Andy Hoffman - Silver Shortage & The Yen Bomb

Ranting Andy discusses:

(1) How the Yen may be in big trouble. It may be one the earliest casualties of the modern day fiat money system.

(2) How there is a silver shortage. He lives up to his name of Ranting Andy and gives a passionate rant on why he believes the silver shortage myths are wrong.


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Gold & Silver...Plot to Collapse the Precious Metals Mining Industry?

..Banks and global governments are acquiring physical gold and silver at alarming rates. Are they attempting acquisition of the Gold & Silver mining industries? Is their goal to completely control production and distribution of precious metals? The UN's NWO agenda is to enslave the global population....slaves have no ownership rights to ANYTHING of VALUE! The PTB's never fail to disappoint coming up with schemes undreamed of.

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Gold & Silver Smashdown=Mining Industry Collapse!

The gold & silver mining industries are set for implosion and no one is talking about this. I discussed this trend in a video I put out months ago (below) and the circumstances or conditions that led to the making of that report have now become more serious. The power elite are attempting to acquire all the physical they can while depriving you of your holdings before they pull the plug!
Gold & Silver Smashdown=Mining Industry Collapse!

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Will Gold & Silver continue to fall or have they bottomed?

By Alasdair Macleod

This week has seen somewhat reduced volatility in precious metals, with gold ranging between $1,442 and $1,480 and silver between $23.20 and $24.60. The question we would all like an answer to is having consolidated after the massive knock-down last month, will prices continue to fall, or have they bottomed?

To help answer this question, let’s look at the position of the bullion banks on Comex, in the form of the four largest traders. The two charts below are for gold and silver, and represent the balance between the gross long and gross short positions of the banks deemed to control the market.
http://www.futuresmag.com/2013/05/03/will-gold-and-silver-continue-to-fall-or-have-they?t=commodities





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Silver Bullion Shortage : GET PHYSICAL WHILE YOU STILL CAN! - Greg Mannarino, BrotherJohnF, SilverDoctors

Meet Elijah Johnson, Bill Murphy, David Morgan, Andy Hoffman, Kerry Lutz, and 10 more of the most influential thought leaders in the world of alternative media who will discuss the "Elevated Threat Level" to your liberty and what you can do about it at the Liberty Mastermind Symposium in Dallas TX, June 28th-29th


Miners mine based on industrial demand which is way down and there is a surplus that salesmen are trying to push off on investors. Even if investment demand doubled it would not put a dent in what has dropped out of industrial demand. Miners pay bloggers and dealers to push their product. Silver was a great investment in the 90s and early 2000s but countries dont buy silver. These guys have to repeat the same crap every day, smells fishy.
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Silver Update 5/7/13 Silver Stockpile

Maybe the Government knows exactly what they are doing. They sell all the silver to the citizens, then confiscate it when they need it for National Security and defense reasons. None of the citizens have the silver they need to survive the dollar collapse. The elite win

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Physical gold-silver shortage could benefit undervalued miners

by Jeb Handwerger

We may see a very powerful rebound

When it looks as though things couldn't get worse for precious metal mining equities (GDX), that may be just the time to buy for contrarians. Not only are the junior miners (GDXJ) sloping to historic decade lows but gold (GLD) bullion, which has held up considerably well in comparison, has been hit hard recently by short selling, bearish bank reports and margin calls.

Now after this recent decline there is a palpable sense of panic and fear throughout the resource markets. This is the biggest decline since 2008 and 2003 when all the bad weather bears sold and missed out on 200% reversal moves in the mining indices.

Don't make a similar mistake now. As I stated before,

we should see a bounce. Hold on and add as we may be approaching a major bottom. I wrote recently that we may see a very powerful rebound as short covering and record investment demand returns to the precious metal sector.
All of the summer soldiers have left the battlefield. Only the long term value investors remain and they couldn't be happier as there are bargain basement discounts galore throughout the resource industry.

Mining is a difficult business that requires capital and meticulous operation management. Investors have been burned by the majors where we have witnessed a major decline in earnings and profits as costs soar.

Barrick (ABX) came out with better than expected earnings recently and rallied the entire gold mining sector on increasing volume. Interesting this comes right after panic selling and capitulation. Long term value investors are able to get a dividend paying stock with cash flow at $2 below book value.

Barrick announced incredible, better than expected numbers from its Cortez Trend properties in Nevada where cash costs are incredibly low. At the same time the Pascua Lama mine has become a disaster, which they should probably just shelve and take a write down.

The major miners are facing challenges with rising production costs from projects that are extremely capital intensive. In the past, they have done a poor job in their acquisitions into high cost mines in questionable jurisdictions.

Read more at http://www.stockhouse.com/columnists/2013/may/6/physical-gold-silver-shortage-could-benefit-underv.aspx#OtRtrJPVv80Kv6k6.99


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Silver Shortage of April, 2013

Jason Hommel

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Sunday, April 28th

(In Rounds and Eagles!)

Silver Stock Report

We at www.jhmint.com have investor silver available, 10 oz. bars, and 100 oz. bars, and we can order more.
Rounds and Silver Eagles are sold out, and occasionally it has been difficult to source them, on and off, so far this year.
Prices over spot are changing up to 5% per day, and silver eagles are selling for up to 30-40% over spot on ebay.com.
Investor buying probably remains about where it has been for the past 4 years, at about 100 million oz. of silver per year, but maybe a tiny bit more in recent weeks of course.
Silver Eagles are about half of the silver sold to investors, nationwide.
There is nothing extraordinary about sales figures from the US Mint. They are pace to make about 40 million oz. of Silver Eagles this year, which is a bit more than last year, and about the same as the year before that.
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/?action=sales&year=2013



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Gold & Silver Market Morning

Gold Today – Gold closed in New York at $1,467.30 in New York on Friday. In Asia it continued to rise back to $1,472level despite the closure of the Chinese markets. The Fix was set at $1,472.50 in London up $10 on Friday and in the euro at €1,125.506 up €2 while the euro was at €1: $1.3083. Ahead of New York’s opening it slipped slightly at $1,471.90 and in the euro at €1,125.35. Silver Today – Silver closed at $23.90 down 40 cents, in New York on Friday. Ahead of New York’s opening silver stood at $24.33.

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Gold & Silver Coins & Bars Global Shortage

By: GoldCore

Premiums for gold and silver bars have jumped higher all over the world. They have surged to multi-year highs in Asia. Reuters reports overnight that premiums are surging due to "strong demand from the physical market, which has led to a shortage in gold bars, coins, nuggets and other products."

Shortages of gold and particular silver coins and bars is not confined to the small coin and bar market and there are also supply issues in the larger bar market with kilo bars being increasingly difficult to secure.

Swiss refineries are struggling to meet global demand for refined gold bars. They have been cleared out of their stock of kilo gold bars – the preferred form of gold bullion amongst many store of wealth, affluent buyers in Europe and Asia. Buyers have been told that they will have to wait until late May prior to receiving delivery on paid for product.

Shortages are most prevalent in the silver coin and bar market where premiums have surged.

Silver coins and bars can now not be bought from the largest bullion dealers in the U.S. who have been cleared out of stock in recent days. Unlike after Lehman Brothers where there were shortages and delays of 3 to 4 weeks, there is no guidance being given as to when certain gold and silver coins and bars will be available again.

more at  : http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40189.html

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Worldwide Silver Shortage Pushes Premiums On Silver Eagle Coins to 40%

By: Jason_Hamlin

COMEX silver prices once again dipped below $23 today. My previous article entitled Ignore COMEX Pricing – Silver Eagles Sold Out at Dealers, $33 on Ebay detailed just how divorced from reality the COMEX price has become. So with another dip today, I decided to try to get my hands on some more silver coins. I realized before I picked up the phone that it would be difficult, but I have a few dealers in Colorado and California that have consistently been able to find supply at reasonable premiums.

Not anymore. The first phone call that I made was to one of the largest bullion dealers in Southern California, where I have bought a good deal of my physical gold and silver over the past decade. In fact, I had just bought several rolls of silver eagle coins from them last month at around $2.65 over spot price per ounce. I also purchased some for a family member back in January and paid the same premium.

In the past when some analysts were talking about a supply shortage and rising premiums, I was always able to find supply from this particular shop with a reasonable premium that was never more than 10% over the spot price. But today I was told that I could only order for future delivery at some point in late May or June and that the premium was $5 over the spot price.

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40116.html


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Silver Update 20-4-13 Silver Shortage BrotherJohnF

An update from BrotherjohnF regarding the recent drop in metals pricing and shortages. He is very experienced with the markets and delivers his points clearly without much hyperbole.
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An Unprecedented Rush to Gold & Silver Bullion causes Shortages Worldwide

The shake out of ETFs and futures has left the Australian mint short of deliverables and Japanese and Chinese gold retailers seeing a “frenzied” surge in demand. The customers are not just the ‘rich’ or ‘elderly’; in China “they tend to wear water shoes and come directly from the market…;” in Australia, “the volume of business… is way in excess of double what we did last week,… there’s been people running through the gate,” and Japanese individual investors doubled gold purchases yesterday at Tokuriki Honten, the country’s second-largest retailer of the precious metal.
 
For bullion-buyers, this also introduces an additional variable to consider in looking for a source for your bullion: availability.


I certainly see the current situation as a "buying opportunity" for investors. Indeed, had I not used-up the remainder of my bullion-buying dollars (for the time being) at the beginning of September I would definitely be a buyer myself at the present time.

Higher premiums appear to be the "necessary evil" which those of us who want REAL bullion have to live with - unless you happen to live in a "bullion supermarket" like India. As people grudgingly pay these higher premiums, I remind people to consider how those "high premiums" will look a couple of years from now, when silver is likely MULTIPLES of the current price.

Given the choice between paying silver's (real) "fair market price" today (and getting low premiums on those purchases), or buying silver at a fraction of its real value, but getting "squeezed" for an extra dollar or two an ounce, it is obvious what is better for investors.
   

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Many Online retailers Are reporting significant Shortages in Silver Bullion

Many other online retailers, however, are reporting significant shortages. So much so that some are being forced to cancel customer orders because there is simply no inventory, especially as it pertains to silver.
A subscriber alert from Future Money Trends indicated that the shortage is quickly becoming more widespread:

Several bullion dealers are reporting low or no inventory, others are just outright overcharging their customers. Wholesale dealers are also reporting they are out of several products including the American Eagle.
…
“…there is basically a silver shortage right now. Dealers are starting to run out of products and delay the shipping times.” David Smoler, DBS Coins
Here is a message from my good friend who works in the bullion industry when I asked him if there were real shortages happening.
“Across the board, sold out. Delivery delays up to 4-6 weeks, premium rising. Friday was our busiest day ever; until today. Which was much busier.” Andy Hoffman, Miles Franklin

- in etfdailynews  : http://etfdailynews.com/2013/04/17/precious-metals-retailer-says-they-have-been-experiencing-astounding-volume/

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People running through the gate to buy Gold Bullion

There are reports of very strong demand for coins and bars from buyers internationally who believe that the sell off that saw gold fall to a two-year low is overdone.

Very significant demand is being seen throughout the world for physical bullion – in Japan, India, Australia, the U.S., Europe and elsewhere.  The speculative raid by one or two banks which led to the price crash is being seen as a gift by eager buyers internationally.
Gold sales from Australia’s Perth Mint, which refines nearly all of the nation’s bullion, surged after prices plunged, adding to signs that gold’s slump to a two-year low is spurring increased demand.
“The volume of business that we’re putting through is way in excess of double what we did last week,” Treasurer Nigel Moffatt said by phone, without giving precise figures. “There’s been people running through the gate.”
The Perth Mint’s sales of gold coins climbed 49% to 97,541 ounces in the three months ended March 31 from a year earlier, according to data from the facility in Western Australia that was founded in 1899.

- in http://www.resourceinvestor.com/2013/04/17/people-running-through-the-gate-to-buy-gold-bullio?ref=hp&t=precious-metals&page=2





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Silver Market Coming Under Orchestrated Attack

By: Clive_Maund
Much of what is written in the parallel Gold Market update applies equally to silver, and it will not be repeated here. So we will proceed to look immediately at the latest silver charts.
Silver was a sideshow on Friday, as it was gold that came under an orchestrated attack, being driven down first in the Far East before waves of selling in New York took it lower and lower towards critical support, before it was dealt the knockout blow by the London physical market suddenly freezing up in the afternoon, sending holders of bullion into a blind panic and mad scramble to protect themselves in the futures market.
Silver was sideswiped of course and the collateral damage it suffered resulted in it breaking below a remarkably clearly defined and strong support level by the close, as we can see on its 3-year chart, a development which has set it up for a potentially brutal selloff and vertical plunge next week, as this has and will trigger stops clustered in this area, and we can expect hapless traders to be driven towards the exits by margin calls sent out over the weekend.
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article39951.html
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Silver Market: China Silver Demand Increases as the Euro Continues its Downfall

Silver will be in high demand in the future. The future of silver looks promising. Many industry insiders understand that silver has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal that currently exists. As we already know, silver has the potential to store more power in a small amount of space that any other metal that is in existence. Electrical connections that involve silver have the capacity to ignite power needed at a rapid speed. Industries that produce cell phones, computers and other devices for the average consumer use silver. With the popularity of iPhones, iPads and other devices produced by such corporations as Apple Computers will only increase in demand. Solar energy is another industry that silver can accommodate. The list is endless, especially in countries where manufacturing plants produce electronics that use silver such as China. In the web based daily news site chinadaily.com explained why silver is an important commodity in article from 2012 titled ‘China claims biggest global silver market’ by Wu Yiyao. China is the biggest economy in the world in terms of manufacturing. Yiyao reported that “The Washington-based Silver Institute said total silver demand in China increased by more than 100 million ounces, or Moz, in the past 10 years, to a record of 170.7 Moz in 2011.” One of the main reasons China will be an economic powerhouse for the next 100 years is because of its manufacturing base. Yiyao writes:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/buoyant-silver-market-chinas-silver-demand-increases-as-the-euro-continues-its-downfall/5329357

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Demand for Silver products is soaring, but prices are dropping

Demand for Silver products is soaring, but prices are dropping, some buyers say they're having a tough time buying silver coins and bullion of late - as if there's a real shortage unfolding. This has ignited all sorts of conspiracy theories, and a lot of worry, too. For several weeks now, it has been difficult to purchase physical silver at any of the nation's coin shows, and most dealers have a very small supply - if they have any inventory at all. What little silver they can purchase, they tell me, goes out the door quickly as buyers snap it up. Yet the market price of silver remains below $29 to $30 an ounce. Recent reports note that Russia has made a hefty purchase in excess of 25 tons of silver.



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Silver Demand, Is the world really running out of Silver ?

An interesting look into silver's history as money along with the current supply vs demand numbers. Topics in this video include: The four attributes that made silver so valuable to early civilizations: 1) Malleability 2) Aesthetics 3) Antibacterial 4) Rarity

Supply and Demand - Traditional Silver Uses:
1) Jewelry 2) Coins, medals 3) Silverware

Industrial Silver Uses:
1) Photography 2) Electrical 3) Soldering 4) Ethylene Oxide 5) Photovoltaic Cells

Silver Demand by Country:
These five countries make up over 60% of global silver demand
1) United States 2) Germany 3) India 4) China 5) Japan

Silver is Supplied from 3 Main Sources
1) Recycling 2) Net Gov't Sales 3) Mine Production

Silver Thursday
It all started in the late 1970s when the Hunt Brothers attempted to corner the silver market. The COMEX implemented new rules that heavily restricted the purchase of commodities on margin and the price plummeted. To avoid the crash of several Wall Street banks, a number of banks bailed out the Hunts with a $1.1 billion loan.

Majority of Global Silver Production has been consumed
Some estimates say up to 95% of total supply has been consumed and thrown into a landfill.
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Why are Silver Prices Falling?

Especially with the white-hot demand for coins

It's one of the biggest mysteries in finance right now.

I mean, it's a real head-scratcher

...
On one hand, demand for silver coins has been off the charts. With so many investors wanting to swap currency for silver, neither the U.S. Mint nor the Royal Canadian Mint has been able to keep up with purchase requests.

In fact, the U.S. Mint actually had to suspend sales of the "Silver Eagles" just a couple of weeks into the New Year - and it still smashed the all-time monthly sales record in January by selling 7.5 million of the hugely popular coins.

And that insane demand carried over into February and March.

After the first two months of 2013, the U.S. Mint had sold nearly 10.9 million American Silver Eagles (ASEs) - a third of its sales total for all of 2012. And on March 18 - the Monday that followed the weekend news about the Cyprus bank-deposit-confiscation plan - the Mint reported a stunning sales total of 638,500 of the silver coins ... for just one day.

But here's the kicker. Despite this frenetic buying, spot silver prices have actually fallen since the start of the year - a conundrum that's ignited fears of a silver shortage and investor allegations of market manipulation by Wall Street.

With this scorching demand for silver coins - and reported shortages of silver-based investments - how is it possible for the metal price to be falling?

One reader, after experiencing this frustration firsthand, recently sent us this query:

For several weeks now, it has been difficult to purchase physical silver at any of the nation's coin shows, and most dealers have a very small supply - if they have any inventory at all. What little silver they can purchase, they tell me, goes out the door quickly as buyers snap it up. Yet the market price of silver remains below $29 to $30 an ounce.


Recent reports note that Russia has made a hefty purchase in excess of 25 tons of silver. Has that affected U.S. supplies? What's the overall outlook? We'd be grateful to hear your take on this. Most of the folks we ask seem baffled, too. - C.C.

Read more at http://www.stockhouse.com/columnists/2013/april/3/why-are-silver-prices-falling-.aspx#jZBDbkAxG91K66J3.99




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Expect Higher Silver Prices From Soaring Investment Demand

http://etfdailynews.com/2013/04/01/expect-higher-silver-prices-from-soaring-investment-demand/

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

Odious debt, also known as illegitimate debt, is a legal theory that holds that the national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, should not be enforceable. Such debts are, thus, considered by this doctrine to be personal debts of the regime that incurred them and not debts of the state.

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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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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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