Expect Higher Silver Prices From Soaring Investment Demand

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April 1st, 2013
Diane Alter: For the past few weeks, silver prices have been trading sideways. Kitco notes this tight trading range “could be “basing’ action that can put in market lows and occurs just before an uptrend begins.”
For those investing in silver, that’s great news.
And if you don’t think silver prices will go higher this year, here are three charts showing otherwise.
Higher Silver Prices and Soaring Investment Demand
Recent and ongoing events like sequestration, central bank easing, devalued currencies, and the Cyprus bailout have increased investor de
mand for metals, especially silver.
While 2012 sales weren’t as high as 2011, buying picked up in earnest in the final months of the year as investors raced to protect their nest eggs amid fears of a U.S. recession. As the pace picked up, the Mint ran out of silver eagles in December 2012, forcing it to announce there would no more coins until 2013.
In fact, in 2012 the U.S. Mint’s silver coins sales sold 33.7 million ounces of silver – more than the 33.5 million ounces produced from U.S. mining operations, according to the U.S. Geological Society.
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Eric Sprott : unusual things are happening in the Gold & Silver Markets

Eric Sprott : This will sound like a conspiracy theory, but unusual things are happening in the gold and silver markets. For example, on Feb. 19, nearly an entire year's supply of gold traded on the Comex in a single day. The same volume of silver trading happened on the commodities exchange. You and I both know that the people selling that much metal cannot deliver it because it is just not available. Yet somehow they are out there, pounding down these contracts and keeping the price suppressed. I would hypothesize that the central bankers know their policy of printing money is the most irresponsible thing imaginable, and they are suppressing gold and silver prices to hide their irresponsibility. When one is printing that much money, gold and silver prices are the first things you would expect to rise. If we saw gold going to $2,000/oz, the price of oil would probably go to a new high and the price of agricultural commodities would go up. Then you would have a huge inflation problem on your hands. Based on my research, I believe the Western central banks have been surreptitiously supplying gold to the market. I say this because the demands I see for physical gold are way beyond the supply of gold. The annual gold supply has not changed in 12 years, and demand just keeps increasing from China, India, the U.S. Mint and silver and gold coin sales; even the non-Western central banks are buying gold. Where is this gold coming from? I think the Western central banks are selling gold to keep the lid on the price so everyone thinks their monetary policies are benign. Nothing could be farther from the truth. - in a recent interview with mineweb


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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.”
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1090803#ixzz2NG1lTw5Q


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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.
read more at http://www.resourceinvestor.com/2013/02/28/silver-price-backwardation-corrections-and-percept?ref=hp


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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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