Growing Silver Shortage Ignites Demand for Silver Polar Bear Coin

By David Engstrom | March 13 2013 8:53 AM
With silver prices off 10% in the last 30 days, it’s hard to believe there is a growing silver shortage. I liken it to crossing the desert with a canteen full of water. As long as there is at least one drink of water left in the canteen, there is no shortage. And then with the last drink, as you attempt to shake out the last drop, you realize your canteen is empty. But, even then you don’t totally believe it. As thirst sets in you desperately try one more time to pour out any remaining drops. Then, it hits you. Ahh Nuts!
First signs of a silver shortage came when the U.S. Mint announced they were out of Silver Eagles. As the New Year turned, sales were suspended. Then sales resumed, only to be met by record demand and another shortage was announced. We’re not even through first quarter.
While our mint struggled with its own supply-demand dilemma, reports hit the industry that the Canadian Mint had begun to ration its most popular silver coin, the Maple Leaf. Yet, the silver price continued to decline as if to tell would-be investors, “there is no shortage, wait for the bottom.” Of course everyone thinks they can time the bottom and buy in at exactly the right moment. Never mind reports of a shortage, the declining silver price proves any notion of such is folly. After all, Chinese silver is still available. Or is it?
read more : http://www.ibtimes.com/lear-capital-growing-silver-shortage-ignites-demand-silver-polar-bear-coin-1123111#
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Silver Shortage Coming

 Silver Coins Sell Out


By Swagato Chakravorty
Monday, March 18th, 2013

As of March 11, 2012-W Uncirculated American Silver Eagle coins were not available for purchase anymore from the U.S. Mint.

Since August 2 of last year, when they had gone on sale, SilverCoinsToday reports that 202,504 were purchased. However, that figure is for individual purchases; the coins also form part of the 2012 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set, which is still available from the Mint.

That means there will likely be more sales for the Silver Eagle coins. Altogether, we’re looking at 220,559 and growing. Nevertheless, back in 2006, sales amounted to 466,573. As recently as 2011, 409,927 coins were sold. Clearly, there is a significant shortfall in sales of the one troy ounce silver coin.

Aside from this news from the Mint, consider that over the past month, silver prices have crashed by 10 percent. Sales of Silver Eagles had first been suspended around New Year’s, then resumed briefly, and now there’s another shortage. All this and Q1 isn’t even over.
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James Turk ~ Central Banks are Losing the War to Suppress Gold & Silver

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Eric Sprott likes Silver more than Gold - CNBC

the markets are IMO, being propped up to entice popular investment, like in the first crash in 31. Got the whole population pretty much investing, borrowing etc then pulled the rug out from under everyone. I wouldn't buy any stock w/real money at all...hate that feeling you get when you get ripped off, conned. so why do it, when I know that is the point of the DOW etc going up? any second now, rug...GONE. IMHO

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What is a silver shortage, and is there one right now?

What is a silver shortage, and is there one right now?

Following the news last week that the U.S. Mint had run out of its initial production of 2013 Silver Eagles, reports were circulating on industry blogs that the Royal Canadian Mint was next-in-line, and suffering a silver shortage. In other news the FED balance sheet crosses 3 Trillion as they print $85 billion per month. Not only is the fed printing but countries across the globe are expanding their currency supplies.Very interesting how the velocity of US Dollars is at a 50 year low while the money supply triples... which is the only reason that inflation has not yet sky-rocketed. But with the world-wide massive debasement of currencies by printing money out of thin air and chronic massive deficit spending, the prognosis for paper money & world economies is not good. This is all non-sustainable & sooner or later, something is going to give. Don't trust paper, trust PHYSICAL gold & silver in your hands.
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Physical Gold Shortage Possible in the Near Future

 New York, NY (PRWEB) February 25, 2013

In response to the economic stimulus programs employed by the world’s most powerful governments, central banks in many developing countries are transferring their holdings into gold, as the metal is considered a more tangible asset than reserve currencies that are being devalued in the ongoing currency war. According to reports from the World Gold Council, central bank buying accounted for 534.6 tons in 2012. Quite the shift from the previous trend of central banks selling 400 tons a year, accounting for over 900 tons in a 4,000 ton market. Among the new players in the central bank buying game were Latin American countries including Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela and Mexico. Russia, South Korea and the Philippines held their status of recent big buyers, and Iraq made an appearance onto the scene last year, buying 24.1 tons of gold.

Arthur McGuire, Vice President of Gold Price, says, “As the world’s most powerful central banks print money without restraint, up-and-coming central banks all over the world are starting to realize that they don’t want to hold money that is being devalued and set to see hyperinflation in the future. China and India have been buying vast amounts of gold for years, but now we’re seeing smaller countries jump on the bandwagon, and this shift could cause a shortage soon. We’re recommending that investors buy gold coins and bars now, while prices are low compared to what they could rise to if we end up seeing a significant shortage of physical gold supply.”
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There is a Silver Shortage! USGS Report; Destroyed.

manipulated reports,manipulated markets, there is no way to analize numbers without any certainty of where exactly they are derived from..if one number is based on a previous number and that one is inacurate then ? kinda like having a map and being told to walk ten feet, but they dont tell you where to start. i prefer to keep an eye on the street supply, the inventory levels, the back order time frames and such.keep pluggin away man.thanks .peace.

People were saying that this report proved there was not a silver shortage.. BrotherJohnF showed that this was untrue. But underneath the USGS's own data, which supposedly proved there was no silver shortage; an absolutely massive silver debt bubble was found.
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Silver price backwardation, corrections and perception shifts

By Dr. Jeffrey Lewis
The price of silver futures contracts have been regularly flirting with a state of backwardation ever since the 2008 financial crisis, which is a sign of a growing physical silver shortage. A state of backwardation occurs when the front month silver futures contract commands a price premium to the subsequent months’ contracts.
On one hand, this situation could actually provide larger traders who own the physical silver with an opportunity to simultaneously sell it and purchase futures contracts to recover their metal holdings for a net profit.
Paper and Physical Silver Price Backwardation
A backwardation also tends to indicate that industrial and personal silver consumers need the metal more now, rather than later.
When a backwardation in the silver market is driven by perception on The Street, this phenomenon would actually reveal the true fate of larger traders with insufficient physical silver supplies available to profit from this apparently easy money.
Nevertheless, the silver futures market ceased being a physical market years ago when the overall short position became dominated by just a few bullion banks. Whether these players control 25% or 50% of the net shorts, this concentration influences the paper price.
People Will Pay Whatever it Takes for Silver
The price of silver will ultimately be driven by premiums, which are ultimately determined by demand at the retail level. As confidence is lost in the futures market and shortages develop at physical metal dealers and scrap flows drop because they have already been panned out, an industrial panic will compete for the large (1,000 ounce) silver bar supply.
Following the notable silver rally in 1980, the market saw a divergence in demand flow. One consisted of a reduction in demand for increasingly expensive silverware and silver jewelry, which fell out of favor as wealth declined and cultural preferences shifted.
In contrast, silver production and demand for use in electronics and other industry took off, although governments sold their stockpiles of silver cheap, indirectly debasing their paper currencies along the way.
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Silver: perception, correction and backwardation

Silver prices have, since 2008, regularly flirted with a state of backwardation, which can be a sign of growing physical shortages.

Author: Dr. Jeffrey Lewis Posted: Monday , 25 Feb 2013 Silver-coin-investor.com - The price of silver futures contracts have been regularly flirting with a state of backwardation ever since the 2008 Financial Crisis, which is a sign of a growing physical silver shortage. A state of backwardation occurs when the front month silver futures contract commands a price premium to the subsequent months’ contracts. On one hand, this situation could actually provide larger traders who own the physical silver with an opportunity to simultaneously sell it and purchase futures contracts to recover their metal holdings for a net profit. Paper and Physical Silver Price Backwardation A backwardation also tends to indicate that industrial and personal silver consumers need the metal more now, rather than later. When a backwardation in the silver market is driven by perception on The Street, this phenomenon would actually reveal the true fate of larger traders with insufficient physical silver supplies available to profit from this apparently easy money. Nevertheless, the silver futures market ceased being a physical market years ago when the overall short position became dominated by just a few bullion banks. Whether these players control 25% or 50% of the net shorts, this concentration influences the paper price. - excerpt from : http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-independent-viewpoint?oid=179258&sn=Detail

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Silver’s free fall may be coming to an end

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Silver’s free fall may be coming to an end. After a nearly 9% dive in silver prices this month, investors should be able to breathe a sigh of relief as growth in industrial and investment demand gains pace, and calls of “oversold” conditions and “bargain” prices for the precious metal intensify.
“Silver is grossly oversold at current levels, more so than any time in the past five years,” said James Carrillo, senior portfolio adviser for precious-metals investment firm Swiss America Trading Corp. Silver futures prices SIH3 +0.0035% have lost $2.65 an ounce, or 8.5%, this month, after closing at $28.70 Thursday on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Year to date, they’ve lost over 5%. That compares with gold’s GCJ3 +0.11% month-to-date loss of around 5% and a nearly 6% decline for the year. “Fundamentally, silver should be rising,” as physical demand remains strong, said Carrillo. “However, the technical side of the market is dictating direction currently.”
- in http://www.marketwatch.com/story/for-silver-being-cheap-is-a-good-thing-2013-02-22
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The Global Silver Shortage Of 2013

By Byron King | 02/13/13


Did you hear the U.S. Mint just ran out of silver? In mid-January, the Mint suspended sale of the 2013 run of its popular U.S. “Eagles.”

The new silver Eagles sold out fast. They went on sale, and buyers bought everything they could lay hands on. Within days, the shelves at the Mint were stripped bare. It’s not the first time that this has happened.

The Mint quickly announced that it’s obtaining new supplies of silver. It will stamp out more Eagle coins. There will be more to buy, or so they say. And yet… people in the silver markets are squirming — and I’ll tell you more about that, below.

Right now, silver sells for $31.50 per ounce, give or take. That’s if you can find somebody to sell you their silver at that price. If you’re a normal, everyday retail buyer, good luck trying.

Let’s say you want to buy some silver. You call up one of those companies that advertise on the radio and find out that there’s a markup to $40 or more for 1-ounce bullion coins. That’s if they have any to sell to the likes of you. After all, are you a big wheeler-dealer?

If you want the fancy versions of silver coins — “uncirculated” and “proof” specimens — the price is twice (or more) the posting for basic metal.

The bottom line is that silver is hard to get. You have to plan ahead to obtain the metal, and even the U.S. Mint gets its numbers wrong, now and again.

From what I’m seeing — and I’ll explain this, below — one of these days, the Mint might not simply resume sales so quickly. It won’t have the basic metal. And I suspect we’re going to see silver prices move much higher.

The Global Silver Shortage
First, let’s review the global scramble for silver. How much of a problem is it? Well, it’s not just the U.S. Mint that has to worry about supply. Industrial users are in a bind, as well. I mean big, important companies.
Here’s an example. Last summer, I visited a storage vault dug deep into solid rock and buried in the hills north of Zurich, Switzerland. It’s a massive complex, right down the road from a Swiss Army base (and that’s no accident). You can enter this facility only by prior appointment, because the Swiss customs department has to do a background check on you. The Swiss are very thorough, you may have heard.
The vault is constructed with huge steel beams and enclosed by thick, reinforced concrete walls. Accompanied by an armed guard, you have to walk down a long, sloping set of corridors and then take an elevator to get to the deep levels. Heck, it’s like visiting a secure, military command bunker — of which I’ve seen a few in the course of my life’s journey. Finally, after a hike, you arrive at the business end of this facility.

Read more: The Silver Shortage Of 2013 http://dailyreckoning.com/the-silver-shortage-of-2013/#ixzz2KoDeZenx

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Silver Shortage? / Money Printing Around The Globe! .

Following the news last week that the U.S. Mint had run out of its initial production of 2013 Silver Eagles, reports were circulating on industry blogs that the Royal Canadian Mint was next-in-line, and suffering a silver shortage.

In other news the FED balance sheet crosses 3 Trillion as they print $85 billion per month. Not only is the fed printing but countries across the globe are expanding their currency supplies.

Royal Canadian Mint News: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2013/01/25/royal-canadian-mint-managing...

Fed Balance Sheet News: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/01/24/feds-balance-sheet-tops-3-trillion-...


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Silver Shortage & Manipulation Explained by Bill Murphy

Bill Murphy's Interview about the metals market and what is happening today. We discuss, Germany's Gold, Comex, JP Morgan, China, manipulation and the future prices of Gold and Silver.

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David Morgan Interview - Silver Shortage, Germany's Gold and Yuan Global Reserve Currency

David Morgan of the Morgan Report and www.silver-investor.com did an interview with me today about what is going on with the Silver manipulation, Germany wanting their gold back but it taking until 2020 for them to just get 70 tons back and China using the word "Global Reserve Currency" for the Yuan today.

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Silver Shortage? / Money Printing Around The Globe!

Following the news last week that the U.S. Mint had run out of its initial production of 2013 Silver Eagles, reports were circulating on industry blogs that the Royal Canadian Mint was next-in-line, and suffering a silver shortage. In other news the FED balance sheet crosses 3 Trillion as they print $85 billion per month. Not only is the fed printing but countries across the globe are expanding their currency supplies.
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The Great 2013 Silver Shortage

Detailing the unfolding silver shortage. We are trying to anticipate the shortage but right now we dont have one. We have spike in investment demand since December 2012.

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Silver Panic Imminent? Apple Contractor Claims New iMac Production Delayed Over Silver Shortage!

Probably some people are taking their paper profits from metals and rotating it into stocks to try and ride the Dow Jones upswell at the moment, thus hitting the gold/silver price a bit. silver price is being globally manipulated to ensure that silver is worth much less than what most silver enthusiaststhe government will step in and lower the margins forcing huge amounts of contracts to be sold driving down the price of silver like Soros and Slims did and the gov did in 1980 to the Hunt brothers who were greatly maginalized . As more people like opurselves hoard silver and much more silver is nonrecoverable in amounts used in cellphones and other tech devices and solar panels etc these extra ounces needed will dry up.

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THE BANKSTERS ARE BUYING "PHYSICAL" SILVER BEHIND THE SCENE TOO!

HSBC has quietly moved into acquiring large amounts of silver bullion.. The bank has secured another deal to buy silver bars from KGHM which brings their total purchases of silver from KGHM alone in the last 12 months to $876 million or PLN 3.65 billion.. KGHM is one of the largest producers of silver in the world and is the second-largest producer of refined silver in the world.. They produce silver bars registered under the brand KGHM HG that are attested to by "Good Delivery" certificates issued by the London Bullion Market Association and the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre.. Listed metals producer KGHM signed an estimated PLN 1.67 billion deal on 2013 sales of silver to HSBC, KGHM said in a market filing yesterday.. The deal puts the total value of deals between KGHM and HSBC in the last 12 months to PLN 3.65 billion or $876 million, the filing read.. The Management Board of KGHM announced that on 21 January 2013 a contract was entered into between KGHM and HSBC Bank USA N.A., London Branch for silver sales in 2013.. The estimated value of the contract is PLN 1,672,260,469.66. As a result of entering into this contract, the total estimated value of contracts entered into between KGHM and HSBC Bank USA N.A., London Branch over the last 12 months exceeded 10% of the equity of the Company and amounts to PLN 3,654,120,061.59.. The highest-value contract signed during this period is the above-mentioned contract. The criteria used for describing the contract as significant is that the total estimated value of the contracts exceeds 10% of the equity of KGHM.. KGHM is one of the largest companies in Poland and one of the largest mining & metallurgy companies in the world.. The main customers of Polish silver in recent years have been the United Kingdom, Germany and Belgium. HSBC appears to be one of their main customers now.. Respected and erudite, James Steel, the chief commodity analyst at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. continues to be bullish on silver and recently said how "silver tends to track gold, except it over performs in a bull market" and how he was "moderately bullish on silver" in 2013.. HSBC did not comment on the deal and it only came to light as KGHM is a listed company and had to report the deal which was then picked up in Polish media.. The massive deal could simply be HSBC securing supply for the NYSE listed ETFS Physical Silver as they are the custodian.. Or it could be that HSBC's senior banksters are concerned about securing supply as they expect robust investment demand to continue and possibly increase resulting in higher prices too...
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Industrial Silver Shortage | Numis Financial

I believe shortages result because of price fixing. The inverse senario (supply having a greater determinant affect on price) would only concern the price fixers if there didn't exist any mitigation controls over silver production as well (think OPEC.) In other words, I believe the price fixers in addition to direct price control also have somewhat of a lever on the production side as well.Shortage or not, silver as an element is in finite supply with no way to create more. Compare that to fiat paper currency that can be printed and devalued to infinity.Which would you want your money in?

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SILVER SHORTAGE US MINT HAS SOLD OUT!!!! Price to BEYOND $65???!!!!

US MINT RUNS OUT of SILVER AGAIN! Price to BEYOND $65???!!!! the price will get extremely high this year. I am surprised to see that not many people are talking about this today. If this were a news story on fox news, people would be buying these 2013 eagles on ebay for 60 bucks already, maybe higher. I just saw one of them go for 44 dollars with 15 bidders a few minutes ago on EBay. Luckily I already got my hands on some, but wow, what a rush this is causing! not to mention that Apple Contractor Claims New iMac Production Delayed Over Silver Shortage! ...FORGET ABOUT THE 6 MILLION EAGLES ORDERED, THE REAL OVER ALL ORDERS ARE FOR 20 MILLION SILVER EAGLES AND GET THIS, THE U S MINT IS NOW REACHING OUT TO OTHER NATIONS FOR THEIR SILVER SUPPLY, BUT THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT U S DOLLARS AS PAYMENT !!! THAT INFO CAME FROM MY INSIDERS !!!

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Eric Sprott: We Are In For A Shortage Of Physical Gold

An explosive interview with Patrick MontesDeOca and Billionaire Eric Sprott from Sprott Asset Management. ...People can buy and sell as much gold as they like and it can continue on in to speculative heaven, unless, those people start taking delivery. Then, it is game over. And, people are beginning to take delivery.

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Silver industry hit by shortage of craftsmen

Silver is a versatile metal, in the true sense of the word. It is adorned not just by women, as undoubtedly the silver khanjar is every Omani man's pride. There has always been a huge demand for silver, especially in Nizwa, which is said to be the oldest and the most famous wilayat to produce exquisite and creative silverware. But despite the means to produce such artefacts and a good demand, the industry has a serious dearth of Omani craftsmen, who are unwilling to acquire skills and keep up the tradition. Tourism is a major catalyst for the sale of silver in Nizwa. Edrees al Hashami, manager at the department of craft industries in the Dakhliyah governorate, said, “Demand for silver is continuously increasing and the main factors pushing the demand is an increase in tourism and trade. Omanis too prefer silver more than gold because the latter is expensive.” Nizwa Souq is the destination for silver lovers and the most popular items sold there are rings, chains and necklaces, according to Dawood al Ishaqi, a handicrafts dealer. Further, addition of fresh new designs to the stock attracts more customers, said Suleiman al Suleimani, a jewellery businessman in the souq.

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Silver Shortage looming ~ Mike Maloney

Silver & Gold - Debt Collapse - Mike Maloney Every American citizen should watch this video. I majored in Finance and Economics and I have never seen a more clear concise explanation on how our monetary system works. The fractional banking system back in the early 70's was called the "multiple expansion deposit theory". It was what we all had to know to pass the course. It has only been in the last few years that I have realized what an insane system this is. We must get control of the FED and our national debt.

Mike Maloney is the author of the world's best selling book on precious metals investing. Since 2003 he has been advocating gold and silver as the ultimate means of protecting wealth from the games played by our governments and banking sector. In this 90 minute presentation he lays down his 'most likely' scenario for the global economy over the next decade...short term deflation, followed by big or even hyperinflation. Here you will learn the true definitions of inflation/deflation, the difference between currency and money, price vs value, 'Wealth Cycles', gold and silver accounting for the expansion of fiat currency, gold and silver supply and demand, the differences between the today's bull market and that of the 1970s, The Debt Collapse, and more.

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What Are the Silver to Gold and Platinum to Gold Ratios Indicating?

At my firm, we are deeply convinced that the bullish fundamentals for the precious metals market are still in place, and are not easily put off by recent corrections. But how can one tell which asset will outperform the others when the market finally starts to rally strongly? You might have noticed that we quite often use various ratios on our charts – such a technique is called Relative Strength Analysis and helps an analyst tell which of the two assets (or group of assets) is likely to do better in the future. This may be done to compare two particular assets (such as silver:gold ratio) or two groups of assets (such as the general stock market and precious metals stocks – SPX:GDX ratio).
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A Big Correction for Gold And Silver

Gold was in another correction mode on Thursday morning—the fourth in less than a month—dipping below $1645; proving wrong those expecting the precious metal to hit $3000 by this year’s end. Silver dipped below $30. Gold ETFs like SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE:GLD) were also sharply lower (down 1.53 percent); silver ETFs like ISHARES SILVER TRUST (NYSE:SLV) followed through in sympathy (down 3.82 percent) - in Forbes Blog

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Guatemalans Resist Invasion of North American Mines

In November we traveled to Guatemala to study Spanish and learn about the lives of the indigenous Maya people. Guatemala is an amazingly beautiful country, with countless mountains and valleys, and 22 volcanoes, the most in Central America. The people are very friendly and good humored. Traditional Mayan culture, mostly observed in the colorful dress of the Mayan women, lives side by side with modernity. Picture a traditionally dressed indigenous peasant woman tending her cattle and sheep on a hillside pasture. Now watch her pull a cell phone out of her skirt to call her children. We are not just Spanish students and certainly not “tourists” in the usual sense. We are active members of Veterans For Peace, and we are very concerned about the U.S. role in Central America. The legacy of the 36-year war waged by the Guatemalan military against its indigenous people is everywhere. A peace agreement was signed in 1996, but many people we met, especially in the mountainous Mayan communities, told us the war continues – through discrimination, poverty, lack of voice in government, and now the systematic destruction of their communities in favor of gold and silver mining, hydroelectric dams, cement plants and oil exploration.

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Silver - The Opportunity Of A Decade

Silver is increasingly seen as an undervalued asset and its strong consolidation levels around $30 to $33 are seen as a buying opportunity by many. As more people become aware of the multiple aspects of demand for silver - from industrial to monetary - the silver market once again will become accepted in the financial community as an investment in a similar vein as gold. As more analysts begin to look at silver, the market may be acknowledging the scarcity and affordability of silver in comparison to gold.

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Silver Prices in the Event of a Comex Default

By Dr. Jeffrey Lewis January 4, 2013

 If and when the Comex silver market implodes, so should the paper market for silver. Nevertheless, can this happen and will it happen?



Also, if a Comex default does occur, what are the likely scenarios and aftermath that will impact silver traders and the price of silver? The following sections explore the increasingly likely possibility of a Comex default in further detail.



Inability to Deliver Physical Silver

Perhaps the most likely scenario of a Comex “default” would involve the inability to deliver physical silver into its futures contracts due to a pronounced and protracted physical metal shortage.

In this case, those holding paper certificates instead of actual physical silver will probably be settled at the cash value of their position once the physical delivery problem finally comes to a head.

At this point, trading in silver futures on the Comex will probably also be halted temporarily while the market figures out the real price of physical silver.

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Physical silver is a long-term safe haven

It is not a secret that silver is much better long-term investment than gold. This is attributed to the more diversified use of the white metal, its current low price and optimistic future prognosis. Investing in silver futures for the short term has certain risks which could be positive or negative – almost like gambling. If you are a safe-player investor type, than consider the physical silver investment opportunities. Bearing in mind that the long-term takes an extend of more than five years, placing cash assets into physical silver is a step which is positively proven by several factors and has almost no risk. In September 2011, the metal’s price soared to $50 and analysts still speculate with that data. The significant here is that this bullish market then, was not a tendency, but a single day phenomenon and it affected only the contracts for future delivery. On the physical silver market the traders were purchasing silver at about $35 per ounce while selling the commodity at $50 per ounce. It is important to stay calm and think in perspective, because one-day events are called incidents and they mean nothing to the long term period where the physical silver rules. Firm evidence can be found in stable market factors that benefit the silver bullion prices trough the future periods. A growing need of the global industry will always support the physical silver price as securities cannot be used for water purification, solar-power generation, coin emissions, specialized medicine and other important sectors.
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More Signs of Silver Bullion Shortage

“This is the definition of a silver shortage – nothing to do with the physical amount of the substance being in deficit, but people’s psychological intention not to sell. The extent to which a shortage is developing is witnessed by the extent of backwardation.”
That’s what Ned-Naylor Neyland wrote in a recent commentary (thanks to GATA for bringing it to our attention). He is the Investment Director at Cheviot Asset Management, one of the UK’s largest independently owned investment firms. His commentary was triggered by the decision of the London Bullion Markets Association (LBMA) to cut the reporting on the Silver Forward Rate on the 2nd of November, playing it down as “only indicative rates and therefore not dealable rates between forward Market Makers.”
Clearly, Ned-Naylor Neyland holds another opinion. He is monitoring the Silver Basis & Co-Basis (by Sandeep Jaitly) and it showed a huge anomaly more or less at the same moment of the LBMA’s decision. That kind of behaviour points to strong backwardation, a signal of silver shortage (based on the earlier mentioned definition).   - via http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article37865.html


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More Signs of Silver Bullion Shortage

By: GoldSilverWorlds Commodities “This is the definition of a silver shortage – nothing to do with the physical amount of the substance being in deficit, but people’s psychological intention not to sell. The extent to which a shortage is developing is witnessed by the extent of backwardation.” That’s what Ned-Naylor Neyland wrote in a recent commentary (thanks to GATA for bringing it to our attention). He is the Investment Director at Cheviot Asset Management, one of the UK’s largest independently owned investment firms. His commentary was triggered by the decision of the London Bullion Markets Association (LBMA) to cut the reporting on the Silver Forward Rate on the 2nd of November, playing it down as “only indicative rates and therefore not dealable rates between forward Market Makers.” Clearly, Ned-Naylor Neyland holds another opinion. He is monitoring the Silver Basis & Co-Basis (by Sandeep Jaitly) and it showed a huge anomaly more or less at the same moment of the LBMA’s decision. That kind of behaviour points to strong backwardation, a signal of silver shortage (based on the earlier mentioned definition).
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BREAKING - Silver Shortage - US Mint runs out of

I have been watching the price of silver and gold, they just knocked down gold and silver and amazon have been banned from selling silver, strange and the prices are dropping, should stock pile

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Silver Shortage ~ Officially Sold Out

It is a certainty that eventually the dollar will be worth next to zero the price of spot silver is a fraction reserve value and does not correlate to the true value with respect to the dollar, if everybody in the United States went out and bought one ounce of silver it would tend towards its true value it would be like everybody withdrawing their money from the banks the dollar would tend towards its true value

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Silver Investing, Silver Shortage, Investing Strategy,

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is the futures exchange with the world's largest market in options, and futures contracts on base and other metals. As the LME offers contracts with daily expiry dates...

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The Value of Silver

The Chinese didn't invent a form of currency that was backed by nothing, they invented the idea of a certificate that was backed by physical holdings. I'm sure if you could go back in time and tell the Chinese that in the future, governments and central banks would move to paper currency backed by nothing, they would be shocked. And their immediate response would probably be to say that if the certificate is backed by nothing, then its just paper that has no value.

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Eric Sprott: Silver to Outshine Gold as the Investment of this Decade! .

The Government and Federal Reserve are running the biggest ponzi scheme in the entire world with the US dollar, especially since 1971. And they can keep the game going for a long time due to the sheer size and the importance of the dollar, but it's been going on for 41 years now and ALL ponzi schemes and FIAT currencies eventually come to an end!

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Hugo Salias Price - World Riba Conference 2012

3rd Annual World Riba Conference With Sheikh Imran Hosein _ Hugo Salinas Price 26 Nov 2012 . Silver advocate Hugo Salinas Price, President of the Mexican Civic Association Pro Silver, A.C., explains what led him to believe that silver coins should be money again. Hugo and James discuss the essence of sound money.

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$600 Silver and Global coastal event predict Webbots + coin used to make Colloidal silver

The world's purest silver coin, the silver Canadian Maple leaf coins are 10 TIMES more PURE than American Silver Eagles and are same purity used to make the immune Boosting drink/solution called Colloidal Silver. Get out and buy some now!

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Max Keiser : Silver today is like Gold at $600

Keiser Report: 'Crash JP Morgan' - 2nd Anniversary Special : In this episode, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert present the two year anniversary special of their Crash JPM, Buy Silver campaign. They discuss JP Morgan doing everything to protect the Queen of their massive silver short position - a position that has DOUBLED in the past two years according to Rob Kirby of GATA and Kirby Analytics. They also discuss Central Banks pullling on their own little bungee cords by printing money. In the second half, Max Keiser talks to James Turk of Goldmoney.com about the link between liberty and gold and the shooting war to follow the currency war. The also discuss the gold/silver ratio and why silver today is like gold at $600.

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James Turk: There is No Gold at Fort Knox

GoldMoney's Andy Duncan speaks to James Turk, Chairman of GoldMoney and co-author of The Collapse of the Dollar (2004), about his claim that central banks are holding less in their physical gold reserves than many assume. James Turk explains the problem that central banks report gold and gold receivables as one line item on their balance sheets. This allows them to lease out physical gold in return for paper claims -- posing the question of just how much physical gold is left. They also discuss the Gold Money Index and the gold-based Fear Index. Both show that gold remains undervalued compared with historical norms. They talk about how close we are to a "Golden Cliff", where the western central banks stop lending out their gold, and what the systemic repercussions of this are likely to be. Finally, they assess the chances of Western governments undertaking gold confiscation and capital control measures; the likely amount of physical gold held at Fort Knox; and the reasons behind their prediction of an upcoming failure of fiat paper currency. This podcast was recorded on 30 November 2012.

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Sheikh Imran Hosein & Hugo Salinas o The 3rd Annual World Riba Conference Kuala Lumpur 26 Nov 2012

3rd Aunnual World Riba Conference Lecture By World Renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Imran Nazar Hosein and Mexican multi-billionaire and Founder/President of Mexican Civic Association Pro Silver, Hugo Salinas Price. Lecture Held on 12 Muharram 1434H / 26 November 2012 at Palace of Golden Horses,Mines Wellness City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Recorded by Jamaludin Ismail

Imran Nazar Hosein is a leading International Islamic Philosopher, Scholar and author, specialising in world politics, economy, eschatology , modern socio-economic/political issues and expert on international affairs. He is best- selling author of Jerusalem in the Qur'an. Imran Nazar Hosein was born on the Caribbean island of Trinidad in 1942 to parents whose ancestors had migrated from India as indentured labourers. He studied Islam, Philosophy and International Relations at several universities and institutions of higher learning. Among them are al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad, the University of Karachi in Pakistan, the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in Karachi, Pakistan, and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

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JPMORGAN to IMPLODE? SILVER SCANDAL REVEALED - Bill Murphy

For years JPMorgan has been accused of silver price suppression. In this interview, Bill Murphy, chairman of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee, makes a bold prediction on how soon JPMorgan's latest silver scandal will break. Will the revelation of this scandal implode one of the largest banks in the world? If so, what will happen to the price of silver? Find out all this and more in this episode.

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Forget The One Ounce of Silver for 45 Acres!

Guess what there is only 1/2 billion oz of silver available for the market at anyone time, we use 1 billion per year. When hyperinflation hits there will be Trillions of dollars chasing those 1/2 billion oz of silver. We could see silver shoot past gold ten fold over night.

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Silver Vs Dollars

All precious metals are a great investment...Even Copper. Its all going up. Don't forget about diamonds, these are also a great investment. God knows we are not making anything in our savings accounts.The only reason a person should profit from silver is from the inevitable return to true value, where silver today is undervalued, whereas tomorrow it will be at par value. Let us remember that today we're able to buy 10 days of hard human labor (one silver troy ounce) for $30-$40 paper dollars. When the economic dream/nightmare ends, 1/10-2/10 troy ounces will be a days wage again

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SILVER SUPPRESSION EXPLAINED by Bill Murphy

buying physical silver is NOT going to crash any bank, especially one that is owned by the Fed reserve. The whole system will come down eventually, but not because of 1-2% of the US population buying physical silver -lol Numismatic bullion coins make look pretty, but they are basically a scam in order to charge high premiums. When the SHTF, the only thing people will care about is the silver content. Fractional 90% pre-1965 coins are really all anyone needs.

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Silver Shortage and the next Bullion Bank Run!

Ryan Brooks Silver Salvation ,The creation of Gold and Silver ETFs, as well as the growth of the precious metals derivatives market, has had a dramatic effect on prices. We talk to Bill Murphy about how growth in precious metals derivatives and ETFs has led to shifts in the metals market. He tells us why we should be concerned that HSBC and JP Morgan serve as custodians for the major gold ETF, the GLD, and the major silver ETF, the SLV, when they also have large short positions in gold and silver. At the end, truth will prevail. The precious metals "paper" market and the banksters manipulation games eventually will be unmasked.Government cant survive with higher interest payments upon its debt. Federal Govt. pays about 400-600billion a year for interest alone on its debt. Any increase in the interest rates will bankrupt the govt,, this is why deficit spending is so huge. Federal Govt. is merely a protection arm of the federal reserve bank. Welcome to the "United States of the Federal Reserve."

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The Great Silver Price Myth - Whats Silver Really Worth?

Silver is a great thing to have,but I stopped buying at 18 sold everything at 43 bought back at 27. Almost doubled my investment.

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2012 SILVER MARKET OUTLOOK with ERIC SPROTT

Eric Sprott is interviewed by Patrick MontesDeOca from Capital Metals Trading Group in this exclusive video as he forecasts the Silver Market for 2012..... Its September 2012, QE3 has been announced, all the stars are lining up in Silvers favour, i never make predictions but given what i'm seeing i cant see how Silver wont be in the $50-$90 range by Dec 2012.

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David Morgan "The Best is in the Last Leg of a Bull Run"

David Morgan suggests a minimum of 1000 oz of physical silver (coins/bars) and keep it in your possession. Only You can decide how many ounces is right for you.

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David Morgan on The Fiscal Cliff Impact on The Silver Market

The Fiscal Cliff Won't Stop Silver says David Morgan : they will hold the price down until they cannot anymore...when there's a shortage it'll rise sharply. I'm loving this cheap silver...I actually have too much....way too much. But I MUST keep going...got to make up ground for those in my family that don't understand and are not acting.

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