Silver Paper Market vs. Physical Market

The paper silver market, Comex, sells 100 ounces of paper silver for every single ounce of physical silver available. The Comex price has been depressed by shorts, which are near record highs. The shorts are not held by producers locking in prices. The shorts have been purchased by banks, the CFTC, US Treasury and the Federal Reserve. The shorts have, “Crushed the price of silver,” and mining shares.
Given the demand for silver, however, low prices cannot last forever. “The silver shorts will be squeezed because of the real physical shortage that is upon is,” the story argues. When that happens, the price of paper and physical silver will rise dramatically. Today investors have an opportunity to own silver at a price less than the cost to produce it. The upside potential for silver is tremendous due to the huge and growing gap between supply and demand.
The Equity Management Academy recently reported that “Right now there is a severe shortage brewing in the silver markets that could easily double or triple your money in 2015.” Learn more here. 

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3 Catalysts for a Silver Price Rebound

By Charlotte McLeod
3 Catalysts for a Silver Price Rebound

Q2 is over and done with, but the trends and key events it brought with it are still impacting the market.

According to Andrew Chanin, co-founder of the PureFunds ISE Junior Silver ETF (ARCA:SILJ), those trends include the continued positive performance of silver miners and a stagnant silver price, while the quarter’s key event was the news that the London Silver Fix would be replaced in August.

To get a better understanding of how those factors affected — and continue to affect — the silver market, Silver Investing News (SIN) sat down to chat with Chanin. Here’s what he had to say.


SIN last spoke with Chanin not long after the end of Q1, at which time he commented that “Q1 showed a very strong reversal in mining stocks from the trend we saw last year,” when precious metals “were one of the most punished sectors.”

When asked if mining stocks continued to perform well in 2014′s second quarter, Chanin said that though “we started to see a little bit of a sell off again” in March, “as we approached June, we began to see that the miners had started leading the way again and the metals started following them.”

It might seem odd that silver miners are performing better than silver itself, but according to Chanin “it’s not that uncommon.” Indeed, he said, “we’ve seen this several times already this year, as well as many times historically.” This time, he believes that renewed interest in silver stocks “was probably due to political tension” in addition to “the announcement that the silver fix was going to cease to exist in its current form.”
http://silverinvestingnews.com/26143/silver-price-outlook-andrew-chanin-purefunds-solar.html





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The Unavoidable Silver Shortage

Looking At The Numbers

Recently published data points argued that recycled silver cannot continue to meet the gap between supply and demand. The supply of recycled silver dropped 24% last year, which is the largest decrease on record. Supply is also falling. Seven of the ten leading silver mines produced less silver in 2013 than in 2012. Production in the Silver State, Nevada, is down 70.4% over the past 16 years. The US Geological Survey reports that ore grades have collapsed 90%, which means that far more ore has to be mined in order to produce the same amount of silver. Exploration has also come to almost a complete halt due to higher financing costs, so there is little chance of new finds of sources of silver.
On the demand side, physical demand has increased 13%. Last year the U.S. Mint actually sold out of silver products, reports said. China’s use of silver for solar panels was less than 1 million in ounces in 2005, but in 2013 China used 35 million ounces just for solar panels. In 1999, the amount of silver used in solar panels in the United States was not even reported. By 2015, 100 million ounces of silver are projected for solar energy use.

Some 62% of silver is used for industrial applications, 21% for jewelry, and 12% for coins. Given these used, the data argues that “95% of all silver consumed is gone, never to enter the supply side again.”
Even so, “A real shortage in the physical markets is being completely ignored.”
@ http://www.investing.com/analysis/alternative-assets:-the-unavoidable-silver-shortage-222934





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The Coming Silver Shortage

Last week, CrushTheStreet.com posted a video called “The Coming Silver Shortage.” Its main point is that “all available supply [of silver] is being consumed, and a real shortage in the physical markets is being completely ignored.”






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SILVER COINS - Royal Canadian Mint Wildlife Series

 RCM Silver Wildlife Series

Royal Canadian Mint Wildlife Silver Coins - With a limited mintage of only 1,000,000 each, these Wildlife Series Silver coins are scarce in the world of bullion! There were a total of six different Canadian wildlife designs released in three years: the Timber Wolf and Grizzly in 2011, the Cougar and Moose in 2012, and the Wood Bison and Pronghorn Antelope in 2013. With the .9999 fine Silver purity, $5 CAN face value, articulate wildlife design and low mintage, the Canadian Wildlife Series 1 oz Silver Coins are a hit with bullion enthusiasts and coin collectors alike!

The Royal Canadian Mint has cemented its reputation for producing some of the purest bullion coins on earth with the Canadian Silver Wildlife Series.

Celebrating Canada’s vast and bountiful wildlife, each Silver Wildlife Coin is composed of 1 troy ounce of .9999 pure silver, backed and guaranteed by the Canadian government.

he Canadian Silver Maple Leaf is a silver bullion coin issued annually by the government of Canada. The coin has been minted by the Royal Canadian Mint (R.C.M.) since 1988.

The face value of the coin is 5 Canadian Dollars.
The market value of the coin varies, depending on the 'spot price' of Silver (plus a small premium).

A common blemish that many Canadian Silver Maple Leaves carry is the "Milk Spot." It is a baked-in blemish that has a milky white appearance. This happens when a cleaning detergent is left on the coin when the coin goes into the annealing furnace.

The coin always features a maple leaf and generally consists of 1 troy ounce (31.1 g) of silver. Annual variations for the coin in past have included proof releases (1989 only), privy marks, a coloured maple leaf (with a design different from the regular maple leaf),
The one universal element in all silver maple leaf coins is the phrase "Fine Silver 1 oz Argent Pur" along the bottom of the reverse of the coin.

For many Americans the country of Mexico conjures up images of a third world nation. The poverty, lack of basic services, and extreme violence has left the populace so desperate that thousands of people on a daily basis head to the United States for a better life.

But according to Future Money Trends, all that could change in the near future as key Mexican financial leaders and politicians have been working to institute sweeping monetary change that, if implemented, could unleash a global power shift of epic proportions.

“Take just three or four men out of the ‘anti’ group,” says Hugo Salinas Price, a Mexican multi-billionaire and the man behind the monetary push, “and we could practically get a unanimous ‘yes’ vote in both houses.”

Like recent monetary shifts in Russia, China and the middle east that aim to divest themselves of US dollar reserve trade requirements, the news of such a move in Mexico has been downplayed. And though it is being generally ignored as a serious possibility, a powerful consortium of influential people in Mexico believe it is a realistic possibility, and one that could be responsible for shifting the balance of world power.

During the third quarter of 2013, silver mining costs averaged $21.39 per ounce, Tony Davis, owner of Atlanta Gold & Coin Buyers, states in an article published in The Paramus Post. That’s above the price that silver is currently selling for — $20.25 per ounce at yesterday’s close. Peter Schiff, author of Real Crash: America’s Coming Bankruptcy, tells Yahoo! Finance’s Breakout show he predicts that a major economic collapse will happen by 2015 that will make the 2008 recession pale in comparison.

He warns hyperinflation may ensue if the government again prints money out of thin air to bail out mortgage lenders and others, and warns against depending on the stability of the dollar: “Anything in dollars, even if you’ve got dollars stuffed in your mattress you’re going to lose because they’re not going to buy you what you expect.”





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Prepare 2014! Out of Control Chaos Coming with Shortages of Gold, Silver, Food, Gasoline and More

Publisher of "The Hat Trick Letter," Dr. Jim Willie, predicts, "In the United States, we are going to have shortages across the board, and that includes gold and silver. Just think food and gasoline. That's when the riots are going to start. You are going to see out of control chaos and the government stepping in to restore order. . . . Shortages and price inflation are going to drive people out of their minds." Join Greg Hunter for an in-depth One-on-One interview with Dr. Jim Willie, who can be found on GoldenJackass.com.
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Silver Demand to Increase by 20-Million Ounces by 2018

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Editor


According to a new report released by the Silver Institute, the demand for silver is expected to exceed projected global GDP growth. Silver demand should grow by 5% per year from 2014 to 2016. Demand for industrial silver, which accounts for over 50% of global demand, will rise due to its use in three key areas: flexible electronics displays, LEDs, and semiconductor computer chips.

“With the introduction of these advanced uses of silver in the electrical and electronics category, which last year provided over 40% of total silver industrial demand, along with growth in established uses, we should see silver industrial demand develop even further, especially as economies grow globally.” – Michael DiRienzo, Executive Director of the Silver Institute.
http://blog.europacmetals.com/2014/08/silver-demand-to-increase-by-20-million-ounces-by-2018/


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China & The Silver Shortage

China, who in 2005 used less than a million ounces of silver for solar panels, absorbed 35 million ounces for solar in 2013.
    62% of silver is used for industrial applications like nearly all of our electronics, biology, medicine, and other commercial uses. 21% is used for jewelry and 12% for coins.
    95% of all silver consumed is gone, never to enter the supply side again.

On the industrial side of silver, there is about 28 cents in your cell phone, unless silver reaches the thousands of dollars per ounce, that silver is gone!

Silver formed into jewelry is the most costly silver, both because of its use and personal value to those who own it. This silver is essentially gone!

Silvers new uses are rising, all available supply is being consumed and a real shortage in the physical markets is being completely ignored due to the paper markets which sell at least 100 ounces of silver for every physical ounce that in reality is available.

Silver’s use in solar panels was not even reported in 1999, by 2015, it is estimated that 100 million ounces of silver are projected for solar energy use.
http://etfdailynews.com/2014/07/29/the-coming-silver-shortage/


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The Future Silver Shortage

It's down only because TPTB (the powers that be) are manipulating the price on the COMEX. And they only sell paper silver. They don't even have any silver. It's a con game to manipulate the price so we the people can't make any profit. But the time is coming, very soon, when their ponzi scheme will be over. Then silver price will skyrocket. It is just a matter of time. Buy now while there is silver to buy. When the price starts going up you won't be able to get any. It's cheap, it's available and the door is closing. 

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The Coming Silver Shortage

 A slick new ad from Crush The Street, packed full of incredible silver facts that ought to get even the most ardent precious metals bears thinking.





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Silver Price Forecast for 2014

We are at a crossroads for World economies in 2014. Asian growth is declining and developing countries and their currencies are facing a crisis head-on. Will central banks continue to beat back deflation, or will they continue to consume toxic debt and assets and keep the deflationary monster at bay? Thanks for the intro Mel !!!



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Silver: The Opportunity Is Now

Why Is Silver Attractive Right Now? Join Mike Maloney and Ed Steer for their thoughts on the current market and why silver bullion is such an opportunity.

Shot in Vancouver, Canada June 2, 2014





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Will Silver Breakout of range?

Silver is often an overlooked precious metal, especially in comparison to the publicity garnered by gold and platinum. The last several months has seen silver trade in a range of $18.75 to $20.25 per oz. While picking tops and bottoms is next to impossible, that range did create some nice trading opportunities for market participants. More importantly perhaps, an extended period of consolidation, such as the one that we have seen in the silver market most recently, often foreshadows a significant breakout to either the up- or downside. With the recent uptick by $4.490 on heavy volume, we may have seen the start of a break-out to the upside, with both technical and fundamental factors in agreement.

Fundamental Factors

In February, I wrote an article on Silver, explaining why silver was poised to become the best performing precious metal of 2014. While to date, this has not materialized, more recent developments in silver is giving renewed hope that there may be some truth to that prediction. While there is some debate about the actual cost of producing silver, the consensus cost of production hovers somewhere between the $18 and $22 per oz. mark. With that in mind, the latest trading range for silver is slightly below or at least at the lower end of the production cost spectrum, perhaps suggesting forthcoming price appreciation. That current price level may be unsustainable long-term is further evidenced by some silver mines cutting back on output. The latest example: The world’s largest silver mine, run by BHP Billiton Ltd.'s in Cannington, Australia, announced last week that it was ending production. This should put further downward pressure on supplies, propping prices up. Coupled with a decrease in scrap availability, we may even see a silver shortage.

According to the Silver Institute, physical demand for silver stood at a record 1,081 million ounces last year. The largest component of physical silver demand, industrial applications, dipped by less than 1% to 586.6 million ounces in 2013, to account for 54% of physical silver demand. In the same year, Asia, however experienced a 3% increase in silver industrial demand, led by China, where a continued recovery in the electrical and electronics sector, along with gains in the ethylene oxide industry, took total Asian industrial offtake to a new high. In fact, one of the growing industrial uses for silver is photovoltaic cells in solar panels. As the world seeks alternative forms of energy, this application should continue to grow in importance.
http://www.futuresmag.com/2014/06/28/a-silver-lining-in-precious-metals






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The Silver Price Manipulation Conspiracy

By: GoldSilverWorlds

Ted Butler writes: It’s now going on close to 30 years since I first discovered that silver was manipulated by excessive and concentrated short selling on the COMEX. I remember the exact moment like it occurred yesterday. It’s hard to believe I was in my 30’s when this started. As I’ve explained previously, I was looking for an answer to Izzy Friedman’s question as to how and why silver prices remained so low when the market was in a supply/demand deficit.
Through no great accomplishment on my part, aside from having a futures market background of almost 15 years at the time, it suddenly dawned on me that silver prices were dictated on the COMEX, to the point of price manipulation. Everything that has transpired since has only confirmed to me that silver prices are still manipulated on the COMEX.
That is not to say that there haven’t been many historical developments since 1985 in the silver market; just that none of those events do anything but confirm the ongoing silver manipulation. Not even an extreme price surge from $4 to $49 detracts from the manipulation premise; as how could any commodity jump that much with no big change in supply and demand if it wasn’t artificially priced too low to begin with?

Some, but not all, of the big silver developments to me were the sudden doubling of prices and even faster decline in 1987, the buying of silver by Warren Buffett in 1998 (perhaps due to my writing of metals leasing), the depletion of US Government stockpiles in 2001, 60 years after being the world’s largest holder of silver with nearly 6 billion oz, the introduction of the world’s first silver ETF, SLV, in 2006 and my discovery in 2008 that the rescue of Bear Stearns resulted in its massive concentrated short position being transferred to JPMorgan according to CFTC correspondence.
Other personal highlights were getting the CFTC to investigate the silver market at least three times, although the agency claimed to find no wrongdoing that it could prosecute and seeing so many come to realize that silver is a manipulated market through public data in the COT reports. None of these developments did anything but strengthen my conviction that silver was manipulated on the COMEX in the manner I discovered suddenly in 1985.
Very recently, I’ve had a second epiphany or Eureka moment similar to what hit me 29 years ago, although the circumstances were different and I thought I had already used up my lifetime quota of epiphanies. Whereas I was consciously seeking the answer to a perplexing question nearly three decades ago, this time I came across something I wasn’t looking for. In fact, while I used the word manipulation from the start, I avoided, like the plague, ever referring to the silver manipulation in terms of a conspiracy. For one thing, the term had always seemed derogatory to me and besides, I truly believed the manipulation was limited to a small handful of COMEX insider firms and individual traders. No more is that the case.
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The Silver Conspiracy

It’s now going on close to 30 years since I first discovered that silver was manipulated by excessive and concentrated short selling on the COMEX. I remember the exact moment like it occurred yesterday. It’s hard to believe I was in my 30’s when this started. As I’ve explained previously, I was looking for an answer to Izzy Friedman’s question as to how and why silver prices remained so low when the market was in a supply/demand deficit.



Through no great accomplishment on my part, aside from having a futures market background of almost 15 years at the time, it suddenly dawned on me that silver prices were dictated on the COMEX, to the point of price manipulation. Everything that has transpired since has only confirmed to me that silver prices are still manipulated on the COMEX.



That is not to say that there haven’t been many historical developments since 1985 in the silver market; just that none of those events do anything but confirm the ongoing silver manipulation. Not even an extreme price surge from $4 to $49 detracts from the manipulation premise; as how could any commodity jump that much with no big change in supply and demand if it wasn’t artificially priced too low to begin with?
http://www.silverseek.com/commentary/silver-conspiracy-13373




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Silver Up 10.3% YTD - Outperformance To Continue

Today we look at silver and why it is an important allocation in all portfolios
- Why Silver is in a Bull Market and How High Could it Go?
- Is Silver About Returns Or A Hedge Against Inflation & Systemic Risk?
- Silver: Very Small Global Supply
- Silver: Increasing Technological and Industrial Demand
- Silver: Medical Demand
- Silver’s Unique Properties
- Silver: Increasing Investment Demand
- Silver Undervalued Versus Gold
- Conclusion

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,336.50, EUR 981.78 and GBP 779.39 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,343.25, EUR 985.22 and GBP 784.61 per ounce.
Gold climbed $8.10 or 0.61% yesterday to $1,335.80/oz and silver rose $0.27 or 1.28% to $21.38/oz.
http://www.silverseek.com/article/silver-103-ytd-outperformance-continue-13361





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Follow Futures A silver lining in precious metals?

Silver is often an overlooked precious metal, especially in comparison to the publicity garnered by gold and platinum. The last several months has seen silver trade in a range of $18.75 to $20.25 per oz. While picking tops and bottoms is next to impossible, that range did create some nice trading opportunities for market participants. More importantly perhaps, an extended period of consolidation, such as the one that we have seen in the silver market most recently, often foreshadows a significant breakout to either the up- or downside. With the recent uptick by $4.490 on heavy volume, we may have seen the start of a break-out to the upside, with both technical and fundamental factors in agreement.

Fundamental Factors
In February, I wrote an article on Silver, explaining why silver was poised to become the best performing precious metal of 2014. While to date, this has not materialized, more recent developments in silver is giving renewed hope that there may be some truth to that prediction. While there is some debate about the actual cost of producing silver, the consensus cost of production hovers somewhere between the $18 and $22 per oz. mark. With that in mind, the latest trading range for silver is slightly below or at least at the lower end of the production cost spectrum, perhaps suggesting forthcoming price appreciation. That current price level may be unsustainable long-term is further evidenced by some silver mines cutting back on output. The latest example: The world’s largest silver mine, run by BHP Billiton Ltd.'s in Cannington, Australia, announced last week that it was ending production. This should put further downward pressure on supplies, propping prices up. Coupled with a decrease in scrap availability, we may even see a silver shortage.
http://www.futuresmag.com/2014/06/28/a-silver-lining-in-precious-metals


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Gold eases after jobs data

 Gold prices halted a four-session rally today to finish the holiday-shortened week nearly flat, as a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report attracted investors to U.S. equities and the dollar.

August gold futures fell 0.8% to settle at US$1,320.60 an ounce on the Comex.

Prices ended the week with a modest gain of 60 cents an ounce. Floor trading will be closed tomorrow for the July 4th holiday.

The U.S. economy added 288,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to a nearly six-year low of 6.1%, the government reported today.

In other metals, September silver fell 0.8% to US$21.14 an ounce. October platinum surrendered 0.3% to finish at US$1,507.70 an ounce, while palladium for September delivery added 0.5% to US$861.90 an ounce.
 http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/56052/gold-eases-after-jobs-data-56052.html





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Platinum more precious than gold?

By Nicholas Larkin, Bloomberg

Platinum reached an almost 10-month high on signs increased demand from car companies will add to a supply shortage. Gold held near the highest in three months.

Investor holdings in platinum- and palladium-backed funds are at or near records as demand from automakers and a South African mining strike that lasted five months leads to a third successive supply deficit. U.S. auto sales adjusting for seasonal trends accelerated to an annualized pace of 16.98 million in June, the fastest in almost eight years, researcher Autodata Corp. said yesterday.

About 220,000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa stopped work yesterday to support their request for pay increases. The protests come after a platinum strike that lasted from January to June. The country is the largest producer of the metal, which is mainly used alongside palladium in car pollution-control devices.

“Investors acknowledge the difficulties that the South African platinum sector faces beyond the resolution,” UBS AG analysts wrote in a report today. “Participants will be keeping an eye out for any signs of tightness in the months ahead.”

Platinum for October delivery added 0.1 percent to $1,516.70 an ounce by 7:38 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It reached $1,523, the highest since Sept. 4. The metal for immediate delivery rose 0.2 percent to $1,512.51 in London.
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/2014/07/02/platinum-more-precious-than-gold






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Swapping Gold for Silver

By Dr. Jeffrey Lewis

Primary gold investors versus silver investors are not exactly alike.
Swapping gold for silver is a trade always worth considering, especially when the ratio blows out as wide as it is now. Portability is one obvious reason for the reverse, as long as premiums match up in the transaction. But the main advantage to this kind of swap is that silver almost always tends to cover more ground percentage-wiser and faster when it is allowed to move in a significant way.
When the price ratio of gold to silver extends out into its higher ranges, the relationship tends to be called into question. But even when the ratio approaches 30:1, or even closer to its historic ratios, the relationship should always be at the forefront of investor’s minds. However, it's not as always as simple as the paper price ratio.
A more interesting ratio is the relative buying measured primarily by U.S. mint data. Silver retail coin demand has been much stronger relative to gold, though obviously the overall dollar amounts pale in comparison.

Within the silver demand lies important ratios. We have seen a steady increase in jewelry demand (much larger than coin) relative to industrial demand, which could have the effect of pushing the market back toward shortage very quickly.

http://www.resourceinvestor.com/2014/06/27/swapping-gold-for-silver

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The cycle always win in the long run

Patient investors who buy when prices are at the low-point of the cycle always win in the long run. Historically gold prices are cheapest in June.

Patient investors who buy when prices are at the low-point of the cycle always win in the long run. Historically gold prices are cheapest in June. Gold prices are at a low-point in their cycle. Buy while prices are low this month and your reward may come sooner than expected.

Why’s that? Did gold prices not fall $50 in the past week? Yes, gold prices are exceptionally cheap. Bullion billionaire Eric Sprott offers the following bullish thoughts in his latest missive:

1. The Gold Forward Offered Rate remains very low, with extended periods of time in negative territory.

2. Why is Germany’s repatriation of their 674 tonnes of gold taking so long? As of March 2014, only 69 tonnes had made their way back, a pace of less than five tonnes a month. If there is no shortage of gold, why are the US and UK exporting so much gold to Switzerland? (which itself exports most of it to China).

3. According to some estimates, China consumed over 4,800 tonnes of gold in 2013, implying that about 3,600 tonnes were drawn from global stocks (i.e. western vaults) to satisfy demand.
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THE COMING "MASSIVE PHYSICAL GOLD SHORTAGE"!

Financial expert, Pentagon insider and bestselling author James Rickards has warned that "typical investors" may not be able to acquire physical gold when prices begin to surge hundreds of dollars a day as "massive shortages" will take place..
Rickards said that gold will become the preserve of the "big guy" in the form of sovereign wealth funds and central banks..
There is another risk in the form of ultra high net worth individuals in Russia, China and elsewhere also attempting to corner the physical gold and silver markets..
In the 1970's, the Hunt Brothers made the mistake of not accumulating enough physical silver outside the reach of the U.S. authorities. Some billionaires today will likely not make the same mistake..
In his latest book, 'The Death of Money', Rickards predicts "the coming collapse of the international monetary system"..
One of the signposts of the coming collapse of the international monetary system is countries like Russia declaring it will no longer use the U.S. Dollar as a reserve currency in international trades..
Rickards explains, "Putin said he envisions a Eurasian economic zone involving Eastern Europe, central Asia and Russia..
The Russian Ruble is nowhere near ready to be a global reserve currency, but it could be a regional reserve currency"..
Rickards is surprised at how fast the economic situation is unfolding. Rickards says, "If you ask me what has happened since you finished writing the book that comes as a surprise, I would say a lot of the things I talk about in my book are happening faster than I would have expected. Things that I thought would happen in the 2015 or 2016 time frame seems to be happening now in some ways. If anything, the tempo of events is faster than expected"..
"Therefore, some of these catastrophic outcomes may come sooner than I wrote about"..
Rickards said that "right now, we are on the precipice now"..
"When you are on the precipice, it doesn't mean you fall off immediately, but you are going to fall off because you can see the forces in play. What I tell clients and investors is it's not as if we are going to make some mistakes and some bad things are going to happen. The mistakes have already been made. The instability is already in the system. We're just waiting for that catalyst that I call the snowflake that starts the avalanche. You don't worry about the snowflakes; you worry about the snow and that it's unstable and it's just waiting to collapse. That's what the system is right now; we are just waiting for a catalyst. People ask me all the time, what could it be? Technically, my answer is it doesn't matter because it will be something. It could be a failure to deliver physical gold. It could be an MF Global financial failure. It could be a natural disaster It could be a lot of things. The thing investors need to understand is the catalyst doesn't matter. It's coming because the instability is already there"..
On gold manipulation and when it will end, Rickards says, "It will end when the physical shortage gets to the point that someone fails to deliver; which, at that point, there will be a buying panic.. There could be a buying panic or what some people call a demand shock. One of the things I said about gold manipulation is if I was the manipulator, I would be embarrassed at this point. The manipulation is obvious. The evidence is coming in from all directions..
The manipulation is clear. When will it end? It will end when there is a physical shortage that pops up somewhere, or it will end with a short squeeze"..
"We are going to get a very large demand shock coming from China and India", said Rickards..
"Let me explain those two cases. We have a brand new government in India, and they are going to repeal the import tax on gold. We also have the wedding season coming up..
So, India is set up for a very large surge in demand in the fourth quarter. Now, over to China, this is one of the things that it's happening faster than I originally thought. The credit collapse story is happening in real time. This might be a 2015 event, but it looks like it is happening now. Defaults are piling up. We are seeing money rise. We're seeing people march down to the banks . . . trying to get their money back..
So, if they can't buy foreign stocks, domestic stocks, don't want to put their money in the bank and are getting out of real estate, then what's left? The answer is gold. I see a demand shock coming from China. You could see a scramble to buy gold. It is going on anyway, but you could see it accelerate. That will take down the manipulation. Once the markets prevail over the manipulators, then watch out"..
Rickards, Washington and Wall Street insider, is certain the collapse will happen. He is just not sure when it will happen..
"It is the thing you won't see coming that will take the system down. Things happen much more quickly than what investors expect

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Is there really a Silver Shortage? Is Gold running out?

No one said there was 40 million ounces in the world mined each year. That was alone in the US. The 300 million ounces was the stuff mined last year! No one said that there was a shortage yet who is currently credible. What they have said is that if these prices are kept artificially low that when the next crash happens, and it will, then silver will be in a massive shortage that will make the Hunt's brother corner attempt and the ammo shortages look like child's play.





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SIlver Shortage and The Best Patterns For Silver Investment

Recent reports of India purchasing 5800 metric tones of Ag in 2013 due to increased taxes on Au purchases. Silver has been money for over 2000 years...and when the global financial derivative chickens come home to roost Ag will again be the only medium of trade for the common folk ( 7 billion+ ) as fiat will no longer command any place in trade.






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LME chief flags gold fix flagging

Amid investigations of manipulation and price-fixing, Deutsche Bank, became the first to resign from both the London Gold Fixing and Silver Fixing panels in May.
The lawsuits piling up and the ongoing probe by the UK financial regulator – and the first of what could be a slew of fines – meant that the German banking giant could not find any buyers for the seats.

Talks on how to overhaul the London Gold fix which has been used as a benchmark for the global physical trade in the precious metal for the past 95 years is still under discussion under the direction of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA).
read more @ http://www.mining.com/lme-chief-flags-gold-fix-flagging-44115









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To anyone buying gold in June: your patience shall be rewarded

Patient investors who buy when prices are at the low-point of the cycle always win in the long run. Historically gold prices are cheapest in June. Gold prices are at a low-point in their cycle. Buy while prices are low this month and your reward may come sooner than expected.

Why’s that? Did gold prices not fall $50 in the past week? Yes, gold prices are exceptionally cheap. Bullion billionaire Eric Sprott offers the following bullish thoughts in his latest missive:
1. The Gold Forward Offered Rate remains very low, with extended periods of time in negative territory.
2. Why is Germany’s repatriation of their 674 tonnes of gold taking so long? As of March 2014, only 69 tonnes had made their way back, a pace of less than five tonnes a month. If there is no shortage of gold, why are the US and UK exporting so much gold to Switzerland? (which itself exports most of it to China).
3. According to some estimates, China consumed over 4,800 tonnes of gold in 2013, implying that about 3,600 tonnes were drawn from global stocks (i.e. western vaults) to satisfy demand.
4. All this Chinese buying is reflected in the monstrous amounts of gold deliveries on the Shanghai Gold Exchange.
 read more @ http://www.albawaba.com/business/gold-purchase-investment-581395





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Silver Doctor: Physical Silver Demand Still Strong

 




Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed The Doc from Silver Doctors in this 30 minute interview.

The interview starts with Jason asking Doc about the end of the London (LBMA) Silver Fix and what it means for silver prices.

Next, Jason asks about physical silver demand and if demand is still strong. Doc talks about record demand from the US Mint and from the Royal Canadian Mint.

Doc also says retail demand from his website has been strong but there is no silver shortage so premiums are not high.

Jason and Doc talk about how gold and silver may go sideways for another few months before finally starting to move higher before the end of 2014.

Next, Jason asks Doc about ''Lead Bullion'' or ammunition and why Doc just got into selling ammunition on his website. Doc talks about the 2nd Amendment and why it's important for people to own guns.

Jason then brings up the supply/demand market for guns and ammo and why he thinks guns and ammo in the US are in a huge secular bull market.

Jason closes out the interview asking Doc for his opinion about the macroeconomic situation and then Doc talks about a new WWII commemorative coin he has on sale on his website.











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Gold may have lost favour, but its long-term prospects are excellent

 by Dave Levenstein, June 06 2014, 11:00


GOLD prices fell sharply last week as US equities soared despite a downward revision in US gross domestic product (GDP) that showed that the had economy contracted in the first quarter.
While gold prices plunged to a weekly low of $1,240, the S&P 500 pushed further into record territory and the Dow neared its best-ever mark. Under normal circumstances a decline in GDP growth would have an adverse effect on equities, but almost every time there is negative news, particularly in the US, the stock market moves higher.
According to data from the US Department of Commerce, the US economy declined by 1% in the first quarter.
"The downturn in the percent change in real GDP primarily reflected a downturn in exports, a larger decrease in private inventory investment, and downturns in nonresidential fixed investment and in state and local government spending that were partly offset by an upturn in federal government spending," the report said.
The results of the recent European Union (EU) parliamentary elections showed that many people are extremely discontented with a system of government that is directed from Brussels, in particular individuals in France and England.
http://www.bdlive.co.za/blogs/markets/2014/06/06/gold-may-have-lost-favour-but-its-long-term-prospects-are-excellent




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Physical Shortage Of Gold And Silver, Manipulation, Economy

Gold Silver Worlds: In this month’s Markets at a Glance, Eric Sprott presents a collection of thoughts on why he thinks precious metals is a compelling investment right now. He looks at three major topics: physical shortage in gold and silver, manipulation of precious metals prices, and the dire state of the economy. All this points to the same conclusion, i.e. the fundamental strength of precious metals investments.

• The Gold Forward Offered Rate (GOFO) remains very low, with extended periods of time in negative territory (Chart 1).
• Why is Germany’s repatriation of their 674 tonnes of gold taking so long? As of March 2014, only 69 tonnes had made their way back, a pace of less than 5 tonnes a month.
• If there is no shortage of gold, why are the U.S. and U.K. exporting so much gold to Switzerland? (which itself exports most of it to China).
• According to some estimates, China consumed over 4,800 tonnes of gold in 2013, implying that about 3,600 tonnes were drawn from global stocks (i.e. western vaults) to satisfy demand.
• All this Chinese buying is reflected in the monstrous amounts of gold deliveries on the Shanghai Gold Exchange.
• Dubai is building a new gold refinery capable of handling 1,400 tonnes, and current global gold refining capacity is about 6,000 tonnes (world mine production is less than 3,000 tonnes a year). Why would they need so much refining capacity if physical demand was not buoyant?
• As the major gold miners cut back on exploration, future mine supply will remain constrained.
• Another “temporary source of supply” (900 tonnes) has been ETFs, which have been raided for most of 2013. However, as Chart 2 shows, they have now stabilized. Other things being equal in demand, where will that 900 tonnes of supply come from in 2014?
• Interestingly, the Silver Institute, in its 2014 World Silver Survey, noted that there was a 96 million ounces shortfall in 2013 due to strong physical demand.
• read more @ http://etfdailynews.com/2014/06/03/physical-shortage-of-gold-and-silver-manipulation-economy/

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Silver Eagle Sales Limits Ends, Silver Prices Tumble in May

 Bullion 2014 American Silver Eagle sales held at very strong levels in May even as the silver market turned down for the third month in a row.The bullion coin numbers were aided, albeit, from a mid-month sales adjustment that saw April’s total drop and May’s figure lifted.
But first, in precious metals futures, silver prices for July delivery ended May at $18.68 an ounce, equating to a drop of 49 cents from its position at the end of April, or a dip of 2.6%. This third straight monthly decline marks a loss of $2.56, or 12.1%, from February’s close — the last month to see a gain. Year to date, silver prices have shed 69 cents, or 3.6%.
Looking at other precious metals futures:

• Gold at $1,246.00 an ounce dropped 3.9% in May
• Palladium rose to $836.35 an ounce, rallying 2.9% for the month
• Platinum at $1,452.70 an ounce rose 1.7% in May

Year to date, gains stack to 3.6% for gold, 5.7% for platinum and 16.4% for palladium.
http://www.silvercoinstoday.com/silver-eagle-sales-limits-ends-silver-prices-tumble-in-may/1010230/







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Silver Doctor: Physical Silver Demand Still Strong

 The interview starts with Jason asking Doc about the end of the London (LBMA) Silver Fix and what it means for silver prices.

Next, Jason asks about physical silver demand and if demand is still strong. Doc talks about record demand from the US Mint and from the Royal Canadian Mint.

Doc also says retail demand from his website has been strong but there is no silver shortage so premiums are not high.

Jason and Doc talk about how gold and silver may go sideways for another few months before finally starting to move higher before the end of 2014.

Next, Jason asks Doc about "Lead Bullion" or ammunition and why Doc just got into selling ammunition on his website. Doc talks about the 2nd Amendment and why it's important for people to own guns.

Jason then brings up the supply/demand market for guns and ammo and why he thinks guns and ammo in the US are in a huge secular bull market.

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James Rickards: Financial Collapse and Massive Shortages In Gold Coming

Greg Hunter: Financial expert and best-selling author James Rickards’ latest book predicts “the coming collapse of the international monetary system.”  One of the sign posts is countries like Russia declaring it will shed the U.S. Dollar as reserve currency in international trade.  Rickards explains, “Putin said he envisions a Eurasian economic zone involving Eastern Europe, central Asia and Russia.  The Russian Ruble is nowhere near ready to be a global reserve currency, but it could be a regional reserve currency.”

Rickards’ latest best-selling book, “The Death of Money,” was released in April.  Even Rickards is surprised at how fast the economic situation is unfolding.  Rickards says, “If you ask me what has happened since you finished writing the book that comes as a surprise, I would say a lot of the things I talk about in my book are happening faster than I would have expected.  Things that I thought would happen in the 2015 or 2016 time frame seems to be happening now in some ways.  If anything, the tempo of events is faster than expected.  Therefore, some of these catastrophic outcomes may come sooner than I wrote about.”

Rickards goes on to say, “Right now, we are on the precipice now.  When you are on the precipice, it doesn’t mean you fall off immediately, but you are going to fall off because you can see the forces in play.  What I tell clients and investors is it’s not as if we are going to make some mistakes and some bad things are going to happen.  The mistakes have already been made.  The instability is already in the system.  We’re just waiting for that catalyst that I call the snowflake that starts the avalanche.   You don’t worry about the snowflakes; you worry about the snow and that it’s unstable and it’s just waiting to collapse.  That’s what the system is right now; we are just waiting for a catalyst.  People ask me all the time, what could it be?  Technically, my answer is it doesn’t matter because it will be something.  It could be a failure to deliver physical gold.  It could be an MF Global financial failure.  It could be a natural disaster.  It could be a lot of things.  The thing investors need to understand is the catalyst doesn’t matter.  It’s coming because the instability is already there.”
read more @ http://etfdailynews.com/2014/05/27/james-rickards-financial-collapse-and-massive-shortages-in-gold-coming/



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Jim Willie: Out of Control Chaos Coming with Shortages of Gold, Silver, Food, Gasoline

Dr. Jim Willie: Out of Control Chaos Coming with Shortages of Gold, Silver, Food, Gasoline




Publisher of "The Hat Trick Letter," Dr. Jim Willie, predicts, "In the United States, we are going to have shortages across the board, and that includes gold and silver. Just think food and gasoline. That's when the riots are going to start. You are going to see out of control chaos and the government stepping in to restore order. . . . Shortages and price inflation are going to drive people out of their minds." Join Greg Hunter for an in-depth One-on-One interview with Dr. Jim Willie



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The Great Migration: Gold and Silver Moving West to East

It was the relentless accumulation of silver in exchange for tea and silk, that eventually led to the opium wars. Opium being used as a counter trade to tea.




  At some point might the Chinese and Russian hording of the majority of the worlds gold render it impractical as a monetary metal for the rest of the world? If there is so little gold available to the West why should the West be concerned with it? For a monetary system to work for a population all the people off that society must dream the same dream. Meaning without faith and desire there is no perceived value to any currency or monetary bedrock.

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Bullion Suppliers SOLD OUT of Silver - Shortage Bottom Near Price Update

UPDATE: ALL US WHOLESALE SUPPLIERS ARE NOW SOLD OUT OF EVERY OUNCE OF PHYSICAL SILVER & HAVE SUSPENDED ALL SALES! SDBullion.com has closed due to lack of ANY AVAILABLE SILVER! Two of the largest wholesale suppliers in the US, including Amark and CNT, who is the supplier of gold blanks to the US Mint for Gold Eagles, and is a registered COMEX depository, HAVE JUST SOLD OUT OF ALL PHYSICAL SILVER!!! AND......IT'S GONE!!!!! In the face of an EPIC TSUNAMI of gold and silver sales today as the cartel hammered the price of silver down over 12%, and off $6 from Friday's open, we have just been informed at SDBullion upon trying to place a large inventory order that BOTH AMARK & CNT ARE SOLD OUT OF EVERY LAST OUNCE OF PHYSICAL SILVER!!! Apparently the fact that one of the largest wholesale suppliers in the US is SOLD OUT, while simultaneously the 2nd largest silver mine in the US is offline perhaps permanently is of absolutely no consequence to the paper dumping cartel bullion banks. Bullion bank silver shorts are most likely covering in mass RIGHT NOW, and we'll soon have the data to make the case. Many have speculated that the bullion banks are going to switch to a net long position. There couldn't be a better time to do just that given that at $22/oz, pretty much all existing shorts taken out before this week will be in the money.
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Buying Silver Coins vs Buying Silver Bars | David Morgan

In this video, David Morgan discusses when and how to buy silver coins and silver bars. It all depends on the size of your portfolio and individual preferences.




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Eric Sprott: A Gold Shortage Is Coming

Gold Silver Worlds: Eric Sprott, with more than 40 years of experience in the investment industry, has been speculating since late 2012 that Western central banks could be running out of gold. He attributes the sell-off in gold and silver in 2013 to the fact that the Western banks needed a way to generate physical gold supplies. The metals prices were going down while there was a lot of liquidation of gold which increased the supply by an estimated 900 tonnes last year. Driven by data, Eric Sprott explains in this article the case for a gold shortage. The basic figures are centered around the following:

• The annual supply of gold is around 4,300 tonnes.
• 3,000 tonnes come from mining and the other 1,300 tonnes or so from recycled material2.
• In 2013, an additional 900 tonnes came onto the market from ETFs that were being liquidated – a supply increase of around 21%.

Looking back to the price smash of April 2013, it resulted in a tsunami of buying:

• India bought 336 tonnes from April to June of 20133.
• Chinese started buying record amounts of gold.
• The mine supply, excluding China and Russia which tend not to export any gold, is only around 190 tonnes per month. You had Indians buying 50 tonnes and China buying 90 tonnes – that does not leave much left over for the rest of the world. Blogger Koos Jansen, from In Gold We Trust, says that Chinese demand alone last year was 2,000 tonnes. So demand has far outstripped supply.
• There is also interesting news coming from Dubai concerning this supply/demand imbalance. A group there is building a gold refinery that can process 1,400 tonnes of gold per year6. Well, the current refining capacity in the world is around 6,000 tonnes. Somebody is going to add another 20 percent of capacity. The supply falls far short of that at only 4,300 tonnes. Why is this refining capacity so much higher than the official supply of gold?
• read more @ http://etfdailynews.com/2014/05/16/eric-sprott-a-gold-shortage-is-coming/

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The London Silver Price Fix is Ending

In a shocking development, with BaFin regulators closing down on banking criminal manipulation of gold and silver prices, the LBMA announced it is shutting down the London silver AM and PM price fix as of 14 August 2014.






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A Coming Silver Shortage?

Good Day! . And a Marvelous Monday to you! I sure hope all the Mothers out there had a grand day. I think the ones at my house did. But then I can't be sure, as no one said a word about their day, and you know me, I think it's all sunshine and lollipops all the time! HA! My beloved Cardinals hung on to win one of 3 and avoid getting swept by the Pirates last night. Have I told you how much I dislike Sunday Night games? I'm sure I have so I won't get into that again, other than to say, I dislike Sunday Night games!
Do you know what else I dislike very much? OK, if you guessed disco music, then you would technically be correct! But what I'm talking about here is when I come in, and turn on the screens, and see the news headlines, that they've rehashed for hours, that if you're just now looking at them, they seem to be "new". And it's not until you see the actual currency prices that you can tell that the news story is "old". And so it was this morning, as I saw a headline story talking about the euro being down. But when I turn on the currency prices, I see that the euro is up this morning.

I see the UBS and Citigroup are calling for a decline in the euro. I bet they wished they had done that last week when it looked as if the euro was to hit 1.40 and not look back. They would then seem like geniuses! But here's my take on the euro folks. Now, I'm not saying that the euro can't see more weakness, but to me, it appears that the selling last week was a knee jerk reaction to what the markets believe will be European Central Bank (ECB) action in June. Therefore, all the bad stuff that could come from ECB action in June, has already been priced in! I would take the other side of that bet with UBS and Citigroup. that is if I could. But to them, I'm not even a pimple on their back side!
I see that an ECB member, Weidmann, who just happens to be considered, a hawkish member of the ECB, is scheduled to speak this week, not once but twice! That's a double dose of hawkish tone coming from the ECB this week. And if we get some stronger data from the Eurozone, as is expected this week, that could very well be good medicine for the euro. Tomorrow we get a ZEW report, and as the week goes on, Industrial Production, CPI GDP and some other 3rd tier reports. So, chances are cause I wear that silly grin, the moment you come into view. No wait! What I'm trying to say is that chances are that the euro could see some recovery this week, so take that. UBS and Citigroup! HA! Come on Chuck, that was no time to pull out that Johnny Mathis song, but, I, I, was just typing and it came out that way. OK, you're forgiven.
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Gold & Silver Bull Market Dead or Ready To Explode? 2014 Outlook

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Silver Industrial Demand Continues, David Morgan on China, Japan, Solar & The Metals

David Morgan has a BS in Engineering and a Masters in Business (finance and international business). David has been a private economist and precious metals analyst for over twenty years. He adheres to the Austrian School of Economics, although his degree is not from the Mises Institute. He is one of the more dynamic speakers in the Resource sector and has lead the charge for those interested in the silver market. His travels have literally taken him around the world speaking to both individual investors as well as institutions about the benefits of silver investments. A recently published book "Get the Skinny on Silver Investing" is now available through his website. Mr. Morgan hosts the www.Silver-Investor.com website and writes a newsletter called "The Morgan Report." This e-mail newsletter is directed to benefit the subscriber by helping them to make as money as safely as possible in the natural resource sector by using market timing, and a diversified portfolio balanced between risk and reward. Mr. Morgan's track record so far has distinguished him because more of his junior selections have gone on to much higher listing and/or become mines than any other writer in the industry. The report is issued on a monthly basis by email only and updates are provided with no additional charge at this time. Annual price for the Morgan Report is $129USD

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John Embry Expects a Silver Price Explosion Driven by Physical Shortage

We are a long-time fan of John Embry, as we consider him one of the most experienced people in the precious metals world. In his latest interview on King World News, he confirmed once again what is happening particularly with silver: manipulation of silver prices is still going on but signs of shortage in physical silver are increasing by the day and hence a silver price explosion is almost unavoidable.

Manipulation vs opportunity

Just like several other precious metals experts, John Embry is confirming the ongoing suppression of the gold and silver prices. This is what he had to say on King World News in yesterday’s interview: “Two days before the QE announcement they dropped the price of silver about $1.50 in a nanosecond. It’s the same games being played by the same people, and it’s going to end horribly because all the manipulation is doing is creating wonderful buying opportunities for the Chinese, the Russians, and the rest of the central banks that know full well what’s going on. “

Yes indeed, we have reported on this website numerous times how manipulation has created buying opportunities and who the ones were that  made use of these opportunities. The Eastern countries and non-G6 Central Banks have been accumulating tons of gold. Besides we reported recently that smart money has been accumulating gold on the dips down at the $1,500 level. On an even more fundamental level, we reported that China could be considering to back its currency up by gold.

These are all fundamental evolutions in the gold & silver markets that shouldn’t go unnoticed for anybody, as they are extremely meaningful.


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Silver Price Manipulation

The price of silver has been kept in check by via the management of a profitable and decades-long net short futures position held by the market’s largest banking players, who have allegedly been acting as agents for the controllers of money.
Of course, if these controllers selling silver make a futures market trading loss, they only have to print more paper money to pay for it, since the seller of a futures contract controls whether or not physical delivery occurs.

Lower paper silver prices also allow them to pick up cheap physical silver from the unsuspecting public that still typically remains unaware of the futures market manipulation.
- via silverseek

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Gold is the Gut Reaction, Silver is the Smart Decision

Silver is consumed = it's more rare today. Before it was gold, obviously as time passes more silver has been consumed and since gold isn't consumed


"STOP THE FLOW" of $$$ & the Elitist will panic & react, the beast will weaken & die, & the chains of oppression will be loosed & the people will become free, at least the ones who don't worship the beast.
 The BEST place to buy silver The BEST silver coins The BEST UN-indoctrination .

Which one of these is not like the other? Jim Rickards poses the question to Ivy League professors and 5 year olds, and the results are astounding





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Why You Should Buy Silver

The money we have in our wallets, just isn't money. At least it hasn't been since we moved away from the gold/silver standard when it was currency. Anyone who thinks silver will tank down to near nothing is a near sighted fool. The bottom is likely around $18. And it's already gone down that far a couple of times.




even though spot is under $20, the real street price is $25 depending on what type of silver coins u r buying. great video! i hope we get $10 silver again. i like the point made at the end of the video about traditional daily wage in silver.
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The Gold/Silver Price Ratio is Out of Whack — What’s Next?

Thursday April 24, 2014, 4:15am PDT
By Charlotte McLeod - Exclusive to Silver Investing News
Last month, Silver Investing News (SIN) received an enthusiastic response to the question, “do you think silver is headed for a supply shortage?” Of over 1,000 participants, 81 percent said they believe a silver shortfall is in the works, reinforcing the idea that while silver prices are down, they’re likely not out.
Despite that overwhelmingly affirmative response, the article raised a number of good questions amongst readers. To address some of them, SIN got back in touch with Andrew Chanin, co-founder of the PureFunds ISE Junior Silver ETF (ARCA:SILJ), whose comments sparked the original article.
To start off with, Chanin addressed the nature of the shortage — in other words, whether we’re looking at a silver supply shortage in that silver in the ground is actually running low, or in the sense that at current prices miners simply aren’t able to produce enough of it. The simple answer is that though the amount of high-grade deposits around the world is falling, at the moment the latter issue is the bigger concern; however, Chanin gave a much more detailed response, explaining why that’s the case.
For one thing, he said, “about two-thirds of all mined annual silver comes as a by-product, and much of that is from base-metals mining.” That’s a problem because many people are calling for a slowdown in emerging markets, which could keep prices for base metals depressed. If that happens, he said, “it might actually make sense to put such mines on hold temporarily.” Ultimately, that means “a significant area of silver supply … could get taken offline.”
Another factor, Chanin noted, is that low silver prices are hurting producing companies’ exploration efforts. Sure, he said, silver priced at $16 per ounce, or even $10 an ounce is possible, but “it would be extremely, extremely difficult for silver-mining companies to produce silver at those levels, [and] difficult, if not impossible, for them to do it profitably.”
read more @ http://www.metal.com/newscontent/59887_the-goldsilver-price-ratio-is-out-of-whack-%E2%80%94-what%E2%80%99s-next








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Silver $50: Three Years After the "Shortage"

April 2011 saw silver prices double from 6 months before. Why, and what happened next...?

 

SILVER PRICES hit $50 three years ago this week, writes Miguel Perez-Santalla at BullionVault.

 

It was on April 25, 2011 that silver traded $49.80 per ounce in the New York spot market. That means silver traded $50 somewhere. There was a lot of business going on at that time, but after holding above $49 for the rest of that week, silver prices began to retreat. Fast.

 

One of the factors that many traders were looking at was the Gold/Silver Ratio. Some believed that silver was much undervalued versus gold, and would recover its historical price parity of about 16 ounces of silver per ounce of gold.

 

So even though silver hadn't been so expensive in terms of gold for 28 years, and even though Dollar prices had doubled inside 6 months, some traders felt the move wouldn't be complete unless silver traded above the $50 price level it had hit in 1980.

 

The silver market environment of 2011's run to $50 per ounce was, however, very different to that of 1980. The principal driver back then was the continued inflation in consumer prices, plus the attempt by Nelson Bunker Hunt and his partners to corner the silver market – an attempt eventually brought to an end by efforts of the Federal Reserve Bank and certain members of the Commodities Exchange.

 

Thirty years later the global economy again faced serious concerns. Not only was the US economy still reeling from the mortgage crisis and 2008 Lehman Brothers collapse. Now the Eurozone faced break-up as Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Italy and Spain all reported serious problems with their finances.

 

In the United States confidence in the economy continued at record lows. The news out of Europe only heightened concerns of another financial crisis. Then the Fed announced another round of Quantitative Easing beginning in November 2010. Silver coin sales by the US Mint hit a monthly record, surpassed only by early 2011's surge in private-investor demand. Because this new QE meant printing more Dollars (or rather, their "electronic equivalent" as then Fed chair Ben Bernanke had said). So in the minds of many investors the Dollar was under the gun. Seeking safe-haven assets, likely to hold or grow their real value during a prolonged inflation, became of paramount importance.

read more @ http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/silver-2011-042320145

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Doug Casey: Bond Bubble Blowing Up, Gold Silver More Important to Own than 1971 or 2001

Doug Casey of CaseyResearch.com warns, "Were going into what I call 'The Greater Depression.' It's going to be much more serious than what happened in the 1930's. . . . A depression is a period of time when most people's standard of living drops significantly." Casey explains, "There is a gigantic amount of debt in the U.S. at all levels—governmental, corporate and individual. Debt is a sign you have been living above your means. It's a debt bubble, and this is a major reason the government wants interest rates low. When interest rates rise, it makes it harder for people in debt to service that debt. They are simply delaying the inevitable at this point, but it is inevitable what is going to happen, and we are going to have a fantastic depression." On physical gold and silver, Casey says, "Gold is more important to own and perhaps a better bargain now than in 1971 or 2001, and the same is true of silver."






MAKE SURE YOU GET PHYSICAL SILVER IN YOUR OWN POSSESSION. Don't Buy SLV, or Futures or Pooled Accounts or any other BS paper silver product .Remember anything on paper is worth the paper it is written on. Go Long Stay long the bull market have even started yet

Silver Market, Silver Price Manipulation and the Coming Global Monetary Reset

Since there is a lot of talk about a potential gold re evaluation following an international monetary reset, I wanted to interview David Morgan, renowned silver market analyst, in order to have his views on a couple of topics, including silver evolution, silver manipulation, and the potential price of silver after a financial reset. Read his answers below:

Fabrice Drouin Ristori : Mr. Morgan, thank you for this interview. You’ve specialized in analyzing the silver price for a long time, and understanding how and why the price of silver evolves with such volatility takes time and research. Let’s start with the basics : Could you give us an idea of the size of the annual worldwide production of physical silver ?
David Morgan : Yes, the total supply is roughly one billion ounces annually. Approximately 800 million ounces mined, and 200 million ounces from recycling.
FDR : A lot of silver paper contracts are exchanged everyday on different markets. According to your knowledge, how many ounces of silver are exchanged everyday on a worldwide basis (paper + physical) and, if you agree with this concept, how many silver paper claims exist for each ounce of physical silver in existence ?

read more @ http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/04/silver-market-manipulation



MAKE SURE YOU GET PHYSICAL SILVER IN YOUR OWN POSSESSION. Don't Buy SLV, or Futures or Pooled Accounts or any other BS paper silver product .Remember anything on paper is worth the paper it is written on. Go Long Stay long the bull market have even started yet