Turk, editor of The
Freemarket Gold amp; Money Report, has done
more great technical analysis of the gold price
and the dollar. With charts he shows that
despite the rude treatment of gold Friday, its
upward trend is actually accelerating, just as
the dollar's downward trend is.

You can find Turk's analysis in the quot;Founder's

Time again for central banks to scare gold buyers

Section: Daily Dispatches

10a ET Saturday, February 14, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jim Sinclair posted important commentaries Friday,
particularly quot;Saved by the Weekendquot; and quot;Gold
Market Summary.quot; You can find them here after
scrolling down a little:

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CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

Barrick upholds hedge-cut pledge despite cost

Section: Daily Dispatches

12:42a ET Thursday, Februay 12, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Here's some great macro analysis by the brilliant
Jim Puplava of FinancialSense.com, an essay titled
quot;Looking for the Next Bubblequot;:

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CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

Unrealized loss on Barrick''s gold hedging nears $2 billion

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Nicole Mordant
Reuters
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Friday, February 13, 2004

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Barrick Gold Corp. said
Friday it was prepared to lose out on higher gold prices on
a third of its output this year as it lives up to a promise
to wipe out its bulky hedge book.

A campaign to restore sound money in New Hampshire

Section: Daily Dispatches

8:26p ET Friday, February 13, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

MineWeb's Tim Wood has an interesting account of
Barrick Gold's comments today about reductions in
its huge gold hedge book. Here's an especially
interesting excerpt:

quot;The reductions have been insufficient to stave off
ballooning unrealized losses on the hedge book,
though. It stood at a whopping mark-to-market loss

''Looking for the Next Bubble'' by Jim Puplava

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Greenspan welcomes weak dollar

By Jennifer Hughes
Financial Times
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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The euro came within a cent of its lifetime highs against
the dollar on Wednesday after Alan Greenspan, chairman

In testimony to Congress, Fed chairman welcomes weaker dollar

Section: Daily Dispatches

1:39a ET Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold -- and Silver!:

Here's a fun report about the recent Vancouver International
Resource Investment Conference -- and silver -- by David
Bond:

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CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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