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Pierre Lassonde - Why Gold Could Spike 20% in a Day or Two

With so much worry surrounding the gold and silver markets, today King World News interviewed legendary Pierre Lassonde, to get his thoughts on what to look for going forward. Pierre is arguably the greatest company builder in the history of the mining sector. He used to run Newmont Mining, was Chairman of the World Gold Council and is current Chairman of Franco Nevada. When asked about the plunge in gold, Lassonde responded, “There’s no cliff here. There’s no need to panic whatsoever. First of all, let’s take a look at where we came from. We came from $250 ten years ago, to $1,600 to $1,700 today. That is a remarkable feat for the gold price.”

Pierre Lassonde continues:


“The mania phase is always the last phase of a bull market. I believe we are going to see that. I (also) believe it will mostly be of Chinese origin. Today over 50% of all of the gold sold on a yearly basis is sold in two countries, China and India. The is where it (the mania) will start.

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Turk - Gold & Silver Turmoil, What to Expect Going Forward

With many investors worried about the plunge in gold and silver, today King World News interviewed James Turk out of Spain. He told King World News this smash in the metals is very similar to what took place at the end of February. Turk firmly believes this is more proof of intervention and manipulation in these critical markets. Here is what Turk had to say about the turmoil in both metals: “What happened, after the FOMC meeting, in the last two days is a replay of what happened at the end of February. Gold got up to $1,800 (at the end of February), (then it was) smashed. (Two days ago) gold got up to $1,700 and it was smashed (again).”

James Turk continues:


“Now the interesting thing is both times one would expect the gold price would have risen. What happened at the end of February is the ECB had just announced their long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) of 500 billion euros, doubling the 500 billion euros they had done only a few weeks before....

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Silver Update 3/14/12 Peak Petrodollar

JP Morgan Whistleblower States JP Morgan Manipulates Silver & Gold Futures

Thanks to Silverdoctors.com for this information:

From: Z A N
Organization(s):
JPMorgan Chase

Comment No: 57019
Date: 3/14/2012

Comment Text:

Dear CFTC Staff,

Hello, I am a current JPMorgan Chase employee. This is an open letter to all commissioners and regulators. I am emailing you today b/c I know of insider information that will be damning at best for JPMorgan Chase. I have decided to play the role of whistleblower b/c I no longer have faith and belief that what we are doing for society is bringing value to people. I am now under the opinion that we are actually putting hard working Americans unaware of what lays ahead at extreme market risk. This risk is unnecessary and will lead to wide-scale market collapse if not handled properly. With the release of Mr. Smith’s open letter to Goldman, I too would like to set the record straight for JPM as well. I have seen the disruptive behavior of superiors and no longer can say that I look up to employees at the ED/MD level here at JPM. Their smug exuberance and arrogance permeates the air just as pungently as rotting vegetables. They all know too well of the backdoor crony connections they share intimately with elected officials and with other institutions. It is apparent in everything they do, from the meager attempts to manipulate LIBOR, therefore controlling how almost all derivatives are priced to the inherit and fraudulent commodities manipulation. They too may have one day stood for something in the past in the client-employee relationship. Does anyone in today’s market really care about the protection of their client? From the ruthless and scandalous treatment of MF Global client asset funds to the excessive bonuses paid by companies with burgeoning liabilities. Yes, we at JPMorgan that are in the know are fearful of a cascading credit event being triggered in Greece as they have hidden derivatives in excess of $1 Trillion USD. We at JPMorgan own enough of these through counterparty risk and outright prop trading that our entire IB EDG space could be annihilated within a few short days. The last ten years has been market by inflexion point after inflexion point with the most notable coming in 2008 after the acquisition of Bear.

I wish to remain anonymous as of now as fear of termination mounts from what I am about to reveal. Robert Gottlieb is not my real name; however he is a trader that is involved in a lawsuit for manipulative trading while working with JPMorgan Chase. He was acquired during our Bear Stearns acquisition and is known to be the notorious person shorting in the silver future market from his trading space, along with Blythe Masters, his IB Global boss. However, with that said, we are manipulating the silver futures market and playing a smaller (but still massively manipulative) role in manipulating the gold futures market. We have a little over a 25% (give or take a percentage) position in the short market for silver futures and by your definition this denotes a larger position than for speculative purposes or for hedging and is beyond the line of manipulation.

On a side note, I do not work directly with accounts that would have been directly impacted by the MF Global fiasco but I have heard through other colleagues that we have involvement in the hiding of client assets from MF Global. This is another fraudulent effort on our part and constitutes theft. I urge you to forward that part of the investigation on to the respective authorities.

There is something else that you may find strange. During month-end December, we were all told by our managers that this was going to be a dismal year in terms of earnings and that we should not expect any bonuses or pay raises. Then come mid-late January it is made known that everyone received a pay raise and/or bonus, which is interesting b/c just a few weeks ago we were told that this was not likely and expected to be paid nothing in addition to base salary. January is right around the time we started increasing our short positions quite significantly again and this most recent crash in gold and silver during Bernanke's speech on February 29th is of notable importance, as we along with 4 other major institutions, orchestrated the violent $100 drop in Gold and subsequent drops in silver.

As regulators of the free people of this country, I ask you to uphold the most important job in the world right now. That job is judge and overseer of all that is justice in the most sensitive of commodity markets. There are many middle-income people that invest in the physical assets of silver, gold, as well as mining stocks that are being financially impacted in a negative way b/c of our unscrupulous shorts in the precious metals commodity sector. If you read the COT with intent you will find that commercials (even though we have no business being in the commercial sector, which should be reserved for companies that truly produce the metal) are net short by a long shot in not only silver, but gold.

It is rather surprising that what should be well known liabilities on our balance sheet have not erupted into wider scale scrutinization. I call all honest and courageous JPMorgan employees to step up and fight the cronyism and wide-scale manipulation by reporting the truth. We are only helping reality come to light therefore allowing a real valuation of our banking industry which will give investors a chance to properly adjust without being totally wiped out. I will be contacting a lawyer shortly about this matter, as I believe no other whistleblower at JPMorgan has come forward yet. Our deepest secrets lie within the hands of honest employees and can be revealed through honest regulators that are willing to take a look inside one of America's best kept secrets. Please do not allow this to turn into another Enron.

Kind Regards,
-The 1st Whistleblower of Many

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Norcini - Rough Day for Gold & Silver, But Here’s Good News

With gold and silver plunging, today King World News interviewed legendary Jim Sinclair’s chartist Dan Norcini. Norcini told KWN that sell-stops and fresh speculative shorting are putting short-term pressure on both gold and silver. Here is what Norcini had to say: “Eric, the reason gold is getting hit so hard and by consequence silver as well, has to do specifically with the action in the bond market. To start the year, I told KWN readers and listeners the most important market in 2012 was going to be the bond market. The bonds have had a massive breakdown.”

Dan Norcini continues:


“A huge amount of selling has entered the bond market. Bonds had a big down day yesterday and we have had an even bigger debacle today, particularly on the long end of the curve. The ten year rate is now up to 2.25%, it’s up 7.4% today alone

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Embry - Gold & Silver Manipulation, Greece, Oil & Contagion

With continued volatility in gold and silver, oil holding above $106 and ongoing worries about the Greek CDS situation, today King World News interviewed John Embry, Chief Investment Strategist of the $10 billion strong Sprott Asset Management. Embry told KWN contagion in Europe is a major risk because of the situation in Greece, but first he had this to say about gold, silver and oil: “Jim Sinclair hit it on the head the other day when he said the central banks are scared stiff of the gold market because of their very aggressive monetary policy. They can say anything they want, but they have no choice but to follow quantitative easing to infinity. The amount of money they will create will be astounding.”

John Embry continues:


“Eventually the gold market is going to realize this and it’s going to go berserk, but in the meantime the central planners can use market manipulation to keep a lid on gold. I guess it’s discouraging in the short-run, but in the long-run it means nothing.

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Richard Russell - More QE After 40 Year Monster Bubble

With gold trading near the $1,700 level, today the Godfather of newsletter writers, Richard Russell, had this to say in his latest commentaries: “I have been writing my ‘stuff’ for about 54 years. They say that you can't teach old dogs new tricks, but I'm an old dog and I’m still learning. Many people in this line of work ask me how in the world I stay in business. I tell them, I really don't know, I write about what's on my mind, and most subscribers evidently like it.”

Richard Russell continues:


“There are more things on this earth than money and profits (or losses), and one must develop a philosophy of life. The reason I say this is because sooner or later everyone runs into seemingly impossible trouble, and one must have a way of surviving those troubles until the sun rises.

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Silver Update 3/13/12 Silver Slowdown

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Farage - Yes, Germany & Switzerland Want Their Gold Back

With Europe desperately trying to stabilize the Greek crisis, today Nigel Farage told King World News that despite European leaders pretending everything is okay, there is total denial and the ceiling is falling in. He also said the Germans and Swiss want their gold back. But first, here is what Farage had to say about the ongoing crisis in Greece: “It was very odd, I mean we had Mr. Van Rompuy, President of the European Council and Mr. Barroso, the Commission President, in Parliament this morning and it was remarkable. Two speeches from the two big bosses, both saying everything is absolutely wonderful. We have no difficulties at all and the recent Greek agreement has all gone off very smoothly. There is absolutely nothing to worry about.”

Nigel Farage continues:


“Mr. Van Rompuy said the euro crisis had now been through a turning point and everything is going swimmingly. Nothing to worry about chaps, it’s all absolutely fine. I did, in response, take the mickey a little bit and I did allude that I was taking part in some giant, comic farce, where we try to pretend the world is great even though the ceiling is falling in as we’re saying it.

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Rule - $150 to $170 Oil, Gold, Fraud & Dangerous Times

With continued volatility in gold, silver and oil, today King World News interviewed Rick Rule, CEO of Sprott USA. Rule told KWN the world is out of $60 oil and maybe out of $70 oil. He also said the circumstances in Greece bring up the issue of moral hazard and the situation is extremely dangerous. Here is what Rule had to say: “I don’t know if it spins out of control, but it’s clearly fraud. Greece had an engineered default, which they chose not to call a default. This is just plain fraud and if you and I tried to do this, in the context of a private issue, we would go to jail. The fact that people who operate under a sovereign do it is very strange and very dangerous.”

Rick Rule continues:


“This situation brings up the issue of moral hazard. This causes people’s behavior to change. We are now living in the era of payback for moral hazards. The idea that you have this broadly sanctioned fraud, which holds harmless the idiots who bought Greek debt, this encourages the same type of behavior.

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John Hathaway - 9 Key Points for the Gold & Silver Markets

With continued volatility in the gold and silver markets, today King World News reached out to 40 year veteran John Hathaway. Hathaway is the prolific manager of the Tocqueville Gold Fund and he has achieved a 5-star rating from Morningstar. Hathaway sent KWN, exclusively, an outline of 9 key points in the gold and silver markets. Here is a portion of one of the 9 key points (all 9 points below): “The fact that gold has survived the negative news flow from the monetary and economic front is encouraging. If gold can withstand the apparently changing narrative that had underpinned a bullish stance on gold, it will be a sign of enormous strength.”

John Hathaway’s 9 key points sent to KWN:


Brief comments on recent market action and outlook for precious metals:


1.The recent sharp decline appears to have been another test of the December low of $1532/oz intraday. Gold fell to $1675 on March 9th from $1788 including a drop of $72 on February 29th. So far, the downside was contained near the 200 day moving average. From a purely technical standpoint, the uptrend in gold seems intact.

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Turk - Why Army of New Buyers Will be Entering Gold & Silver

With many investors worried about the recent action in gold and silver, today King World News interviewed James Turk out of Spain. Turk told King World News that an army of new buyers is going to enter the gold and silver markets. But first, here is what Turk had to say about the situation in Greece: “Greece remains a mess. All the bailout means is that the country has increased its debt by $30 billion euros. The Greeks couldn’t repay what they already owe and there is no way this new debt is going to be repaid either. Greece’s problem, as well as other over-indebted countries, means that we should continue to focus on precious metals.”

James Turk continues:


“Whether or not the CDS payouts on the Greek default lead to a full blown contagion, only time will tell. But one thing is certain, every party that owns a CDS on Greece and other sovereign debts is looking at them closely to determine if they will be paid and how they will be paid.

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BrotherJohnF- Gold And Silver Remain Strong

Barron: Greek Situation Catastrophic, Expect More Black Swans

Today one of the legends in the gold world told King World News the Greek situation will be catastrophic as it plays out over time. Keith Barron is responsible for one of the largest gold discoveries in history and consults with major gold companies around the world as well as international brokerage houses. Barron also said investors should expect to see more black swans on the horizon. Here is how Barron described the situation: “As I predicted, there have been massive payouts due to default insurance kicking in. The banking industry has been looking at this and the individuals involved must be thinking they are going to have the same situation the next time Greece defaults.”

Keith Barron continues:


“All they did was kick the can down the road. They have had a lot of time to try to get these contracts worked out. This is what they should have been doing over the last several weeks, working very hard to unwind a lot of these situations.

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John Williams - Intensifying Crisis & Staggering Unemployment

John Williams just warned that the ongoing financial problems have horrendous implications for the markets and systemic stability. Williams, who founded ShadowStats, also noted that U6 unemployment levels are not being reported by the mainstream media and they are at staggering levels. Here is what Williams had to say about the situation: “The outlook for the broad economy remains bleak, despite relatively upbeat February payroll data. Deterioration in the January trade deficit and related revisions suggest negative impact on first-quarter 2012 GDP reporting, along with increasing downside pressure on the U.S. dollar from underlying economic and political fundamentals.”

John Williams continues:


“Systemic-solvency and liquidity issues continue to plague the Fed and to restrain U.S. economic activity. Bank lending remains impaired, while household income has taken a new hit, as indicated in recent reporting. Separately, as detailed in the Hyperinflation Watch, annual and monthly growth in the broad money supply appears to be stalling, again. That likely is a further indication of mounting difficulties in the systemic-solvency crisis.

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Silver Update 3/9/12 Golden Jackass

Pento - Inflation to Rapidly Increase Around the World in 2012

Today Michael Pento told King World News that Europe’s economy is falling off a cliff, along with other parts of the world, as inflation continues to take a toll on global GDP. Pento, who founded Pento Portfolio Strategies, also noted that one of the largest corporations in the world is seeing a global slowdown. This is what Pento had to say about what is taking place: “Back in early 2011, I was one of the few economists to warn that global GDP growth would slow dramatically in the near future and that the emerging market economies would not be immune from that upcoming contraction. My prediction was based on the premise that the then incipient sovereign debt crisis in the developed world would cause the export-driven BRIC economies to stall.”

Michael Pento continues:


“We now know that the Japanese economy is contracting, while Europe’s GDP is falling off a cliff. And just last week we received more concrete evidence that emerging market economies are starting to feel the pinch from the developed world’s debt crisis.

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