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Stuart Englert: Gold is the handiwork of divine alchemy

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By Stuart Englert
https://stuartenglert.substack.com
Friday, February 27, 2026

With gold once again topping $5,200 an ounce, I thought it a good time to look back in time and ask: Where did this coveted metal comes from and why has it retained its universal appeal though the ages?

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Ed Steer's weekend Gold and Silver Digest posted in the clear at SilverSeek

Section: Daily Dispatches

9:04a ET Sunday, March 1, 2026

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

The weekend edition of GATA board member Ed Steer's Gold and Silver Digest letter, headlined "The Set-Up in Silver: Even More Incandescently White-Hot Bullish," is posted in the clear at SilverSeek here:

https://silverseek.com/article/set-silver-even-more-incandescently-white-hot-bullish

Market riggers have lost control and gold and silver miners have much catching up to do, Sprott says

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12:20a ET Saturday, February 28, 2024

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold and Silver:

Interviewed Friday by Jeremy Szafron of Kitco News, Canadian mining entrepreneur Eric Sprott says the people who have been controlling gold and silver prices have lost control and gold and silver mining stocks have a lot of catching up to do.

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Alasdair Macleod: Blue skies ahead for silver

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By Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Friday, February 27, 2026

Gold was steady but silver volatile as Comex March contracts matured. Suspension due to "technical failures" saw high volatility in silver which has since recovered.

Futures were suspended to avert default in silver, trader Vince Lanci says

Section: Daily Dispatches

2:46p ET Friday, February 27, 2026

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In his daily commentary for the Arcadia Economics channel at YouTube, market analyst and futures trader Vince Lanci offers his suspicion about the "technical issue" that supposedly caused the brief suspension of the U.S. commodities futures market on Wednesday. Most likely, Lanci says, there were so many more buy orders than sell orders for silver on the eve of contract closing that the exchange needed more time to balance them or delay delivery on some to prevent a public default.

Gold to take center stage at PDAC, with some predicting prices will hit $10,000

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After years in the 'wilderness,' gold bugs get sweet vindication at the annual mining event amid bullion's historic run

By Gabriel Friedman
National Post / Financial Post, Toronto
Thursday, February 26, 2026

https://financialpost.com/commodities/mining/gold-bugs-pdac-new-credibility

John Ing has been bullish on bullion for more than five decades, and he's not about to change his tune as gold rips to US$5,000 per ounce.

Alasdair Macleod: The paper silver crisis has begun

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11:25a ET Friday, February 27, 2025

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

In a five-minute video at Egon von Greyerz's blog at Substack, economist Alasdair Macleod explains how the great silver squeeze has begun, with the New York, London, and even Shanghai markets now having only a small fraction of the real metal necessary to meet huge pending demands for delivery.

China encourages dollar buying to slow surging yuan

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By Winni Zhou, Joe Cash, and Samuel Shen
Reuters
Friday, February 27, 2026

China's central bank moved to rein in the fast-rising yuan today, scrapping risk reserves requirements for forex forward contracts in a move that would encourage dollar buying as exporters start to feel the pinch from a stronger currency.

The decision came after the yuan hit a near three-year high against the dollar on Thursday. It pulled back in today, pausing a sparkling rally largely driven by an unexpected boom in exports.

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ECB sells some U.S. dollar assets, cuts weight of dollar in reserves

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By Balazs Koranyi
Reuters
Thursday, February 26, 2026

FRANKFURT, Germany -- The European Central Bank sold some of its dollar assets early last year and reduced the weight of the dollar in its foreign exchange reserves in what it said was a standard rebalancing of its portfolio.

The bank played down the significance of the move, which came before the market turbulence generated by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff announcement last April.

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India expands rules for $385 billion stock funds to add gold

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By Ashutosh Joshi
Bloomberg News
Thursday, February 26, 2026

India's market regulator has allowed the country's $385 billion actively managed equity funds to park more of their money in gold and silver, giving them greater flexibility at a time when global demand for hard assets is rising.

Under revised rules by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, stock funds can invest the remainder of their portfolios -- up to 35% of their assets -- in gold and silver instruments, as well as in units of infrastructure investment trusts.

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