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February 8 - Gold
$403.20 - Silver $6.25
"The
national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the
arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments
to foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go
bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public
assistance."
--Marcus Tullius Cicero,
c 55 B.C.
Recently, I have received
some queries about the silver squeeze I have been discussing for over a
month. Some Café members have invested in silver stocks in anticipation
of such an event. Others would like me to clarify what I am talking
about and why.
First regard the weekly
silver chart:
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/SV/W
It all began with a
complete change in the way silver was trading in October, 2003 It went
from trading very heavily, to trading lightly. The tone
change was noticed by some of the Café’s Comex floor contacts and was
reported to the Café membership. At the time, silver was trading a bit
below $5.20.
To comprehend how
important this change was, you need only review the monthly silver
chart:
http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/SV/M
Not since Warren Buffett
accumulated silver in 1997 has silver moved up so sharply so fast. The
comparison is striking.
What is important to
appreciate is what Warren Buffett saw then is even more apropos almost
six years later (Mr. Buffett is known for his long-term thinking). I am
no expert on the silver fundamentals like Ted Butler or David Morgan,
but I know the market has been in a supply/demand deficit all these
years and the silver market has been managed just like gold has. The
Gold Cartel needed to keep the silver price suppressed to make sure
there was no undue focus on what they were doing to gold. It wouldn’t
look right to have gold at $280 and silver at $8.
Where and how the bad
guys found enough physical silver to facilitate their scheme is beyond
me. We just know they did find adequate supply, but more importantly,
they used the derivatives paper market to keep silver under control. We
know this because of the size of the commercial short position, which is
concentrated in only a very few players and dwarfs the amount of
physical supply available to bring to market. This is why GATA is
supporting Ted Butler’s effort to expose the silver scam – one that
has hurt so many investors and THE PEOPLE in silver producing countries
such as Mexico.
The recent change in
the way silver has been trading for many years tells me the Silver Cabal
has hit the wall. They are running out of physical silver supply to
continue their scam. They will be tapioca if enough buyers ask
for delivery of Comex silver because they won’t be able to make the
deliveries without driving the price to the moon. Why could this occur
in the near future vis-a-vis months gone by?
Think of the confirming
information flow sent your way by MIDAS thanks to the input from some
very thoughtful Café members. Let us review a fair amount of it as it
came in:
December 23 - Gold
$410.65 up 55 cents - Silver $5.71 up 2 cents
A STALKER Of A Gold/Silver Tale For Christmas Time
Hi Bill,
A gold and silver dealer that I know told me today that he recently
spoke with a very large coin and bullion dealer that he deals with, who
told him last week that Warren Buffett has been buying a lot of silver. Buffett
is also buying futures and plans to take delivery. This large dealer
said that he expects a short squeeze by Buffett soon.
My dealer stressed that
he has dealt with this large dealer for twenty years and he is not prone
to exaggerate…..-END-
January 13, 2004 -
Gold $423.50 down $2.60 - Silver $6.56 unchanged
GATA Love That Silver
Dear Bill
You will probably remember that when the gold was struggling with the
$325 I sent you information that a big European fund which bought 2.6
billions worth of gold. This information came to me from a friend, a
banker which took an active part of the purchasing process hence was
total 100% reliable.
At the time, the fund's
target was $380 at which point it intended to exit. Well, they are still
in.
But, he now tells me
that this fund switched some of it's gold to silver in the first 10 days
of January - worth 250 millions dollar. Searching the world they
couldn't find the 40 millions silver ounces they wanted, so some of it
went into derivatives.
January 14, 2004 -
Gold $421.40 down $2.10 - Silver $6.40 down 16 cents
An Ominous Close For The Cabal And Gold Shorts
Some more input from
my friend in Europe.
The European fund I
told you about few days ago, bought most of the silver in future
contracts in Comex due to lack of physical supply. Most contracts are
due in few months.
China is buying
physical silver in a big and consistent way. These purchases
started some weeks ago.
January 15, 2004 -
Gold $408.30 down $13.10 - Silver $6.19 down 21 cents
Ouch! Gold Cartel Wins A Battle
Bill
A follow-up from my report to café members yesterday on the
unavailability of silver bars in the UK:
I phoned Chard, my
previous supplier, today. Here is our dialogue:
Q
Lilly: 'I note you are sold out altogether on silver bars'.
Chard:' yes, there is great interest in silver bars recently'
Q: will you be getting any more in'?
Chard: 'yes ......... IN ABOUT 3 MONTHS'
Q: 'how much do think you'll be able to get hold of'?
Chard: ' 6 kilogram, IF we'll get it'
Q: 'when did you last get a delivery in'?
Chard: '6 weeks ago'.
Q: 'how much did you get'?
Chard :'16 KILO. WE HAD ACTUALLY ASKED FOR 100 KILOGRAM'.
Q: 'and when did you order before that?'
Chard: 12 months ago. 100 kilograms, we got that straight away. No
problems'.
i.e.
There WAS SO LITTLE DEMAND until recently, THAT 100 KG LASTED THEM 10
1/2 months! AND NOW
THEY CAN'T GET ANY!!
Lilly Stuart, London
January 18, 2004 -
Gold $406.40 - Silver $6.30
The First Clear Chink In The Gold Cartel’s Armor!!!
Hi Bill,
Thanks so much for your daily commentary; without it I would feel lost.
Just to back up what you were saying about a potential short squeeze in
Silver, I wanted to share this with you. I contacted my broker at REFCO
about purchasing silver call options at a strike price of $7.00. He gave
me the following prices for MAR and MAY:
March $650
May $2,400
Obviously, something
big is going to happen before the May options expire. Feel free to
spread the word in MIDAS if you feel it is worth mentioning.
Kirk A.
January 21, 2004 -
Gold $410.90 down $1.80 - Silver $6.19 down 11 cents
Conflict At The Bundesbank
Dear Bill:
My friend is telling me that a giant Swiss company took a position of
3.2 billion dollars in gold and silver.
No doubt the big money is going into the precious metals. (MIDAS
note: this company is a household name)
February 2, 2004 -
Gold $398.40 down $3.60 - Silver $6.01 down 22 cents
GATA To Aggressively Support Ted Butler’s Effort To Expose Silver
Market Manipulation!
But now for silver: two
weeks ago I ordered this bank by telephone from The Netherlands the
delivery of 5 kilograms of silver. They affirmed the purchase at € 216
($270) per kilo (20% Tax Adjusted Value included) and we agreed on
delivery in my holiday last week. When I visited the bank on january
28th they handed over to me this 5 kilobars (inscription: OEGUSSA /
999,7 / feinsilber / 1000 gr). I liked them so much, that I ordered at
the same moment the purchase of another 5 kilobars and went skiing. At
the end of the afternoon I returned to the bank. The girl reacted rather
embarrassed: she had been calling several times to (I think) the
national headquarters of the BTV and maybe other addresses. And had got
the message that there was no silver for sale anymore. I asked her if my
price limit had been the problem, but she said no, she just received the
message over and over that therr was no silver available for selling for
any price (The message she got was: ‘Es ist sehr! knapp’. In english:
‘It is very scarce.’) A higher bid price I gave her appeared not to
be able the solution. The answer kept coming on the day’s after (january
29th and 30th ): ‘ there is no silver for sale, and (ATTENTION!!!)
there will not be for the coming two or three weeks.’ The girl excused
herself to me, and promised to keep trying in the coming month. But she
said to have few confidence in succeeding in the short future.
Is this a signal for a
silver squeeze or isn’t it! My preparedness to bid higher prices could
not lead to a purchase. I am beginning to have a strange feeling that,
although silver is finished, the powers of the cabal succeed in
maintaining low prices?! Even while they have to admit not to be able to
deliver!
-END-
Then, THIS weekend a
completely different source informed me another investment firm (or
bank) is going to buy "ALL THE SILVER IN EUROPE" and
plans to do so by sometime this spring. What is even more interesting,
they have notified the regulatory authorities and told them what they
are up to. I repeat: the authorities KNOW what is coming!!!! The buying
firm has gone out of its way to notify the regulators they are going to
buy a great deal of silver and do not wish to be chastised for doing so.
I am sure they have done so to give the authorities time to put the
shorts on notice. Therefore, there can be no official repercussions to
the buying firm. That is how confident the buyers are!!!
OK, so take a gander
back at silver's weekly/monthly charts and note the price action
recently as compared to the past. Something HAS changed DRAMATICALLY.
I don’t have any
"inside" information about a silver squeeze. However, I have
been an extremely large commodities trader in the past (limit positions
at times) and do know something about the markets. The easiest and best
way to confirm fundamental market input is to observe (over time) the
technical action of the market itself. The recent action IS confirming
what I am hearing from a variety of informed sources.
Does it guarantee a
SQUEEZE, which is very rare? Nope! Yet, I think the odds are 60-40 in
our favor, and those are extraordinarily high odds for such an event. In
1987 silver went bananas in March, rallying $3 per ounce in a very short
period of time, like in a week. I was heavily long at the time. Took the
profits and bought thousands of cheap copper options. Copper went from
59 cents to $1.46 by the end of the year. Had I sold out then, I would
have ridden out into the sunset and you never would have heard of me.
Fortunately, I survived my eventual debacle for another day, with one
more big play in me before I have no choice but to ride into the
sunset. This time I intend to watch The Gold Cartel being carried out
instead of letting them carry me out.
Anyway, back to silver.
Yes, I think a squeeze is coming. There is just too much legitimate
smoke out there. Has to lead to a coming fire in the not too distant
future. However, the real squeeze, should there be one, might not come
until May. No way to predict that. Regardless, the "unusual"
silver trading action of late suggests something BIG is brewing!
One thing to keep an
eye on is how the European silver premiums behave relative to the US. If
they go to a sharp premium due to extraordinary European demand, silver
will leave the US for Europe, exacerbating potential Comex delivery
problems.
Stay tuned. I am sure
we have not heard the last from a very sophisticated group of Café
informants!
Chuck checks in:
Just stopped by the
newsstand to look at the call-put ratios on gold from Thursday. If these
figures are correct, they probably make the highest ratio of puts to
calls that I have seen. 27,000 puts to just over 7,000 calls. This
probably accounts for the sharp reversal yesterday. It will be
interesting to see if there was heavy shorting into yesterday's rise.
Thinking of writing of how to handle a blow-out. Chuck
Less world gold supply: Russia
reduces gold exports 21.5% in 2003
MOSCOW. Feb 4 (Interfax)
- Russia reduced gold exports 21.5% from 191 tonnes in 2002 to 150
tonnes in 2003, Valery Braiko, head of the Gold Producers' Union, said
at the Gold 2004 conference in Moscow.
Explaining the drop,
Braiko said there was a rush to export gold in 2002 because the 5%
export duty on the metal had just been lifted. In addition, Russia
hardly increased gold production last year: mine output rose just 0.8%
to 159.915 tonnes.
Silver exports, though,
soared from 514 tonnes in 2002 to 800 tonnes in 2003.
Russia raised gold
production 3.5% to 176.903 tonnes in 2003, the Union has said. Mine
production edged up 0.8% or 1.2698 tonnes to 159.915 tonnes and
incidental or by-product gold output grew 4% or 387 kg to 10.153 tonnes…
-END-
Never did I think the
recent bear market rally in US stocks would last so long. This comment
in a recent Frank Veneroso commentary caught my attention and might
explain where our stock market bear camp got it wrong – to-date that
is:
- Vernon Smith, a
recent Nobel Laureate in behavioral finance, has provided evidence
that, when bubbles burst, there follows a rally which is an echo of
the bubble. In the echo bubble rally psychology remains more or less
the same as what it was at the peak of the prior bubble, despite the
pain of the intervening bear market. Smith’s evidence indicates
that psychology does not truly change until the echo bubble bursts.
Only then does the market revert to a semblance of rational pricing.
-END-
"Echo bubble"
– love it!
The finance ministers
and central bankers issued the following after their G-7 meeting
concluded Saturday afternoon:
BOCA RATON, Fla.,
Feb. 7 (Reuters) The global economic recovery has strengthened
significantly since our meeting in Dubai and risks have diminished.
Growth projections for 2004 have been revised upward to their highest in
three years. Fiscal and monetary policies have helped bring about these
welcome changes.
Yet much more remains
to be done. The pace of growth among our economies remains uneven. In
our Agenda for Growth initiative, we emphasize supply-side structural
policies that increase flexibility and raise productivity growth and
employment. Today we released a progress report on our Agenda for
Growth. This agenda and sound fiscal policies over the medium term are
key to addressing global current account imbalances. We outlined
strategies for sustained medium-term fiscal consolidation as economies
recover. International trade is vital; we call for further efforts and
for countries to take the steps to resume the Doha round, which is
pivotal to global growth and the alleviation of world poverty.
We reaffirm that
exchange rates should reflect economic fundamentals. Excess volatility
and disorderly movements in exchange rates are undesirable for economic
growth. We continue to monitor exchange markets closely and cooperate as
appropriate. In this context, we emphasize that more flexibility in
exchange rates is desirable for major countries or economic areas that
lack such flexibility to promote smooth and widespread adjustments in
the international financial system, based on market mechanisms.
To combat terrorist
financing, we urge all countries to strengthen their asset freezing
regimes and to combat abuse of the informal financial sector and
non-profit organizations. The IMF/World Bank should make permanent and
comprehensive their assessments of countries' efforts to combat
terrorism.
We are committed to
further enhance transparency and supervisory standards in financial
markets, in particular non-compliant offshore centers.
We have a shared
interest in seeing strengthened economic growth in the greater Middle
East. We had a productive meeting with our counterparts from Afghanistan
and Iraq. We welcome the completion of the currency exchange in Iraq and
the removal of interest rate controls, and we look forward to the
approval of the new central bank law. We welcome progress on reform and
reconstruction in Afghanistan and the renewed efforts to collect
revenues from the provinces. We call on others to join us in reducing
the debt burdens of Iraq and Afghanistan. We welcome the plans of the
IMF and the World Bank to provide financial and technical assistance to
Iraq and Afghanistan.
-END-
What strikes me is how
little is said about the issue concerning most of the investment world,
which is the currency one. Clearly, they would have preferred not to
have held this meeting at all. The Japanese are petrified of their
currency going higher and are actively intervening just like the US does
in manipulating the gold price. The Europeans are concerned a sinking
dollar will hurt their exports, but can’t see lowering their own rates
as a solution. Snow says the US still has a strong dollar policy while
President Bush is desperate to see the dollar go low enough to begin to
turn around the dismal American job picture.
Someone whom I have the
utmost respect for who runs a significant gold fund told me his number
one position is X-Cal Resources, which I also own. I could not be
happier when I heard this. Sean Kennedy, X-Cal CEO, was there for GATA
in a substantial way when you few others would even take our phone
calls. Congrats Sean. Your forward thinking is paying off all over the
place!
I hope everyone has
done their part and contacted Eliot Spitzer, or the appropriate precious
metals authorities. You never know what letter or email could win the
day by pushing them over "The Tipping Point."
Regarding Eliot
Spitzer:
A number of Café
members don’t believe he will do anything – that he will only go
after the small fish to get a name for himself. There is something to
that. When he had a chance to go after Sandy Weill (Citi-Group chairman
and someone I used to work for at Shearson, Hayden, Stone), he backed
off. Many say the eventual fines levied on Wall Street were relatively
small potatoes compared to what they have been raking in due to dubious
sales and trading practices.
Perhaps he won’t do
anything. But, nothing ventured nothing gained. The Comex is in New York
State, under his jurisdiction. We want all of us to put him on notice
something is very wrong regarding silver. He has formed a campaign
committee, most likely to run for Governor in 2006 and is already
collecting campaign funds! The silver market will have blown sky high by
then. Along with a soaring gold price, it might cause the financial
community some severe stress. If he fails to at least look into what is
going on, when put on notice by so many people, it could be a real
blight on his record. It won’t do him any good to look into wrongdoing
after the horse has left the barn. We know he is willing to take some
action (unlike others, to his huge credit). The financial chaos caused
by the gold/silver rig is likely to be a headliner by 2006. Why not give
Spitzer a heads up of what is going to happen and why and let him know
how he can use it for his political benefit?
Regarding the Comex/NYMEX
regulatory authorities:
They have been derelict
in their duties. They are running out of time to fulfill their fiduciary
role to the public. If they fail to act before silver blows, our camp
will demand a witch hunt to expose this dereliction of duty. If they
receive thousands of emails and letters, they won’t have any wiggle
room for excuses. It is time to put some fear into them. I am passing
information on to you that the European authorities have been put on
notice about what is coming in silver. The executives at the Comex/NYMEX
MUST have heard the same too by now.
POUND away at these
bureaucrats! BEAT the arrogant ones! I will be so disappointed in every
Café member who did not take 10 minutes to do something to help
yourselves. Might as well do something now. I will be on this
relentlessly for weeks. There is no excuse not to at least send an
email, a letter is better. You can even use many of the examples
presented in MIDAS commentary this past week.
A few more of them:
The Honorable Eliot
Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10271
Dear Mr. Spitzer:
I encourage you to
investigate the egregious conduct being carried on by certain
participants in the Comex silver market. When "paper"
manipulators can control a supposedly free market, it destroys any
opportunity for small investors such as myself.
You have distinguished
yourself as a friend of the little man and I trust you will continue
your good work on our behalf. From what I can tell, the misconduct is so
blatant in silver, where short sellers are nowhere near being able to
deliver into their positions, that you should be able to quickly
ascertain the misdeeds and those who are perpetrating them.
I am but a small
investor and I cannot put into technical words the exact description of
the misdeeds. However, I am including a report by a noted and respected
observer of the silver market, namely, Mr. Ted Butler.
Very truly yours,
John W. Black
Greetings Chairman
Viola,
This email follows my
continued observation of price manipulation and market activity in the
New York silver markets - physical and paper. I echo the concerns of Mr.
Ted Butler. I have signed the silver petition at signature # 1516. Your
office is well aware of the assertions and they will not be repeated
here.
This email will also be
available to responsible parties as evidence of additional NOTICE when
your FAILURE TO ACT results in market disruptions. The time is long past
when ignorance may be asserted regarding the ongoing action of
un-economic short selling and that practice in price manipulation. Your
duty calls and action is required.
Respectfully,
David and Anna Larson
Title: How can this
happen in American democracy?
Dear Mr. Chairman
Vincent Viola,
My name is Karl
Bernhard Möllmann from Munich in good old Germany. I was born in 1947,
right after my country was freed from the Nazi dictatorship with the
help from your great people. So I learned to love freedom, as I learned
to love justice.
From my late mother I
learned to invest in the equity markets as well as in commodities like
gold and silver.
What is going on in the
American gold and silver market right now reminds me of our darkest
hours under Nazi oppression - please make sure you don't get stuck in
that criminal trap it really is.
You should know much
better than I, that there is criminal manipulation going on in the USA
right now, covered up from high places.
But from our German
experience with criminal government I can tell you, you will be much
better off in the long run, if you choose the honest and legal side the
sooner the better.
All the best
Karl Bernhard Möllmann
I mailed this letter
today Bill.
The Honorable Eliot
Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10271
Thank you Mr. Spitzer
for what you have been doing to hold the corrupt and illegal financial
market manipulators accountable. I know that you have been well informed
by now concerning the equally illegal and egregious activities of the
silver trade on the Comex. The clear manipulation in the price of silver
must come to an end, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice. If
you will investigate the massive silver short positions, I believe that
you will see that there is abundant evidence of illegal market
activities by a small group of commercial Comex silver traders.
Please seriously study
the evidence Mr. Spitzer. Small investors who have looked to gold and
silver as a hedge against the destructive powers of the monetary
printing press have suffered far too long. Unfortunately, the longer
this goes on, the more destruction there will be for the entire economic
system of the United States.
Sincerely,
Kirk Conklin
The
Rumor Mill News Reading Room
http://www.rumormillnews.com
To
Eliot Spitzer Re: Precious Metals Manipulation
Posted
By: faction3
Date: Saturday, 7 February 2004, 3:24 p.m.
February 3, 2004
To The Honorable Eliot
Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10271
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/online_forms/email_ag.jsp
To The Honorable Eliot
Spitzer:
A crime is taking place
at the COMEX. A default is about to occur in both the gold markets and
the silver markets. The crime is the creation of excessive and
fraudulent paper promises to deliver gold and silver that does not
exist. This is a crime of fraud that will hurt market participants as
follows: Imagine if you ordered silver bullion from a local coin
dealer, and sent in your money, waiting a week for your bullion to
arrive, and then, during that week you watch as silver rises from
$5-$10/oz. Imagine your happiness as you realize you made the correct
investment decision, only, then imagine if you were told that they
don't have the silver for you because they have run out. Then, imagine
as your money was returned to you, when silver was $10/oz. Your money
was not refunded, but you just lost half your money in the form of
silver bullion, and then, you'd not be able to buy silver anywhere, as
the market seizes up, and really takes off in price from $10/oz. to !
$50/oz. or higher, due to the default!!!
That is the exact
situation that I believe will hit the entire silver market due to the
un-backed sales of futures contracts. Millions of silver investors who
trusted the integrity of the markets in the U.S. will be devastated
because these un-backed promises were allowed to be made, unchecked,
and unregulated by the regulation authorities who are either stupid or
have been bribed and paid off, or threatened with harm if they did
their jobs.
Last year, I wrote to
Michael Gorham, Director of Market Oversight U.S. CFTC (Commodity
Futures Trading Commission) and to Neal Wolkoff, Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer New York Mercantile Exchange.
Their writings reflect that they recognize the problem, and yet, they
refused to act.
It is time to end the
criminal activity, and end the lack of action by the market regulators
that allow this crime to go unpunished.
According to the Coin
Act of 1792, it was a crime worthy of death to debase the coinage.
Penalty of Death for
de-basing the coins. Section 19. And be it further enacted, That if
any of the gold or silver coins which shall be struck or coined at the
said mint shall be debased or made worse as to the proportion of the
fine gold or fine silver therein contained, or shall be of less weight
or value than the same out to be pursuant to the directions of this
act, through the default or with the connivance of any of the officers
or persons who shall be employed at the said mint, for the purpose of
profit or gain, or otherwise with a fraudulent intent, and if any of
the said officers or persons shall embezzle any of the metals which
shall at any time be committed to their charge for the purpose of
being coined, or any of the coins which shall be struck or coined at
the said mint, every such officer or person who shall commit any or
either of the said offenses, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and
shall suffer death.
Therefore, surely, it is
a crime to allow the continuation of the debasement of our coinage as
is occuring through the Federal Reserve System of paper money. We must
do something to stop the crime of endless paper promises that
interfere with the free market process that stimulate competition that
produces an efficient economy and prosperity for all. Such endless
paper promises, whether futures contracts, or paper dollars, wreck
havoc in our entire economy.
I am acting to stop the
fraud, by using the freedom of the press. I write articles on the
internet about the fraud and I tell people to stop being deceived by
the paper promises. Hundreds of people have written to me to thank me
for writing so clearly and for explaining the fraud that is taking
place.
Four of my best and most
appropriate articles to help you present your case against those who
are manipulating the markets in gold and silver, are the following:
Rising Gold Prices will
help the Economy
http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/hommel120203.html
Letter To Authorities of
Silver Markets - 06 January 2003
http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/hommel010603.html
CFTC Response to
Silver Problem - 14 January 2003
http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/hommel011403.html
The Moral Failures of
the Paper Longs - 22 January 2003
http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/hommel012203.html
Unlike myself, who, at
the present time, can only write, and promote my writings, a man in
your position has a greater responsibility to do more to help the
people of the United States of America, and the whole world, who is
being deceived and defrauded.
You can prosecute and
lay criminal charges of conspiracy, racketeering, market manipulation,
fraud, and perhaps more, and put away the criminals for good.
May your actions be a
preview of this prophecy about the whore who leads the nations astray,
and how she is ultimately destroyed by the strength of the kings of
the nations.
Rev 17:16 And the ten
horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore,
and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and
burn her with fire.
I pray to God that you
will do the right thing, and that you will not be intimidated by the
evil. I pray that you will not fear man, nor allow your self to be
blackmailed or scared away from doing the right thing. May God grant
you the courage, the wisdom, and the boldness, to end the evil of
fraud that is plaguing our land and destroying our economy.
Sincerely,
Jason Hommel
goldismoney.com
bibleprophesy.org
cc
James E. Newsome
Chairman
Three Lafayette Centre
1155 21st Street, NW
Washington DC 20581
jnewsome@cftc.gov
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We can also email:
Vincent Viola
Chairman
Vviola@nymex.com
Michael Steinhause
Vice-Chairman
Msteinhause@nymex.com
Christopher Bowen
General Counsel
Cbowen@nymex.com
Thomas Lasala
VP - Chief Regulatory Officer
tlasalla@nymex.com
Gentleman,
I, and thousands of others, would be grateful if you would deal with
this blatant manipulation of free market forces in the silver price.
My wife, children...and
my co-workers at the office know what's going on...and I know you do to.
Thank you.
Edward Steer
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
04 February 2004
The Honorable Eliot
Spitzer
New York State Attorney General
120 Broadway
New York, NY 10271
U.S.A.
Subject: The
Silver Market
Dear Sir:
I am writing to you on
an issue which, by now, you are more than familiar…the suppression of
the silver price on the NYMEX/COMEX by the ‘eight or less’ traders.
It is more than
obvious, even to the casual observer, that the price of silver is
controlled, and has been for more than a decade. Some people say that
the price of silver has never been free, particularly since the
appearance of the Silver Users Association in 1947. I know that your
office…plus the authorities at the CFTC and the NYMEX/COMEX…are all
more than aware of that as well.
The 8 largest COMEX
traders are net (naked) short more than 7 times the annual silver mine
production of the US, the world's 4th largest producer (source - Silver
Institute). You can be sure that the Chairman of the CFTC, James
Newsome…an ex-cattleman… would never allow 8 traders to be short
anything approaching total US cattle production, to say nothing of 7
times US cattle production.
That the CFTC protects
these silver shorts is deplorable. The CFTC has been informed of this
issue many times over the last fifteen years, and have done nothing to
stop it. Up until now, I have refused to believe that the CFTC is
complicit in this matter, but I have now changed my mind to the belief
that they are.
In a related Dow Jones
story today, I see that the SEC and NASD have both taken drastic action
to tighten one of its rules governing illegal naked short selling. Let
me quote this article...
"Known as
affirmative determination, the NASD rule stipulates that brokers and
dealers engaged in a short sale transaction must make sure that shares
can be delivered by settlement time, three days later."
"We closed a loophole," said Steve Luparello, executive vice
president of Market Regulation at NASD. Until now, non-NASD members,
like specialists, option markets and foreign brokers, weren't covered
under the affirmative determination rule."
"New Rule 3370
goes into effect on February 20th 2004. This new rule could become the
Holy Grail for bulletin board traded companies. The Rule requires NASD
member firms to treat non-member broker dealers as if they were regular
customers as regards delivery of any shares that have been sold through
a US registered broker/dealer."
"A short seller typically borrows stock from a broker to sell it
into the market, betting that the share price will fall so that he can
buy the stock back at a lower price and pocket
the difference." End.
Mr. Sptizer, you and I
and James Newsome all know that the ‘eight or less traders’ that are
suppressing the silver price have little or no silver backing their
obvious naked short positions. They are allowed to sell naked short any
amount they wish, in order to control the price…without a word from
the CFTC.
This is not only
illegal…it is outrageous as well…and entirely against regulations of
the NYMEX/COMEX. It also makes a mockery of the belief that the U.S.
markets are free and fair. This is obviously not the case with
silver…plus a great many other things that are beyond the scope of
this letter.
If the SEC and the NASD
have decided to put their foot down on naked short sales in this area,
then it is long overdue that the CFTC take similar action in the
silver market.
Silver expert Ted
Butler (www.butlerresearch.com/archive_free.html)
has previously provided a fair solution (to the CFTC) that will fix any
threat of a delivery default and eliminate the silver manipulation
problem at the same time. In fact, it would work in all commodity
markets. The CFTC must mandate that all longs in futures
contracts must have the full cash value of their contracts
deposited in their accounts by first delivery day. And likewise, all
shorts must have COMEX warehouse receipts deposited by first
delivery day.
Mr. Spitzer, the CFTC
is deathly afraid to even debate this, because they know it has great
merit. You and I know it too.
You and your department
have done most excellent work in the past number of years bringing
financial wrong-doings to light. I urge you to the honourable thing, and
end this manipulation now. I know you have the power, and I also hope
that you have the will to do what is necessary and right.
In closing, I wish you
well in your continued endeavors. I also enclose a copy of silver expert
Ted Butler’s latest essay "Business as Usual?" taken
from his web site mentioned above, or available directly from the URL (www.investmentrarities.com/02-02-04.html)
If you have any further
questions, or require more information, you can contact me directly, or
speak with the expert on this issue…former commodities trader, Mr. Ted
Butler. His e-mail address is fasttedb@aol.com.
He is the real expert in these matters, and would gladly meet with you
at your convenience, and at a time and location of your choosing.
Best personal wishes,
Ed Steer
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6K 2H4
e-mail: edsteer48@shaw.ca
emhs/mtf
cc James Newsome
Chairman, CFTC
jnewsome@cftc.gov
Dr. Michael Gorham
Director of Market Oversight, CFTC
mgorham@cftc.gov
Vincent Viola
Chairman, NYMEX
vviola@nymex.com
Michael Steinhause
Vice-Chairman, NYMEX
msteinhause@nymex.com
Christopher Bowen
General Counsel, NYMEX
cbowen@nymex.com
Thomas Lasala, VP
Chief Regulatory Officer, NYMEX
tlasalla@nymex.com
File – four page
letter…Eliot Spitzer
enclosures (1- Six
pages) Essay by Ted Butler: Business as Usual?
Vincent Viola
Chairman
Vviola@nymex.com
Michael Steinhause
Vice-Chairman
Msteinhause@nymex.com
Christopher Bowen
General Counsel
Cbowen@nymex.com
ATTACK!
GATA BE IN IT TO WIN
IT!
MIDAS
PS: to Café members:
GATA, as presented, is
on a campaign to support Ted Butler’s efforts to expose the fraudulent
manipulation of the silver market. Therefore, for the first time since
The Café opened, I am putting this commentary out to some other
prominent gold web sites only days after putting another MIDAS out
there. I promised Ted Butler we would do what we could to help him win
the day and want as much exposure of our efforts as possible. GATA urges
ALL GOLD/SILVER INVESTORS to stand up and be counted, which will
obviously accrue to all Café members who own gold and silver
investments. Take action this weekend by sending an email or letter to
assist Ted Butler’s brilliantly sustained efforts to defeat the Wall
Street arrogants who have fleeced us all these years. It is time to BURY
these abusive elitists!
Please don’t be one
of those complainers who talk/criticize and never do anything. I urge
everyone to join the GATA ARMY and step up to the plate.
BILL MURPHY
CHAIRMAN
GOLD-ANTI TRUST ACTION COMMITTEE
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