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 | Chris Powell - GATA |
| Chris Powell at New Orleans conference: Gold market manipulation update, November 2018 |
| Since we met at this conference last year much new evidence of manipulation of the gold market by central banks and their bullion bank agents has been compiled and disclosed by the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee.
For example, a month ago a major bullion bank, the Bank of NoSaturday, November 3, 2018 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| What are all those monetary metals derivatives held by a few big U.S. banks |
| GATA's and gold's old friend Larry Parks, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education (FAME, http://fame.org), calls attention tonight to the third-quarter 2017 report of the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, which shows that just several government-insured U.S. banks hold $45 billion in derivative positions related to monetary metals.
The chart disclosing these positions, appearing on Page 32 of the OCC report, is reproduced at GATA's internet site here:
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 | The Energy Report |
| The Smallest Company in the Lowest Cost Oil Play in the US |
| Keith Schaefer of Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin profiles a micro-cap oil company with land in a prime area.
Small oil producers have been shunned by the market, making them extremely cheap now—giving the whole sector lots of leverage for investors.
The one I'm focused on this year is Jericho Oil Corp. (JCO:TSX.V; JROOF:OTC). It's the smallest company I can find in the best play—which right now looks like the STACK play in Oklahoma.
It was the rare mWednesday, March 7, 2018 |
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 | Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Alleged SEC Probe Leaves Bitcoin Market Confounded |
| The market is hectic. The attention span of most investors is short. The long-term implications of one particular trend among governments the world all over has far reaching implications for the future of digital currencies. The question now is if this often overlooked factor tells us anything anything about the way the Bitcoin market behaves, the way digital currencies react to unexpected news and how to navigate the current complex short-term environment.
The factor we’re writing about is goveSaturday, March 3, 2018 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| Volatility funds face fresh scrutiny from U.S. regulators |
| U.S. regulators are scrutinizing this month's implosion of investments that track stock-market turmoil, including whether wrongdoing contributed to steep losses for VIX exchange-traded products offered by Credit Suisse Group AG and other firms, several people familiar with the matter said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have been conducting a broad review of trading since Feb. 5, when volatility spiked and investors lost billions of dollars, tSaturday, February 24, 2018 |
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 | Oilprice.com - oilprice.com |
| Bitcoin Was Only The Beginning… |
| Upset that you missed the boat on the bitcoin craze last year?
Millionaires were minted overnight as bitcoin returned 1,700 percent in 2017, only to see prices crash by more than half since December. The bubble seems to have popped, and not everyone got out in time.
While we may be past the peak temporarily, the cryptocurrency trend is just getting started, and investor enthusiasm is still growing by the day.
(Click to enlarge)While the bitcoin investment boat may have already set sail, it’s likThursday, February 15, 2018 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| VIX manipulation costs investors billions, whistle-blower tells CFTC |
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By Brian Louis and Nikolaj Gammeltoft
Bloomberg News
Monday, February 12, 2018
A whistle-blower today told U.S. regulators that a scheme to manipulate the VIX, the volatility gauge thrust into the spotlight last week during a wild trading session, costs investors hundreds of millions of dollars a month.
A Washington-based lawyer told the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission -- the nation's top markets regulators -- in a letter today that his client foTuesday, February 13, 2018 |
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 | Mark O'Byrne - gold.ie |
| Crypto Currency Backlash Sees Flight From Cryptos and Bitcoin |
| – Bitcoin falls from $20,000 to below $6,000 and bounces back to $8000– Top 50 crypto currencies lost over 50% of value in 24 hours– Over $60 billion wiped off entire crypto currency market in 24 hours– Markets concerned about increased regulation, manipulation & country-wide bans– ‘Growing global unease about risks virtual currencies pose to investors and financial system’ – SEC– Gold acting as store of value from “correcting” stock markets & crashing cryptos
– Gold is essentially flat in recenWednesday, February 7, 2018 |
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 | Jason Hamlin - Gold Stock Bull |
| CFTC / SEC Hearing on Cryptocurrencies Mostly Bullish |
| I wasn’t expecting that much open-mindedness from a government institution.
The Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs met this morning to conduct a hearing entitled, Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The witnesses were Jay Clayton, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); and Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The coWednesday, February 7, 2018 |
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| Przemyslaw Radomski CFA - SunshineProfits |
| Unbearable Fall of Bitcoin |
| There rarely is a more interesting time to be observing the Bitcoin market than what we see now. In an article on CNBC, we read:
Digital currency bitcoin fell Tuesday as the 20 largest digital currencies by market capitalization all declined, according to CoinMarketCap.
Bitcoin traded 12 percent lower near $9,817 as of 1:19 p.m. ET, according to CoinDesk's bitcoin price index, which tracks prices from digital currency exchanges Bitstamp, Coinbase, itBit and Bitfinex.
Bitfinex was subpoenaed by tFriday, February 2, 2018 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| Banks are in the clear if they rig markets as U.S. government's agents |
| Metals market analyst Lawrie Williams, writing yesterday for London bullion dealer Sharps Pixley, notes that manipulation of the monetary metals markets by big banks is becoming more evident, what with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission imposing fines this week on three European banks and the U.S. Justice Department bringing criminal charges against eight traders at the banks.
Williams adds, "What is perhaps less certain is whether central banks are involved too in an attempt to proteThursday, February 1, 2018 |
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 | Mac Slavo - ShtfPlan |
| How To Get Bitcoin In Your Stock Portfolio |
| This report is an ADVERTISEMENT from Oilprice.com
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Blockchain is transforming markets with bitcoin, but that is only the beginning – it could soon change the world.
To understand how, you must first uWednesday, December 20, 2017 |
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 | Adam Hamilton - Zealllc |
| Gold Juniors’ Q3’17 Fundamentals |
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junior gold miners’ stocks have spent months grinding sideways near
lows, sapping confidence and breeding widespread bearishness. The
entire precious-metals sector has been left for dead, eclipsed by
the dazzling Trumphoria stock-market rally. But traders need to
keep their eyes on the fundamental ball so herd sentiment doesn’t
mislead them. The juniors recently reported Q3 earnings, and
enjoyed strong results.
Four
times a year publicly-traded companiesFriday, December 1, 2017 |
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| Graham Summer - Gains Pains & Capital |
| Bitcoin Fiat Paper Dollars |
| This past week on Bloomberg Television, I referred to bitcoin as "a fraud decorated with technology." The fraud comes about because the exchange of a fiat legal dollar for a token, to use the kind description adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, seems unfair and frankly incomplete. But since the dollar itself is a product of government fiat, the subject seems open to debate.
The fact that a growing crowd of people have decided to speculate in this modern day version of tulip bulbSaturday, November 25, 2017 |
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| Adam Hamilton - Zealllc |
| Gold Miners’ Q3’17 Fundamentals |
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gold miners’ stocks have spent months adrift, cast off in the long
shadow of the Trumphoria stock-market rally. This vexing
consolidation has left a wasteland of popular bearishness. But once
a quarter earnings season arrives, bright fundamental sunlight
dispelling the obscuring sentiment fogs. The major gold miners’
just-reported Q3’17 results prove this sector remains strong
fundamentally, and super-undervalued.
Four
times a year publicly-traded companFriday, November 17, 2017 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| 'Nothing is real,' analyst Mannarino tells USAWatchdog's Hunter |
| Market analyst and trader Greg Mannarino, interviewed by USAWatchdog's Greg Hunter, says central banks and allied investment banks are rigging all markets, including the gold market, to prevent free-market price discovery.
Mannarino sees signs that the bond market is about to get away from them but for the moment, he says, "Nothing is real."
Mannarino adds that he has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a complaint about gold market rigging and encourages his readers to copy hTuesday, November 14, 2017 |
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 | Deepcaster |
| Profit, Protection, Despite Cartel Interventions—November 2017 Update |
| Governments love [the war on cash]. Then they can control you...we are not going to have as many freedoms as we have now ...get prepared because we're going to have the worst economic problems we've had in your lifetime or my lifetime and when that happens a lot of people are going to disappear.“…the next time aroWednesday, November 1, 2017 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| Bitcoin falls on reminder that CFTC might regulate it |
| By Constantine Courcoulas
Bloomberg News
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Traders waiting for a pullback in bitcoin’s price to rebuild positions in the world's largest cryptocurrency may have the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to thank.
In a primer on the asset class published Tuesday, the agency said virtual "tokens" used in initial coin offerings can come under CFTC oversight, a message that a market averse to scrutiny did not take well.
Bitcoin fell as much as 5.9 percent, its biggest lWednesday, October 18, 2017 |
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| Adam Hamilton - Zealllc |
| Gold Miners’ Q3’17 Preview |
| With
the third quarter’s earnings season now underway, the gold miners
will soon join in and report their latest results. No data is more
highly anticipated by investors, for good reason. Quarterly reports
dispel the dense fogs of herd sentiment that usually obscure gold
stocks, revealing their operations’ underlying fundamental
realities. Q3’17’s upcoming results are likely to prove quite
bullish for this neglected sector.
Four
times a year publicly-traded Friday, October 13, 2017 |
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| Chris Powell - GATA |
| The questions that deniers of monetary metals market rigging won't answer |
| Newsletter writer Steve Saville of The Speculative Investor, who long has denied that manipulation of the monetary metals markets means much, has seized on the recent essay by Keith Weiner of Monetary Metals as the conclusive refutation of silver market analyst Ted Butler's longstanding complaint that JPMorganChase has been rigging the silver market.
Weiner's analysis, headlined "Thoughtful Disagreement with Ted Butler" and posted here --
https://monetary-metals.com/thoughtful-disagreement-with-Monday, October 9, 2017 |
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