COT Silver Report - May 10, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:33:21 +0000

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Friday, May 10th

Intrinsic Value and the Final Battle for Silver

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:44:53 +0000

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When looking at the intrinsic value of hard currencies like silver relative to that of paper fiat currencies like the U.S. Dollar, some serious questions need to be asked and answered.

Friday, May 10th

When looking at the intrinsic value of hard currencies like silver relative to that of paper fiat currencies like the U.S. Dollar, some serious questions need to be asked and answered.

The Worst Regulator Possible

Theodore Butler — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:24:33 +0000

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Sticking with the theme of milestones, we’ve just crossed a few important anniversary dates that relate to silver that taken in proper perspective point to a disturbing conclusion. That conclusion is that the US commodities regulator, the CFTC, has done more public harm than good over the past few years. Simply put, the public and our markets would have been better off had the agency not been run by the commissioners in place, specifically including Chairman Gensler and Commissioner Chilton. In fact, rarely has so much promise for genuine regulatory reform been squandered as badly as has been the case over the past few years.

Thursday, May 9th

COT Silver Report - May 3, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:34:09 +0000

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COT Silver Report - May 3, 2013

Friday, May 3rd

Little Cracks in Confidence

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:11:14 +0000

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It looks as if the silver market has finally bottomed, as the tarnished price of silver recovered some of its luster over the last two weeks. The big silver shorts have continued to exit their futures positions, yet there remain some elephants in the market — as evidenced by yesterday's non-economic volatility.

Friday, May 3rd

It looks as if the silver market has finally bottomed, as the tarnished price of silver recovered some of its luster over the last two weeks.

Financial Treachery & Harsh Consequences

Jim Willie — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:55:24 +0000

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Miscellaneous other deep dark deceptions have occurred, far too numerous to delineate in complete fashion. A general effect must be cited, since so pervasive and insidious. Gold and USTBonds aint a market. Their so-called official trading arenas are empty rooms with USGovt and USFed devices filling the empty space, creating a phony price. The false Gold price has no real supply. The false Bond price has no real demand. The claimed price is not where Supply meets Demand to clear the table on the market. Therefore the claimed price is not the real price. Neither Gold more the USTBonds are a real market. Witness pure heresy.

Tuesday, April 30th

The Fascist Business Model came into vogue in 2001. The merger of state with the largest of corporations, primarily the big banks, the big defense contractors, the big news media networks, and the big pharmaceuticals, has created a chokehold around the neck of the nation, without 5% recognizing the function of the model during the strangulation in progress.

COT Silver Report - April 26, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:33:16 +0000

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COT Silver Report - April 26, 2013

Friday, April 26th

The Silver Market - The Same Thing All Over Again

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:35:48 +0000

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The recent price drop in silver was severe, but not exactly like silver’s Black Thursday in 1980. It was different this time, but some aspects of the decline seemed the same. This time, a different demand character prevailed. Also, the overall level of market awareness and underlying sentiment was stronger.

Friday, April 26th

The recent price drop in silver was severe, but not exactly like silver’s Black Thursday in 1980. It was different this time, but some aspects of the decline seemed the same.

Who Found Silver Coin Prices Under $30?

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:26:49 +0000

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The other day I was having a debate with a friend about where premiums would go in the short term -- after the big sell off.

Monday, April 22nd

Thanks to all of you for helping me win my bet...

The other day I was having a debate with a friend about where premiums would go in the short term -- after the big sell off.

As you know, there has been a ton of excitement about surging demand and signs of shortage.

COT Silver Report - April 19, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:32:50 +0000

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COT Silver Report - April 19, 2013

Friday, April 19th

The Currency Chronicles

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:29:08 +0000

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The Forex market may actually be seeing the beginning of the crack up boom where traditional currencies like silver and gold will naturally reassert themselves just as world monetary expansion begins to truly accelerate.

Friday, April 19th

How being poor man’s gold will help silver prices to outperform the yellow metal

Peter Cooper — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:31:23 +0000

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It’s notable that whenever ArabianMoney publishes an original article on silver then our page views shoot through the roof. Spot the next investment class about to take-off perhaps, and its even cheaper after the failed bear raid on gold this week that also pulled down silver prices temporarily.

Friday, April 19th

The Price Smash – Who, What, How and Why?

Theodore Butler — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:19:54 +0000

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There is no doubt that we are at a critical juncture in gold and silver and the first order of business is to drill down to how and why prices plunged so much Friday and Monday. Certainly, more commentary (mostly on gold) is being written about the precious metals currently in regards to the price weakness than I can remember. Unfortunately, much of the analyses and commentary is wide of the mark, in my opinion. But the great thing is that everyone interested in what just took place with gold and silver prices can decide for themselves from the multitude of opinions offered as to what makes the most sense.

Tuesday, April 16th

COT Silver Report - April 12, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:33:05 +0000

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COT Silver Report - April 12, 2013

Friday, April 12th

Silver Prices, Inflation and Living With the Long Term

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:39:02 +0000

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Short term anxiety in the silver market tends to play into the hands of the mainstream financial media that loves to cherry-pick data in order to support the sentiment flavor of the day.

Friday, April 12th

Short term anxiety in the silver market tends to play into the hands of the mainstream financial media that loves to cherry-pick data in order to support the sentiment flavor of the day.

How to Control the Price of Silver and Other Strategic Commodities

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:33:35 +0000

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First of all, investment banks need to be installed as commercial traders in the silver market. Then, allow major futures exchanges to self-regulate. Next, establish a concentrated short position, whether hedged, or otherwise. Then encourage High frequency Trading and eliminate the human market makers with any sense of real value.

Friday, April 12th

In summary, four key influences seem to be at play in creating artificially low prices in the silver market.

Silver price breaks out of a declining pattern and rallies 9% on Bank of Japan money printing

Peter Cooper — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:35:43 +0000

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Silver has bounced off the bottom of its recent trading range. The shiniest of metals has surged nine per cent in price to $28 an ounce since the Bank of Japan announced its $1.4 trillion a year money printing program last week. But silver prices will go much higher.

Wednesday, April 10th

COT Silver Report - April 5, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:33:12 +0000

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COT Silver Report - April 5, 2013

Friday, April 5th

The State Of Silver and Other Anomalous Events

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:21:17 +0000

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From a technical perspective, the price of silver is obviously breaking down. The market has been 'trading heavy' for a while. Furthermore, the entire commodities complex is trading in a downward trending channel, except for oil. The U.S. Dollar is also stronger because of the Euro aftermath.

Friday, April 5th

Tungsten Silver? Or More Salt in the Open Wound?

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:09:44 +0000

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Nothing like a counterfeit coin scare to further quell excitement in those who have not otherwise noticed the not-for-profit, right on schedule, drubbing handed to paper silver this year.

Thursday, April 4th

Here we go. With worldwide physical demand for the poor man's metal surging and the US Mint about the run out of silver eagles any minute now- again, we received the following from reader Simon.

Nothing like a counterfeit coin scare to further quell excitement in those who have not otherwise noticed the not-for-profit, right on schedule, drubbing handed to paper silver this year.

Recent Action in Silver ETFs Is Bad News for Precious-Metals Bears

Jeff Clark — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:48:22 +0000

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Two weeks ago we looked at the difference between gold ETF outflows vs. physical gold purchases, and showed that most sales were coming from the former while aggressive buying was coming from the latter. This week we examined the same data for silver – and discovered a rather striking trend. Not only are silver ETFs seeing no net outflows, their holdings are increasing. Bearish investors who treat the two precious metals as being the same, interchangeable thing, and sell silver along with gold are at risk of missing the boat.

Tuesday, April 2nd

US demand for silver coins highest ever since records began in 1986 as private investors seek a safe haven

Peter Cooper — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:14:55 +0000

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Sales of American Eagle silver coins produced by the US Mint have surpassed 14 million so far this year, a number not hit until late May last year with sales running at their highest level ever since records began in 1986. If the price of silver was set by coin sales then it would be at a new all-time high, but the Comex futures pit still rules the price.

Sunday, March 31st

Storing Silver for the Next Generation

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:53:13 +0000

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Many parents looking to the future and concerned about their children’s financial security have been reframing reasons for owning silver as a long term investment.

Friday, March 29th

Many parents looking to the future and concerned about their children’s financial security have been reframing reasons for owning silver as a long term investment.

The Good, Bad and Ugly

Theodore Butler — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:28:37 +0000

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Therefore, I can’t rule out further silver price stabs to the downside before a dramatic and final resolution to the upside because both stem from the same cause – the manipulation. What I can say is that while those stabs at new price lows may occur, it is mandatory that silver prices will explode at some unknown point.

Monday, March 25th

This is excerpted from the Weekly Review of March 23 -

COT Silver Report - March 22, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:33:17 +0000

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COT Silver Report - March 22, 2013

Friday, March 22nd

Confiscation, Manipulation and the Wars Against Everyman

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:51:10 +0000

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Confiscation — both direct and indirect forms — and market manipulation tend to go hand in hand when it comes to forecasting the silver market’s future.

Friday, March 22nd

Confiscation — both direct and indirect forms — and market manipulation tend to go hand in hand when it comes to forecasting the silver market’s future.

Silver Prices Before the Monetary Collapse

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:49:17 +0000

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Has the silver market been pricing in the coming collapse?In a word, no! Markets dominated by the impulses of real people largely no longer exist. The machines have taken over, as bots read the news and respond rapidly with large transactions.

Friday, March 22nd

Has the silver market been pricing in the coming collapse? In a word, no!

COT Silver Report - March 15, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:32:52 +0000

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COT Silver Report - March 15, 2013

Friday, March 15th

Silver Possession Versus Silver Trust – A Safe Alternative to Direct Possession?

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:29:33 +0000

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Value seeking investors are increasingly returning to the precious metals market. Furthermore, many of them will undoubtedly gravitate toward using the more conveniently traded alternatives to self-storing the metals.

Friday, March 15th

A Moment of Clarity

Theodore Butler — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:38:35 +0000

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Every once in a while, someone utters a statement that suddenly galvanizes the issue at hand. In the fable “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” Hans Christian Andersen tells of two weavers who convince the emperor that their special clothing for him is invisible only to those unworthy. When the emperor parades in front of his subjects wearing the special clothing, a child cries out the obvious, “he isn’t wearing any clothes at all.” That’s the first thing that came to my mind when I read of the US Attorney General’s words before a Senate hearing this week.

Monday, March 11th

This is excerpted from the weekly review of March 9, 2013 -

COT Silver Report - March 8, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:33:16 +0000

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COT Silver Report - March 8, 2013

Friday, March 8th

Silver Prices When the Traffic Lights are Blue Today

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:32:38 +0000

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The view of the silver market from ten thousand feet away shows what is really going on behind the scenes. The manipulation of the market by deep pocket bullion banks with a hugely concentrated combined naked short position has become increasingly evident.

Friday, March 8th

Deflation and Silver Price Mechanics

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:24:04 +0000

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The worldwide tug of war between the world’s major central banks has created a de facto currency war involving the competitive devaluations of major fiat currencies.

Friday, March 8th

The worldwide tug of war between the world’s major central banks has created a de facto currency war involving the competitive devaluations of major fiat currencies.

Hi Ho Silver: Making the Case for This Precious Metal

Jeff Clark — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:48:40 +0000

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Even though the newsletter I write for Casey Research is focused primarily on gold, our metals investments cover all the precious metals, and when warranted, some base-metals plays too. And with the markets in the state they are, I want to say something about silver.

Thursday, March 7th

COT Silver Report - March 1, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:38:05 +0000

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COT Silver Report - March 1, 2013

Friday, March 1st

Silver Prices and the Mortgage Market — A Tale of Two Interventions

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:52:21 +0000

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A comparison of two types of intervention has become interesting with respect to silver. First of all, Central Planning support of the mortgage and housing markets has already reached the supernova stage.

Friday, March 1st

Hope is Fear Gone Bad for Paper Silver Shorts

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:48:07 +0000

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The price pattern in silver and gold remains intact. It shows that each time these precious metals are pushed below a key technical moving average, new buyers come into the market.

Friday, March 1st

The price pattern in silver and gold remains intact. It shows that each time these precious metals are pushed below a key technical moving average, new buyers come into the market.

Welcome Back, Kotter

DavidBond — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:08:14 +0000

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Wallace, Idaho – Some observations about the reopening of the Lucky Friday Mine after a year's federally-ordered closure, which you may or may not have learnt from the “news” coverage last week of separate press conferences held by CEO Phil Baker in Wallace and Spokane.

Tuesday, February 26th

The Wallace Street Journal

COT Silver Report - February 22, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:32:47 +0000

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COT Silver Report - February 22, 2013

Friday, February 22nd

Silver Price Backwardation, Corrections and Perception Shifts

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:38:19 +0000

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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.

Friday, February 22nd

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.

The Future Price of Silver - A Review of Economic and Behavioral Principles

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:33:28 +0000

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When forecasting the future price of silver from a fundamental perspective, it can make sense to review the basic principles of economics and behavioral science as they apply to the silver market.

Friday, February 22nd

When forecasting the future price of silver from a fundamental perspective, it can make sense to review the basic principles of economics and behavioral science as they apply to the silver market.

Embrace Silver's Volatility All the Way to the Bank

Jeff Clark — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:23:25 +0000

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Most precious-metals investors know that silver is more volatile than gold. But do they know just how big that difference really is?

Tuesday, February 19th

Most precious-metals investors know that silver is more volatile than gold. But do they know just how big that difference really is?

We thought it would be interesting to measure how much greater silver's daily moves are – both in gains and declines – than gold.

We documented the daily price movements for both metals, and then calculated the difference using absolute values. To interpret the charts below, you need to know that:

Gold versus Industrial Metals

Steve Saville — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:03:40 +0000

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The final point we'll make concerns silver, a metal that is part industrial and part store-of-value. Silver, like gold, went on to make new highs in inflation-adjusted terms after the major financial panic of 2008 and the beginning of the bust phase of the bank (central and commercial)-caused boom-bust cycle. This suggests that silver's store-of-value characteristic is dominant and that it will be more in synch with gold than with the purely industrial metals over the years ahead.

Tuesday, February 19th

The following is excerpted from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 14^th February 2013.

COT Silver Report - February 15, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:32:59 +0000

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COT Silver Report - February 15, 2013

Friday, February 15th

Silver Price Targeting and the Will of Central Banks

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:47:54 +0000

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Indirectly, the price of silver has become a central banking question. Proof of direct intervention is unnecessary. The overwhelming concentration of net shorts on the Comex, whether hedged or not, constitutes the basic violation of the fair market pricing mechanism.

Friday, February 15th

COT Silver Report - February 8, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:33:33 +0000

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COT Silver Report - February 8, 2013

Friday, February 8th

GoldSeek.com Radio Gold Nugget: David Morgan & Chris Waltzek

David Morgan — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:21:28 +0000

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David Morgan publishes The Morgan Report and can be found at http://www.silver-investor.com/

Friday, February 8th

David Morgan publishes The Morgan Report and can be found at http://www.silver-investor.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23paT8gyFlk

Silver Coin Clipping in the Digital Era

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:14:51 +0000

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Price suppression, market controls and market manipulation have become the modern day equivalent to coin clipping in the silver market. Monetary debasement is not a new phenomenon and has been practiced by various governments throughout the ages, either as a way for them to profit at the expense of their citizens or to pay off high levels of debt.

Friday, February 8th

Price suppression, market controls and market manipulation have become the modern day equivalent to coin clipping in the silver market.

Silver Coin Dealers and the New Premium Paradigm

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:13:16 +0000

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The local silver coin dealer may prove to be the ultimate silver price indicator. The lower the managed paper price of silver, the more physical metal is reduced due to increased demand. Furthermore, the higher the demand for silver, the higher the physical premium moves.

Friday, February 8th

The local silver coin dealer may prove to be the ultimate silver price indicator.

View all Presentations from SilverSeek.com's 2013 Virtual Silver Investment Conference

silverseek — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:06:11 +0000

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View all Presentations from SilverSeek.com's 2013 Virtual Silver Investment Conference!

Tuesday, February 5th

SilverSeek.com’s 2013 Virtual Silver Investment Conference, an online, one-day event showcasing silver industry experts and top tier silver companies was held on THURSDAY, January 31st

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COT Silver Report - February 1, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:35:08 +0000

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COT Silver Report - February 1, 2013

Friday, February 1st

The US Mint Resumes Sales While Silver Bars Disappear

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:35:43 +0000

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The U.S. Mint resumed sales after a week of suspension as silver coins sales for January almost doubled compared with the month before. An all-time high of over 7.4 million Silver Eagle coins were bought in January from the U.S. Mint, which substantially exceeded the former record set in early 2011. Gold coin sales were also the highest seen in almost three years.

Friday, February 1st

Silver Bullion and Gresham's Law Going East

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:33:50 +0000

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Silver is not going away. Its ongoing popularity seems to fly in the face of the modernist, the Keynesian and the visionary who dreams of a world without physical currency or money at all. Despite their viewpoints, silver and other precious metals remain sought after and valued by many investors.

Friday, February 1st

Why can't Germany get its gold back?! Interview with David Morgan at Cambridge House

David Morgan — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:40:56 +0000

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David Morgan from The Silver Report chats with Cambridge House Live anchor Bridgitte Anderson about silver, gold and the global economy. Taped at Cambridge House International's Vancouver Resource Investment Conference in January 2013.

Wednesday, January 30th

GATA favorites to speak at SilverSeek's online conference Thursday

Chris Powell — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:28:12 +0000

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GoldSeek's companion Internet site, SilverSeek, will hold its 4th Virtual Silver Investment Conference online Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time featuring four GATA favorites: our consultant, GoldMoney founder James Turk; Sprott Asset Management CEO Eric Sprott; Silver-Investor.com's David Morgan; and GoldSeek and SilverSeek proprietor Peter Spina. Attendance is free for those who register in advance.

Wednesday, January 30th

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

COT Silver Report - January 25, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:32:59 +0000

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COT Silver Report - January 25, 2013

Friday, January 25th

Reinstatement sought for silver market rigging class-action lawsuit

Chris Powell — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:08:33 +0000

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The plaintiffs in the silver market rigging class-action lawsuit against JPMorganChase, tentatively dismissed a month ago by Judge Robert P. Patterson Jr. in U.S. District Court in New York -- this week refiled their complaint with what they hope will be additional specifics sufficient to persuade the judge to reinstate the suit.

Friday, January 25th

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold (and Silver):

The plaintiffs in the silver market rigging class-action lawsuit against JPMorganChase, tentatively dismissed a month ago by Judge Robert P. Patterson Jr. in U.S. District Court in New York --

Silver Investing and the Sanctity of Savings

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:15:09 +0000

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A basic issue with silver investing for many people is that the actual metal is scarce, valuable and increasingly vulnerable to explicit and implicit confiscation. Yet silver is not only an investment vehicle. It also acts as an alternative savings vehicle to saving wealth in fiat currencies.

Friday, January 25th

A basic issue with silver investing for many people is that the actual metal is scarce, valuable and increasingly vulnerable to explicit and implicit confiscation.

The Price of Silver in the Age of Broken Promises

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:13:24 +0000

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The price of silver remains at the mercy of the big banks that make of the majority of the short side at COMEX — which is still the primary paper pricing mechanism for silver. Could silver prices go above $50 and beyond this year — and then perhaps retest $50 as a floor?

Friday, January 25th

The price of silver remains at the mercy of the big banks that make of the majority of the short side at COMEX — which is still the primary paper pricing mechanism for silver.

Royal Canadian Mint starts rationing silver coins

Chris Powell — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:13:14 +0000

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It's not that silver isn't available. It seems to be that the mints don't want to buy the metal necessary to meet coin demand, lest they allow the price of silver to be pushed up to jeopardize the government-backstopped price suppression scheme.

Thursday, January 24th

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Jason Hamlin of Gold Stock Bull reports that, following the U.S. Mint, the Royal Canadian Mint has begun rationing its silver coin production:

Last time the US Mint ran out of American eagles the silver price jumped from $34 to $49 an ounce

Peter Cooper — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:19:37 +0000

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History does not necessarily repeat itself but when the US Mint last ran out of silver American eagle coins within a couple of weeks the price of silver sprinted from $34 to $49 in a mini-spike that quickly proved unsustainable.

Monday, January 21st

Buying Silver at $100 and the Rebirth of Counterfeiting

Jeff Lewis — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:03:25 +0000

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The debate about buying silver rounds, “junk silver” or silver Eagles goes on and on.

Friday, January 18th

The debate about buying silver rounds, “junk silver” or silver Eagles goes on and on.

Although better prices may be available on silver rounds, investors continue to worry about the “China scare” and rumors of counterfeit silver coins.

Buying Silver as Kyle Bass Makes the Case for Hedge Funds

Jeff Lewis — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:47:36 +0000

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Up to this point, no major or big money has entered the silver market or stood for delivery in a significant way outside of outspoken Toronto-based silver ETF manager Eric Sprott. Yet it is rather hard to imagine why they would not be joining Sprott, with QE's stretching to infinity, Fiscal Cliffs, Debt Ceilings, European Financial Crises, and now Germany no longer trusting its precious metal "custodians" as it repatriates its gold.

Friday, January 18th

Up to this point, no major or big money has entered the silver market or stood for delivery in a significant way outside of outspoken Toronto-based silver ETF manager Eric Sprott.

COT Silver Report - January 18, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:33:06 +0000

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COT Silver Report - January 18, 2013

Friday, January 18th

COT Silver Report - January 11, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:33:40 +0000

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COT Silver Report - January 11, 2013

Friday, January 11th

Real Silver Highs 4

Adam Hamilton — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:57:30 +0000

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Silver bearishness has naturally mushroomed following this metal’s rough December.A growing chorus is declaring silver’s secular bull finished, implying it must have peaked after silver’s dazzling April 2011 surge.But secular bulls climax in popular speculative manias, which dwarf the silver action of a couple springs ago.Looking at silver in real inflation-adjusted terms drives home the point its bull is far from over.

Friday, January 11th

Silver bearishness has naturally mushroomed following this metal’s rough December. A growing chorus is declaring silver’s secular bull finished, implying it must have peaked after silver’s dazzling April 2011 surge. But secular bulls climax in popular speculative manias, which dwarf the silver action of a couple springs ago. Looking

Silver Investing in the Age of Sentiment and Fiat Currencies

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:40:06 +0000

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Some silver investors must be wondering why hang on to their metal at this point? Perhaps the most compelling answer is inflation, since an increase in the money stock will eventually lead to higher prices.

Friday, January 11th

COT Silver Report - January 4, 2013

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:32:59 +0000

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COT Silver Report - January 4, 2013

Friday, January 4th

US Mint Bullion-Coin Sales 3

Adam Hamilton — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:02:00 +0000

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Gold and silver come in multiple forms, each with their own unique yet interrelated supply-and-demand profiles.Among the most popular in the US physical market are the bullion coins produced by the US Mint.Investor demand for these beautiful coins has been robust in recent months despite all the unrelated fund selling weighing on gold.US Mint bullion-coin sales offer great insights into physical demand.

Friday, January 4th

Gold and silver come in multiple forms, each with their own unique yet interrelated supply-and-demand profiles. Among the most popular in the US physical market are the bullion coins produced by the US Mint. Investor demand for these beautiful coins has been robust in recent months despite all the unrelated fund selling weighing on gold. US Mint bullion-coin s

Silver Prices in the Event of a Comex Default

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:23:51 +0000

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

Friday, January 4th

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

ArabianMoney’s top 2013 pick silver jumps 3% on first day of New Year beating everything except gasoline

Peter Cooper — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:51:48 +0000

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The ArabianMoney investment newsletter’s top pick for 2013 (subscribe here) started 2013 with a bang and surged more than three per cent on the first day of the New Year before calming down a little. Gasoline was the only commodity to outperform silver although some major stock indices came close on a day marked by the closure of a deal on the US fiscal cliff.

Thursday, January 3rd

COT Silver Report - December 28, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:32:59 +0000

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COT Silver Report - December 28, 2012

Friday, December 28th

Future Silver Prices and Inflation - Bernanke Says Don’t Worry

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:43:16 +0000

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The aftermath of dramatic balance sheet expansion is bound to be a rebound in inflationary pressures, but Fed Chair Ben Bernanke said the central bank is not going to react to a short term increase in current inflation.

Friday, December 28th

Why are (Smart) Investors Buying 50 Times More Physical Silver than Gold?

Eric Sprott — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 01:38:59 +0000

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As long-time students of precious metals investing, there are certain things we understand. One is that, historically, the availability ratio of silver to gold has had a direct influence on the price of the metals. The current availability ratio of physical silver to gold for investment purposes is approximately 3:1. So, why is it that investors are allocating their dollars to silver at a much higher ratio? What is it that these “smart” investors understand? Let’s have a look at the numbers and see if it’s time for investors to do as a wise man once said and “follow the money.”

Monday, December 24th

COT Silver Report - December 21, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:33:15 +0000

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COT Silver Report - December 21, 2012

Friday, December 21st

QE3 Silver Impact

Adam Hamilton — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:04:21 +0000

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Silver has been selling off relentlessly since the Federal Reserve expanded its third quantitative-easing campaign last week. As that decision was highly inflationary, silver’s subsequent weakness has really vexed traders. But its counter-intuitive selloff had nothing to do with fundamentals. As the Fed’s past QE campaigns demonstrated abundantly, QE3 will eventually prove to be very bullish for silver’s fortunes.

Friday, December 21st

Bloomberg poll points to 29% rise in price of silver in 2013 but only 60% will finally take out the all-time high

Peter Cooper — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:19:37 +0000

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A year-end poll of 49 analyst, trader and investor estimates by Bloomberg points to a 29 per cent rise in the price of silver next year after a 12 per cent gain in 2012, exactly double the rise in the gold price at the time of writing.

Thursday, December 20th

The same research also highlighted a record 18,854 metric tons in November, or more than nine months of mine output held in exchange traded products. Silver is held by investors as a monetary metal and an alternative currency to paper money.

Investor interest still points to a big pop in the silver price

Peter Cooper — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:25:13 +0000

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Over many decades the editors of ArabianMoney have reported on far too many booms and busts in investments. We know there is a pattern, particularly at the level of crowd psychology. Following a growing crowd is a successful formula for investment, being the last to the join the party is not.

Tuesday, December 18th

The psychologist Gustave LeBon pointed out a couple of centuries ago that a large crowd has no sense whatsoever and behaves like a complete ‘blockhead’ buying expensive tulip bulbs, residential real estate or Apple shares just at the worst possible moment.

My Worst Fear

Theodore Butler — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:11:33 +0000

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In simple terms, Commissioner Chilton’s response to the reader confirms my worst fear – the reason the CFTC hasn’t moved against the silver manipulation is that they don’t understand it. Even though the agency publishes remarkably detailed and accurate data on concentration in their weekly COT reports, they apparently don’t comprehend what it is they are publishing. As a big believer in the premise that recognition of a problem is 50% of the ultimate solution; I also believe that if a problem is not recognized, it is unlikely to be remedied. I’ve always considered Chilton to be one of the “good guys” at the Commission, so it is quite disheartening to see him so misinterpret his own agency’s data.

Monday, December 17th

Recently, I have received a good number of emails containing conversations between readers and CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton about the allegations of a silver price manipulation because of the large concentrated COMEX short position held by JPMorgan. Chilton had previously led the move to begin the current silver investigation in September 2008 and has always been quick to respond to those writing to him, a rarity for high officials.

COT Silver Report - December 14, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:33:04 +0000

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COT Silver Report - December 14, 2012

Friday, December 14th

Harvesting Profits From Weak Hands in the Silver Market

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:36:24 +0000

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In financial market jargon, those investors described as having “weak hands” typically means that they cannot hold onto a position they have established for very long if it goes against them substantially.

Friday, December 14th

Silver’s Young Upleg

Adam Hamilton — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:03:50 +0000

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Although you wouldn’t know it from listening to all the bearish commentary out there, silver is actually enjoying a strong young upleg. Its technicals are very bullish, contradicting the prevailing pessimism gripping traders. This glaring disconnect between price action and sentiment won’t last forever. It has hammered silver stocks to depressed levels that offer a smorgasbord of opportunity for brave contrarians.

Friday, December 14th

Silver ready to catch up with 32 years of price suppression and break the $50 all-time high of 1980

Peter Cooper — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:24:13 +0000

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ArabianMoney editor and publisher Peter Cooper goes down to the Sharjah Gold Souk with Sandra Mergulhao from MyDubaiMyCity to investigate the silver market and finds traders forecasting a 30 per cent price hike for 2013 after a disappointing 15 per cent over the past 12 months.

Wednesday, December 12th

Is this the year silver will catch up with 32 years of price suppression and finally break through its 1980 all-time high of $50 an ounce? No other commodity trades for less than it did three decades ago…

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

Eric Sprott — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:54:03 +0000

Monday, December 10th

$SIH13 – March Silver (Last:33.300)

Rick Ackerman — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:02:49 +0000

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Silver’s rally early Monday morning is a clone of the pattern I’d suggested using to get long on Friday. (Note: The trade failed to trigger, even on the one-minute chart.) Considering the effort it required to track and revise that dud, I’ll avoid this opportunity like the plague. However, for those who are equipped with “camouflage” tools and a hazmat suit, I’ll mention that the little nubbin at 33.430 highlighted in the chart could be used to leverage a bull trade with relatively little risk. Keep in mind, though, that although it can be satisfying to pare risk to relative nickels and dimes, the primary objective is to make money. In that regard, the odds are not especially encouraging for a bull trade here, since the larger pattern from which we would be extrapolating it is just “dueling” impulse legs on the daily chart.

Monday, December 10th

When is the silver price going to get its mojo back?

Peter Cooper — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:45:33 +0000

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Take look at the five-year chart for silver then you can appreciate both why silver investors are so anxious and why they really have nothing to worry about. True if you bought silver 19 months ago when it hit $48.50 an ounce ready for an exponential take-off then you have reason to be annoyed.

Monday, December 10th

COT Silver Report - December 7, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:33:31 +0000

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COT Silver Report - December 7, 2012

Friday, December 7th

Silver Investment — Time is Slipping Away

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:30:45 +0000

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Everything has been distorted by the media. Humanity may no longer believe that the sun revolves around the earth, but some people still think that they can control nature. Nevertheless, with all the truly breathtaking science that has resulted in great social progress and technological advancement, the mass distortions in perception caused by propaganda — including illegal, unethical and immoral media intervention — will resolve itself eventually.

Friday, December 7th

Everything has been distorted by the media. Humanity may no longer believe that the sun revolves around the earth, but some people still think that they can control nature.

COT Silver Report - November 30, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:33:29 +0000

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COT Silver Report - November 30, 2012

Friday, November 30th

China Silver Demand — One Step Closer to the Edge

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:25:10 +0000

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The Hong Kong based Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society or CGSE announced recently that it will launch Yuan-based silver spot trading in Hong Kong in the first part of next year. The exchange says growing demand for silver has prompted the decision.

Friday, November 30th

COT Silver Report - November 26, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:32:40 +0000

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COT Silver Report - November 26, 2012

Tuesday, November 27th

A Manipulation Timeline

Theodore Butler — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:28:38 +0000

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A friend and long-time subscriber who intends to write a book about the silver manipulation asked if I could provide him with a bit of history. To my mind, the silver manipulation dates back to early 1983, when the commercial traders grew confident that they could sell any quantity of paper short contracts to the technical fund buyers on the COMEX. By that time the commercials learned that technical fund buyers would never take physical delivery and could be counted on to buy or sell based upon price signals that the commercials could easily influence and control. In essence, the game has remained remarkably similar ever since.

Monday, November 26th

Silver Demand: Sentiment and Trends

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:23:04 +0000

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A quiet battle is being fought in the silver market between investment interests and industrial demand. The world is finally waking up to the fact that governments can take the real silver money out of circulation, but they cannot take the money out of silver as a commodity.

Friday, November 23rd

A quiet battle is being fought in the silver market between investment interests and industrial demand.

The world is finally waking up to the fact that governments can take the real silver money out of circulation, but they cannot take the money out of silver as a commodity.

Mining Morocco

DavidBond — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:09:32 +0000

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Morocco ranked 17th in world silver production in 2011, according to the Silver Institute. The primary source of its silver output is the 5.48-mil/oz/year Imiter mine, ranked as the world's 14th-largest silver producer. But there are many more coming on line, including Canadian junior Maya Gold & Silver's Zgounder silver mine, discovered in the third century AD.

Wednesday, November 21st

The Wallace Street Journal

COT Silver Report - November 16, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:36:05 +0000

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COT Silver Report - November 16, 2012

Friday, November 16th

Silver and gold buck the trend with strong gains as fear returns to global financial markets

Peter Cooper — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:35:35 +0000

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It’s a bit early to know whether this new trend is going to be a friend to precious metal investors. But gold and silver prices have risen solidly since the re-election of President Obama while their has been a risk-off move in almost every other global financial market.

Saturday, November 10th

COT Silver Report - November 9, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:31:58 +0000

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COT Silver Report - November 9, 2012

Friday, November 9th

The Silver Market Basket Case

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:36:16 +0000

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Silver bullion investors often feel as if they have become a basket case. As an investment class, they are increasingly growing weary of the suppressive manipulation that characterizes today’s silver market. To the outside observer, the situation in the silver market could seem even more confusing and grotesque.

Friday, November 9th

Silver Demand - Money Versus Commodity

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:06:09 +0000

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The silver market often seems to be like burning both ends of a candle at the same time. Basically, somewhere in the middle the two flames are bound to meet and cause an explosion in price.

Monday, November 5th

The silver market often seems to be like burning both ends of a candle at the same time. Basically, somewhere in the middle the two flames are bound to meet and cause an explosion in price.

COT Silver Report - November 2, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:25:56 +0000

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COT Silver Report - November 2, 2012

Friday, November 2nd

Silver Linings When a Currency Dies

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:50:23 +0000

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The global economy seems to be on a one way path to eventual destruction as interest continues to accumulate on the massive word-wide debt. Budget and trade deficits keep growing, but unfortunately without an engine for real and sustainable growth. Furthermore, the amount of interest keeps rising, while raising interest rates is not an option like it was to fight the notable inflation of the late 70's after the Dollar was taken off the gold standard by Nixon earlier in that decade.

Tuesday, October 30th

Silver Futures - Concentration, Confidence and the COT Reports

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:23:37 +0000

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The real value of the Commitment of Traders or COT Report for silver traders, (as Ted Butler, GATA, and others have been pointing out for years) lies in revealing the marked concentration of short silver futures positions held by the major bullion banks, who are classed as commercial traders.

Monday, October 29th

The real value of the Commitment of Traders or COT Report for silver traders, (as Ted Butler, GATA, and others have been pointing out

Try not to be too worried by the volatility of silver it’s the price of outperformance

Peter Cooper — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:41:13 +0000

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The gold price is down almost $100 and silver has shed a couple of dollars an ounce. That is bad news if you have just bought gold and silver. But if you have bought and hold for the past few years you would know it is only what to expect from these precious metals.

Sunday, October 28th

COT Silver Report - October 25, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:32:58 +0000

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COT Silver Report - October 25, 2012

Friday, October 26th

Gold and Silver - When Inflation is Summoned by the Masses

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:36:39 +0000

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As the democratic masses increasingly sense that their living standards are becoming threatened, they have been blindly authorizing their governments to do “whatever it takes” to arrest the impending economic collapse.

Monday, October 22nd

COT Silver Report - October 19, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:33:16 +0000

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COT Silver Report - October 19, 2012

Friday, October 19th

The March to Silver Price Equilibrium

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:30:48 +0000

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Although deficit funding has been fueling the latest precious metal’s rally, it is not hard to imagine the current CFTC investigation into manipulation in the silver market lasting 20 years, as it effectively acts as a yet another kind of price control.

Tuesday, October 16th

India, China and Growing Silver Demand

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:51:54 +0000

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With the Indian rupee having gained 7.3 percent against the U.S. Dollar since the end of August alone, silver prices express in rupees will likely soften in the near term.

Monday, October 15th

With the Indian rupee having gained 7.3 percent against the U.S. Dollar since the end of August alone, silver prices express in rupees will likely soften in the near term.

This led at least one analyst to predict that silver's price direction in the short term could depend on Indian investors.

COT Silver Report - October 12, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:33:25 +0000

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COT Silver Report - October 12, 2012

Friday, October 12th

Silver and Margin Requirements Redux

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:27:37 +0000

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Wary silver investors may be wise to watch out for a pre-election margin hike.Especially if silver’s price gets too frothy or starts dragging the price of gold up along with it, since such events could signal the reemergence of unpopular inflationary pressures.

Tuesday, October 9th

Wary silver investors may be wise to watch out for a pre-election margin hike. Especially if silver’s price gets too frothy or starts dragging the price of gold up along with it, since such events could signal the reemergence of unpopular inflationary pressures.

Silver Prices, Priceless Rumors

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:43:03 +0000

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Strange rumors have been cropping up in the silver market lately — all seemingly designed to quell relatively buoyant market sentiment. One example was the recent CFTC story printed on the Financial Time’s front page citing a source predicting that the silver market manipulation case will soon be dropped.

Monday, October 8th

Strange rumors have been cropping up in the silver market lately — all seemingly designed to quell relatively buoyant market sentiment.

One example was the recent CFTC story printed on the Financial Time’s front page citing a source predicting that the silver market manipulation case will soon be dropped.

What would the market for gold and silver look like if we were approaching the top?

Peter Cooper — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:36:12 +0000

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What would the market for precious metals look like if we were approaching the top of this decade-long bull market? You would almost certainly see a price spike of some significance, say a doubling of prices in 12 months. Have we seen anything like that? The surge in silver to almost $50 an ounce some 18 months ago is the closest we have come to it, and the silver price has not collapsed since then. Far from it, the price chart is one of consolidation for another surge.

Sunday, October 7th

Have we seen anything like that? The surge in silver to almost $50 an ounce some 18 months ago is the closest we have come to it, and the silver price has not collapsed since then. Far from it, the price chart is one of consolidation for another surge.

COT Silver Report - October 5, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:33:14 +0000

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COT Silver Report - October 5, 2012

Friday, October 5th

Fed QE and Gold, Silver

Adam Hamilton — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:19:03 +0000

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After the Federal Reserve launched QE3 last month, investors and speculators are growing excited about its future impact on gold and silver.Though the Fed’s QE3 campaign started out relatively small, its open-ended nature is utterly unprecedented.Thus an unknown amount of future inflation will be spawned.Naturally gold and silver thrive in such environments, as they proved during QE1 and QE2.

Friday, October 5th

After the Federal Reserve launched QE3 last month, investors and speculators are growing excited about its future impact on gold and silver. Though the Fed’s QE3 campaign started out relatively small, its open-ended nature is utterly unprecedented. Thus an unknown amount of future inflation will be spawned. Naturally gold and silver thrive in such

Why Samsung Is Not Buying Silver

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:42:20 +0000

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For whatever reason, capital from outside the mining industry is now starting to become available to it. Interestingly, the well-known shorts in the mining shares could well be in trouble, although the fact that Samsung is buying into a gold miner highlights the fact that it is probably too late to do the same for silver.

Monday, October 1st

Cluff Gold, a gold mining concern focused on West African assets, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Samsung.

The Arguments Against a Silver Manipulation

Theodore Butler — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:35:24 +0000

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No matter how convinced I may be that silver has been manipulated downward in price by JPMorgan’s concentrated and rapidly increasing short position in COMEX futures contracts; it is vital to explore why that may be wrong. Particularly with a conviction held for a long period of time, it is important to make sure I am not missing anything basic. The best way to do that is to listen closely to those who may disagree with the silver manipulation allegations. However, uncovering the arguments against a silver manipulation is not as easy as you might think.

Monday, October 1st

COT Silver Report - September 28, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:33:10 +0000

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COT Silver Report - September 28, 2012

Friday, September 28th

Silver best performing metal this quarter as silver ETF investments near record

Peter Cooper — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:41:08 +0000

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Silver prices rebounded by 0.7 per cent to $34.23 an ounce on the Comex in New York this morning, ending recent falls on dollar weakness. The metal is the best performer this quarter on the Standard & Poor’s GSCI Spot Index of 24 raw materials, beating rallies in wheat, lead and heating oil.

Tuesday, September 25th

How Gold and Silver Provide a Safe Haven in Today's Troubled World

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:54:51 +0000

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The reasons for holding precious metals as a relatively safe haven for one’s personal wealth are numerous. One common investing thesis for buying precious metals is that these intrinsically valuable commodities can hold their value in times of rising price levels. This characteristic can help American savers keep pace with credit expansion and paper currency debasement.

Monday, September 24th

The reasons for holding precious metals as a relatively safe haven for one’s personal wealth are numerous.

Transparency

Theodore Butler — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:09:09 +0000

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I’ve gotten more mail than usual from subscribers recently, most with a common theme – I should publicize the real goings on in silver to a wider audience. Many suggested taking out advertisements in popular media sources, like the Wall Street Journal, accompanied with genuine offers of contribution. Others suggested I approach the big hedge funds to interest them in investing in silver. Not only do I agree with the suggestions, but I have been trying to extend the reach of the real silver story for quite some time. It’s kind of what I do.

Monday, September 24th

Silver outperforms as gold also hits a 2012 high but the best is yet to come

Peter Cooper — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:50:49 +0000

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The reaction in the precious metals market to QE3 to infinity was fairly muted this week but Friday saw some important market action nevertheless, with gold and silver hitting new 2012 highs of $1,787 and $35 an ounce respectively.

Monday, September 24th

But over the past month silver is the clear winner. Gold has gained roughly $100 to silver’s $5 an ounce. But that translates into a two-and-a-half times bigger price increase for silver than gold.

Trend spotting

COT Silver Report - September 21, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:33:22 +0000

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COT Silver Report - September 21, 2012

Friday, September 21st

New Silver Upleg

Adam Hamilton — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:09:04 +0000

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Silver has certainly enjoyed an impressive run of late, catapulting nearly a third higher since mid-summer. Because this surge looks nearly vertical on short-term charts, some traders are getting nervous about this rally’s staying power. While silver may indeed be temporarily overbought, its recent strength actually looks like the vanguard of a major new upleg. Silver’s advance is likely just getting started.

Friday, September 21st

When Silver Prices Finally Challenge Perception

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:28:34 +0000

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The vocabulary in which modern monetary policy is expressed has created complacency and acceptance.For example, people have learned to accept outrageous financial concepts like $1 trillion, when very few individuals have any sense of how much this actually represents.

Tuesday, September 18th

The vocabulary in which modern monetary policy is expressed has created complacency and acceptance. For example, people have learned to accept outrageous financial concepts like $1 trillion, when very few individuals have any sense of how much this actually represents.

Silver Prices and the Risk of Speculator Double Jeopardy

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:56:22 +0000

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When the price of silver eventually explodes to the upside, the silver market and those who are responsible for regulating it will probably blame the speculators. Specs, or those who trade in a market without having an underlying commercial interest, have become the modern day scapegoats for extreme market movements, even if such movements seem entirely justified by the underlying fundamentals.

Monday, September 17th

When the price of silver eventually explodes to the upside, the silver market and those who are responsible for regulating it will probably blame the speculators.

Silver offers investors the best protection available against QE3 dollar debasement

Peter Cooper — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:50:23 +0000

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Silver prices are really going to be on a roll until at least next Spring after Ben Bernanke unleashed his latest round of money printing QE3 last week which echoed the ‘unlimited’ bond buying promised by the ECB the week before.

Sunday, September 16th

It’s coordinated ‘QE to infinity’ as Mr. Gold Jim Sinclair correctly forecast the week before. ArabianMoney like ‘The Economist’ magazine is a bit taken aback at the timing and intensity of QE3. We thought Mr.Bernanke might keep his powder dry for a while longer. He did not.

COT Silver Report - September 14, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:33:33 +0000

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COT Silver Report - September 14, 2012

Friday, September 14th

Silver Bull Seasonals 2

Adam Hamilton — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:05:23 +0000

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Silver is mined year-round at a fairly constant rate across the globe. Thus it is somewhat counterintuitive that this metal would exhibit marked seasonal tendencies tied to the calendar. But it sure does. Unlike the agricultural commodities, silver’s seasonality is driven by fluctuations in demand rather than supply. And silver is just entering its strongest time of the year, which is very bullish for it and its miners’ stocks.

Friday, September 14th

The Power of the Powerless Supports a Raging Silver Bull

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:41:37 +0000

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In essence, taking possession of artificially cheap silver is not only akin to an act of wealth conservation, it is also a quiet form of protest.

Tuesday, September 11th

In essence, taking possession of artificially cheap silver is not only akin to an act of wealth conservation, it is also a quiet form of protest.

Peak Silver Redux?

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:38:57 +0000

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Peak Silver Redux? As prices at the pump gradually move back up, one finds no shortage of people calling for new financial regulations. Frequently blamed on speculators, higher gasoline prices are — as some politicians say — the result of lax laws regulating the financial system. Nevertheless, can it really be only speculators that are driving up the price of oil? Surely, the petroleum market is deeper than that. Without question, those with very deep pockets can drive up the price of just about any commodity, but typically only for a very short amount of time. Unless of course they have access to a virtually unlimited supply of paper money.

Monday, September 10th

As prices at the pump gradually move back up, one finds no shortage of people calling for new financial regulations. Frequently blamed on speculators, higher gasoline prices are — as some politicians say — the result of lax laws regulating the financial system.

COT Silver Report - September 7, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:33:50 +0000

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COT Silver Report - September 7, 2012

Friday, September 7th

Why silver is not just a semi-precious industrial metal

Peter Cooper — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:29:20 +0000

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Of all the charges we have heard against silver recently the one that annoyed us most was that silver is just a semi-precious industrial metal and that therefore gold is now a better future insurance policy against money printing by the central banks.

Wednesday, September 5th

Now just hold on a minute! Look back over the past decade or so at precious metal prices. Is it gold or silver that has given an investor the best return? Silver wins by a mile with gold up a maximum of seven times to silver’s 15 at its recent high.

The Direction of Silver Prices Before QE Forever

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:19:22 +0000

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The price of silver has moved up from $27.50 seen just a week ago to stage a test of the $31.00 level. Although technical traders may consider this market currently overbought, the fact remains that a bull market can stay overbought for quite a long time.

Tuesday, September 4th

Silver Price History and "The Hunt Effect"

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 02:29:47 +0000

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History remembers the last nominal high in the price of silver before the more recent high of $49.77 seen in April of 2011 as an anomaly that was largely induced by the Hunt brothers' purported attempt to corner the market by buying large quantities of silver and silver futures to the point where they held rights to over half the global amount of deliverable silver.

Monday, September 3rd

Hi ho silver away! Spectacular month ahead for our top pick of the year!

Peter Cooper — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:49:41 +0000

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Silver prices rallied by four per cent after Ben Bernanke sat down from speaking at Jackson Hole on Friday, and that was with the chairman of the Federal Reserve hinting at QE3 to come and failing to actually do it.

Sunday, September 2nd

In late August the silver price broke out of its long sideways trading range that has been followed since the price hit almost $50 in April 2010. The most volatile of metals is on the way up again. Traders know it, investors know it and Mr. Bernanke’s dovish view on inflation can only help.

COT Silver Report - August 31, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:34:38 +0000

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COT Silver Report - August 31, 2012

Friday, August 31st

Will Expert David Morgan Call the Bottom on the Metals Market Again?

David Morgan — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:41:25 +0000

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David Morgan, editor of The Morgan Report, expects gold to top $1,800/oz and silver to top $40/oz by the end of the year and both to take off from there. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Morgan shares the logic behind his predictions.

Wednesday, August 29th

Source: Chris Marchese of The Gold Report

Is the Price of Silver Signaling the Next Monetary Supernova, or Will it be the Cause?

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:26:09 +0000

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If the pricing in the world’s commodity and financial markets accurately reflected anything but the culmination of decisions made by high frequency trading systems, then the recent price action in the silver market might have something meaningful behind it. In an alternative parallel universe, the recent rally in silver might actually be ‘pricing in’ the next major monetary event.

Monday, August 27th

COT Silver Report - August 24, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:33:59 +0000

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COT Silver Report - August 24, 2012

Friday, August 24th

Great Expectations for Silver in an Inflationary World

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:29:54 +0000

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Many observers currently expect the Chinese economy to land softly, perhaps relying on domestic stimulus measures alone. Nevertheless, while the inflationary bias in the developed world made it easier to accept more economic stimulus plans in 2008, the situation is now different.

Tuesday, August 21st

HFT Tail Wagging the Silver Price Dog

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:57:51 +0000

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The use of HFT computer systems to execute large deals rapidly in electronic markets typically allows their users to take advantage of short-lived pricing disparities in large size. Furthermore, the growth of High Frequency Trading or HFT in the silver derivatives market is exerting an ever-increasing influence on the price of physical silver. Unfortunately, the hedge fund crowd is now often mindless relying on computers to do their thinking for them.

Monday, August 20th

The use of HFT computer systems to execute large deals rapidly in electronic markets typically allows their users to take advantage of short-lived pricing disparities in large size.

COT Silver Report - August 17, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:34:11 +0000

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COT Silver Report - August 17, 2012

Friday, August 17th

If you have to own one precious metal buy silver not gold

Peter Cooper — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:21:48 +0000

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Veteran investor and an early spotter of the commodities bull market, Jim Rogers says if he could only invest in one precious metal this summer it would be silver. Why is that? Silver prices are more volatile than gold. And over the past five years gold has actually been a slightly better performer. The central banks hold gold, not generally silver.

Wednesday, August 15th

Veteran investor and an early spotter of the commodities bull market, Jim Rogers says if he could only invest in one precious metal this summer it would be silver. Why is that?

Silver prices are more volatile than gold. And over the past five years gold has actually been a slightly better performer. The central banks hold gold, not generally silver.

Money printing

A Silver Coin to Save the Common Man

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:24:55 +0000

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The interrelationships between money, credit and the banking system mean that the stability of the current system is dependent upon the ability to service credit expansion, or in general the debt/GDP ratio.

Tuesday, August 14th

Pent Up Silver Demand and The CFTC Linchpin

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:15:46 +0000

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As scandal after financial scandal take their toll on public confidence in the economic morass curiously called the financial system, what will be the trigger for a short covering panic in the metals markets?

Monday, August 13th

COT Silver Report - August 10, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:36:52 +0000

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COT Silver Report - August 10, 2012

Friday, August 10th

The CFTC Silver Investigation

Theodore Butler — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:30:27 +0000

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There has been an explosion of interest and commentary these past few days as a result of a front page story in Monday’s edition of the influential Financial Times (of London). The story stated that the CFTC was set to drop its four year investigation into alleged silver price manipulation due to insufficient evidence to bring charges, according to three unnamed sources. I went to sleep Sunday evening when the story first appeared prepared to wake up to similar and confirming stories in other publications. Instead, there were no other stories confirming the case was set to be dropped; only strong statements that the FT was story was “premature” and “inaccurate in many respects” by a named source, Commissioner Bart Chilton of the agency.

Thursday, August 9th

Silver Price History: Helicopter Ben and the Silver COT

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:09:07 +0000

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Sadly, when it comes to precious metals investing, no entity seems as important as the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve sets U.S. monetary policy, which has a direct impact on the purchasing power of the U.S. Dollar.

Tuesday, August 7th

Silver Prices: When Schrödinger's Cat Jumps Out of Pandora's Box

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:25:54 +0000

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Although silver is traded as a commodity, it is also a form of money. You only have to go back less than a hundred years in the long span of human history to discover that silver once circulated widely as currency, typically in the form of silver coins.

Monday, August 6th

COT Silver Report - August 3, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:35:04 +0000

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COT Silver Report - August 3, 2012

Friday, August 3rd

Stock to Flow - Silver Supply in a Fiat Depression

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:34:20 +0000

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Although gold may seem more like money than silver due to its higher stock to flow ratio, the prices of both hard currencies are heavily managed and manipulated. Once that management becomes untenable due to the pent up forces of market supply and demand, the true value of silver and gold will be revealed.

Monday, July 30th

Making a case for higher silver prices can involve two ways of looking at its supply:

Silver Price Psychology

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:30:09 +0000

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People have a natural tendency to seek and understand value. The currently dominant baby boomer generation has a speculative mindset with regard to investment. The relatively frugal generation that lived through the first great depression is now fading in influence, along with their collective memory of harder times.

Monday, July 30th

COT Silver Report - July 27, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:32:57 +0000

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COT Silver Report - July 27, 2012

Friday, July 27th

China Precious Metals Strategy

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:20:25 +0000

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The Chinese currency the Yuan is still pegged to the U.S. Dollar at a level that undervalues it substantially, provoking criticism of this exchange rate policy. The world still believes that China cannot survive and prosper without the West to fund its development, and so most analysts are focused on a hard landing for China.

Monday, July 23rd

The War on Silver

Theodore Butler — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:32:24 +0000

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It has taken more than 25 years for me to fully comprehend a conclusion that I never wanted to reach, namely, that there is an organized war against the price of silver that has come to include the US Government. I think the US Government involvement came into being almost accidently, but even if it was an accident of sorts, that does not diminish the serious nature of what must be described as illegal activity at the highest levels. I am conflicted between feelings of sadness and outrage.

Monday, July 23rd

COT Silver Report - July 20, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:33:14 +0000

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COT Silver Report - July 20, 2012

Friday, July 20th

Silver Undervalued

Adam Hamilton — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:04:37 +0000

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After being sucked into the general commodities correction, silver has been relentlessly drifting lower since late February. But this weakness has forced the white metal down to a very bullish place technically. Silver is now quite undervalued compared to prevailing gold prices, its primary driver. Thus it has great potential to rally mightily in the coming months to regain much lost ground relative to gold.

Friday, July 20th

$38m silver hoard removed from World War II shipwreck off the coast of Ireland

Peter Cooper — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:42:58 +0000

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Still shining after 71 years some five kilometres under the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland, this hoard of 1.4 million ounces of silver was recovered by the SS Gairsoppa owned by Odyssey Marine Exploration, its heaviest and deepest underwater mission to date.

Thursday, July 19th

The silver has kept its value of around $38 million but it is still very undervalued in comparison to gold. A comparable cargo of 1,203 gold bars would be worth $2.2 billion at today’s prices.

Government property

Pitfalls of Silver Price Technical Analysis

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:44:42 +0000

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Technical analysis of the financial and commodity markets has been used effectively by traders to analyze price movements of commodities and stocks for hundreds of years. Despite being one of the most effective methods for forecasting future price movements, technical analysis can break down and give conflicting signals when certain events occur.

Monday, July 16th

COT Silver Report - July 13, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:36:24 +0000

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COT Silver Report - July 13, 2012

Friday, July 13th

Sharjah Gold Souk sees a revival of interest in buying silver and increases range of silver bars

Peter Cooper — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:54:52 +0000

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ArabianMoney editor and publisher Peter Cooper visits the Sharjah Gold Souk and talks to MyDubaiMyCity.com’s Sandra Mergulhão about the future for silver prices. They find that interest in silver investment is returning after the sell-off a year ago with buyers from all over the world.

Wednesday, July 11th

COT Silver Report - July 9, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:35:49 +0000

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COT Silver Report - July 9, 2012

Monday, July 9th

The Silver Price Enigma: Buying Low, Trading High

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:15:09 +0000

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In an investment environment where savers are being punished by sustained inflation and historically low interest rates, at least silver offers an alternative to those investors who can see the writing on the wall regarding the questionable future of intrinsically worthless fiat currencies.

Monday, July 9th

For the long-term silver holder, investor or conservationist — as differentiated from the active derivatives or physical trader — two strong psychological phenomena tend to exert influence over their decisions:

The Precious Metal Achilles’ Heel

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:08:13 +0000

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In the grand scheme of things, people have traditionally had more faith in silver as a currency than in paper fiat currencies. Furthermore, since modern paper currencies are only backed by the creditworthiness of the authority issuing them, if that authority goes into default on its debt, the currency it issued could become virtually worthless.

Monday, July 9th

In the grand scheme of things, people have traditionally had more faith in silver as a currency than in paper fiat currencies.

Why do so few investors seem to understand the silver story?

Peter Cooper — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:06:40 +0000

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It is a mystery story really: why do so few investors seem to understand the case for silver? After all the track record is formidable. Silver prices have risen 10-fold in a decade, out performing gold and pretty much any other investment available to the ordinary investor.

Monday, July 9th

Precious Metals Paper Sellers Conveniently Trapped

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:11:05 +0000

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The large and mostly naked holders of short positions in precious metals are conveniently trapped, especially in the silver market. Covering in any meaningful way would blow the U.S. Dollar's cover.

Monday, July 2nd

The large and mostly naked holders of short positions in precious metals are conveniently trapped, especially in the silver market. Covering in any meaningful way would blow the U.S. Dollar's cover.

$15m Roman silver hoard uncovered in Jersey, wealth preserved for 2,000 years

Peter Cooper — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:31:34 +0000

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A record hoard of silver worth around $15 million has been discovered by two amateur metal detectors in Jersey after a 30 year search, reported The Daily Mail. This is the largest hoard of Celtic coins ever found and dates from the time of Julius Caesar.

Sunday, July 1st

Some 40,000 silver coins were uncovered and required a crane to lift them out of a pit where they had laid buried in clay for 2,000 years. Archaeologists reckon the coins were hidden by Celts fleeing Julius Caesar as he invaded nothern France.

Ancient safe haven

COT Silver Report - June 29, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:34:29 +0000

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COT Silver Report - June 29, 2012

Friday, June 29th

Rare Earth Silver

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:13:12 +0000

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The last years of mining silver could well be compared to studies that indicate the world is approaching the last years of pumping oil.

Monday, June 25th

The last years of mining silver could well be compared to studies that indicate the world is approaching the last years of pumping oil.

Higher gold, silver and interest rates to result from the euro crisis

Peter Cooper — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:17:04 +0000

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When there is a crisis of confidence in a currency then it is the precious metals that gain. Visit any city in Germany or Austria this summer and there is a gold shop in a prominent location.

Tuesday, June 19th

When there is a crisis of confidence in a currency then it is the precious metals that gain. Visit any city in Germany or Austria this summer and there is a gold shop in a prominent location.

They have not quite replaced the banks yet. But the message is there for anybody with eyes to see. It is noticeable too that this is not just a phenomenon in the peripheral eurozone but in its teutonic heart.

Spanish interest rates

Silver Metal Now and a Golden Traveler's Check

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:23:43 +0000

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One of the main advantages of buying silver versus more costly precious metals like gold and platinum is that silver’s relative cheapness allows you to buy more metal for the money.

Monday, June 18th

One of the main advantages of buying silver versus more costly precious metals like gold and platinum is that silver’s relative cheapness allows you to buy more metal for the money.

Furthermore, inflation is a reality that eats away at the value of all paper currencies, while boosting the value of hard currencies like silver.

Back to the fundamentals of investing in silver

Peter Cooper — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:55:08 +0000

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In times of inflation, deflation or financial insecurity this is the asset class to hold while all the others plunge in value. Don’t be fooled by the US dollar’s strength recently. Its denouement is yet to come and that is when you will really want to own precious metals.

Sunday, June 17th

It’s about four years since ArabianMoney began to recommend investing in silver (click here). It has been a roller-coaster ride but few investments have gained 70 per cent like silver over those difficult years for financial markets.

COT Silver Report - June 15, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:34:28 +0000

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COT Silver Report - June 15, 2012

Friday, June 15th

A Few Questions; One Answer

Theodore Butler — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:09:58 +0000

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Please read this article carefully because I’m disclosing for the first time that the U.S. government has given JPMorgan the green light to manipulate the silver market.This fact explains the shenanigans in the silver market.It answers all the questions and exposes this tawdry affair for all to see.

Friday, June 15th

Please read this article carefully because I’m disclosing for the first time that the U.S.

One Billion Silver Ounces and 100 Billion Owners

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:52:05 +0000

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When considering whether silver is a good investment for the future, you might want to take a closer look at the current above ground supply of silver. A reasonable estimate is that roughly 1 billion ounces of silver currently exists above ground in investment grade form. This does not include the ounces of silver that need to assayed, melted, and recovered from what little silver is left in jewelry, silverware or sequestered away in electronics. But at least it’s something.

Monday, June 11th

When considering whether silver is a good investment for the future, you might want to take a closer look at the current above ground supply of silver.

A reasonable estimate is that roughly 1 billion ounces of silver currently exists above ground in investment grade form.

Where Silver Trumps Central Planning

Jeff Lewis — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:48:55 +0000

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The people of the developed countries — such as the United States, Japan and Britain — that have engaged in huge quantitative easing programs in the wake of the post-2008 global recession are now simply awaiting more money printing in the hopes that it will improve their respective economies.

Monday, June 11th

The current worldwide political landscape is full of examples where the politics and economy connect.

In fact, economic policy is largely driven by politics in most countries around the globe.

COT Silver Report - June 8, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:34:06 +0000

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COT Silver Report - June 8, 2012

Friday, June 8th

David Morgan Speaks To Cambridge House Live

David Morgan — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:03:33 +0000

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World renowned silver expert David Morgan speaks to Cambridge House Live's Jonathan Roth at the June 2012 World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver.

Thursday, June 7th

Silver: A Tier 1 Asset for All

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:08:03 +0000

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In recent years, precious metals, most notably silver and gold, have played an unusual dual role as both monetary and non-monetary commodities. That may be in the process of changing for major financial institutions to favor holding metals as collateral as the Basel Committee ponders allowing banks to use gold as a Tier 1 capital asset.

Tuesday, June 5th

Silver and gold to test last year’s highs as the world waits for more money printing?

Peter Cooper — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:44:54 +0000

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When will the global central banks press the button and start the electronic money printing presses rolling again? Will they first allow some hot air out of over-inflated stock markets or seize on a contracting global money supply as a reason to get on with it?

Tuesday, June 5th

Money supply data is in retreat all over the world, even in China. It is an alarm bell for recession and all the latest data on manufacturing orders points to a synchronized global slowdown already. Printing money offsets this contraction to an extent.

Debt and more debt

The Silver Squeeze: Bank Runs Versus EU Short Covering?

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:14:19 +0000

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According to Google Trends, the number of Internet searches for the phrase “bank run” has reached an all-time high, demonstrating just how concerned many intelligent people are becoming over the stability of the global banking system.

Tuesday, June 5th

COT Silver Report - June 1, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:33:46 +0000

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COT Silver Report - June 1, 2012

Friday, June 1st

The Real Banking Crisis, Part II

Eric Sprott — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:11:34 +0000

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Here we go again. Back in July 2011 we wrote an article entitled"The Real Banking Crisis" where we discussed the increasing instability of the Eurozone banks suffering from depositor bank runs. Since that time (and two LTRO infusions and numerous bailouts later), Eurozone banks, as represented by the Euro Stoxx Banks Index, have fallen more than 50% from their July 2011 levels and are now in the midst of yet another breakdown led by the abysmal situation currently unfolding in Greece and Spain.

Thursday, May 31st

By Eric Sprott & David Baker, Sprott Asset Management

Low Baltic Dry Index and Negative Real Rates Make Silver Attractive

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:23:48 +0000

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Recently, Bill Holter, a contributor to The Lemetropolecafe pointed out an interesting relationship between two major economic indicators and the quiet desperation that is propping up the world financial system. The Baltic Dry Index or BDI provides a daily assessment of the cost of shipping key raw commodities by sea and is issued by London’s Baltic Exchange. The index covers 23 shipping routes for dry bulk carriers on a timecharter basis. These large ships move various commodities, such as coal, grain and iron ore, around the world.

Tuesday, May 29th

Illegalities

Theodore Butler — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:22:25 +0000

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been negligent in failing to terminate the obvious manipulation ongoing in silver. Furthermore, the agency may be complicit in this manipulation. Worse, it has lied to the public and elected officials. This all goes back to the time when Bear Stearns was taken over by JPMorgan in March of 2008.

Friday, May 25th

COT Silver Report - May 25, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:35:13 +0000

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COT Silver Report - May 25, 2012

Friday, May 25th

Hold on for eurobonds, JP Morgan and euro money printing to boost gold and silver prices

Peter Cooper — Wed, 23 May 2012 06:58:10 +0000

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The pessimism in the precious metals market just has to be at something of a high point. And yet there is an obvious point of release on the horizon. Greece runs out of cash in six weeks’ time and that will finally force the eurozone to do the necessary and print money again.

Wednesday, May 23rd

Will Precious Metal Premiums One Day Trump the Spot Price?

Jeff Lewis — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:42:54 +0000

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One of the curious characteristics of the retail precious metals market is the premium that retail investors need to pay in order to purchase silver or gold bullion coins for investment purposes. This premium consists of the extra price that an investor needs to pay over and above the intrinsic value of the metal contained within the coin evaluated at prevailing spot market prices.

Sunday, May 20th

COT Silver Report - May 18, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:34:21 +0000

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COT Silver Report - May 18, 2012

Friday, May 18th

Gold and silver still the best protection against the derivatives blow up that started with JP Morgan’s loss

Peter Cooper — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:29:52 +0000

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The immediate reaction to the $2 billion and counting loss at JP Morgan has been a flight from risk trades and a sell-off of all financial assets, gold and silver included. However, investors ought to pause for thought about what this really means for the future. If JP Morgan cannot get the derivatives market right what hope is there for any mere mortal. These are the guys that write the derivatives and ought to know best how to trade them.

Wednesday, May 16th

If JP Morgan cannot get the derivatives market right what hope is there for any mere mortal. These are the guys that write the derivatives and ought to know best how to trade them.

Derivatives mountain

Is Fear of Deflation Sapping Gold and Silver?

Rick Ackerman — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:42:06 +0000

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There’s no point in pretending it’s those sleazy, child-molesting bullion bankers at Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan who have been pounding on mining stocks and bullion futures in the last few months. Lately, it has felt like the whole world has been dumping them. For the record, we are ourselves cautious buyers of bullion futures and select mining stocks at these levels, since many popular trading and investment vehicles that we track are closing on important Hidden Pivot correction targets. (Want to find out the exact prices at which were are doing the buying?

Tuesday, May 15th

How euro money printing is going to drive up gold and silver prices

Peter Cooper — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:10:56 +0000

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Those investors panicking now and selling their gold and silver will feel as sick as dogs when they see what happens next to prices. For after a bleak patch lasting at most a couple of months the eurozone authorities will start their money printing presses rolling and hey what is the one money that they can never print?

Sunday, May 13th

The Yuan, Rupee and Physical Silver Demand

Jeff Lewis — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:02:13 +0000

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China and India together account for a considerable amount of the current demand for physical silver. Each emerging market country has a strong base of support for silver from individual investors, who often purchase the physical metal as jewelry and bullion since it is thought to provide a more reliable store of value than the local currency.

Sunday, May 13th

COT Silver Report - May 11, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:44:53 +0000

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COT Silver Report - May 11, 2012

Friday, May 11th

Eric Sprott on CNBC [Video]

Eric Sprott — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:14:29 +0000

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Why do I think that silver will outperform gold? I look at two or three metrics that suggest that. as an example, last year, the mint sold as many dollars as silver coins as cold coins. same dollar amount. in other words, people bought 50 times more physical silver than gold. when we did our last two tranches of the gold trusts in pslv, both raised $349 million. we bought 50 times more silver than gold. we don't force people to buy these things. that's their decision. don't force people to buy coins mint, that's their decision. if the common guy is going to buy silver in a ratio of 50-1 to gold but only available at 6 1/2-1, I have to believe the price of silver is going to outperform gold.

Thursday, May 10th

Knowing the Game

Theodore Butler — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:01:41 +0000

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Especially at times of price pressure like now, it can be reassuring to know how the game is being played. I’m not speaking of the day to day price movements, but of the dominant forces that generally cause both short term and long term price movements. The price of world silver and gold is mostly set on the COMEX. Over the longer term, of course, other things will influence the price, such as production and consumption and investment demand. But these longer term influences don’t change radically from day to day and it is usually unproductive to link those influences to short term prices. And sometimes, like now, world events would strongly favor a rush towards precious metals were it not for price-setting on the COMEX.

Wednesday, May 9th

Silver and the Nature of Supply and Demand

Jeff Lewis — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:14:06 +0000

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Many observers of the silver market have wondered why futures prices for silver seem so low when demand for the physical metal continues to increase in the face of an ever dwindling supply of the precious and industrial metallic commodity.

Sunday, May 6th

Carbon Credit Derivatives

Jeff Lewis — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:12:17 +0000

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Carbon credits are tradable permits or certificates that are typically related to the emission of one ton carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas considered responsible for the controversial global warming process.

Sunday, May 6th

A Wickedly Bumpy Ride for Silver & Gold Bulls

Rick Ackerman — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:24:48 +0000

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The July contract, currently trading for 30.115, looks primed to fall to at least 28.810, or 4.3 percent. Weighing gold’s positives against silver’s negatives, we’d bet on lower Silver prices in the days ahead. If Silver and Gold are both hitting their respective downside targets at around the same time, however, we would be aggressive buyers there, tightly stopped.

Friday, May 4th

Crikey! Although we declaimed here the other day that gold appeared to be carving out an important bottom, getting airborne could be bumpy. One reason we “feel” a bottom is near is that it has been relatively difficult to stay long in gold. Getting aboard has been no problem, of course, since traders can attempt it at any time, albeit not always with confident expectations of success.

When Fundamentals No Longer Apply, Review the Fundamentals

Eric Sprott — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:26:58 +0000

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This may not come as a surprise, but we're still not seeing it. We're not seeing a US recovery. Here we are, well into 2012, and the fact remains that the US housing situation is still a bust. There is simply no housing recovery happening in the United States. US New Home Sales fell for the fourth time in a row month-over-month in March, representing a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 328,000, down from 353,000 in February.1 Do you know what the annual rate of New Home Sales was back in 2006? About 1.21 million.2 No recovery there.

Wednesday, May 2nd

By: Eric Sprott & David Baker, Sprott Asset Management

This may not come as a surprise, but we're still not seeing it. We're not seeing a US recovery.

Author(s):

Eric Sprott & David Baker

Mad Cow Futures and Silver Fundamentals

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:25:48 +0000

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently confirmed the country’s fourth known case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE, which is popularly known as Mad Cow Disease.

Friday, April 27th

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently confirmed the country’s fourth known case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE, which is popularly known as Mad Cow Disease.

COT Silver Report - April 27, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:33:27 +0000

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Friday, April 27th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.

May Silver’s Precise Bounce Is Encouraging

Rick Ackerman — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:44:42 +0000

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Is the worst over for silver? From a technical standpoint, both the Comex futures and Silver Wheaton shares have done exactly what we might have expected of them if they were carving out a durable bottom. On Monday, the mining stock came with a single penny of a 27.97 correction target where we’d told subscribers to get long using an 8-cent stop-loss. Then, yesterday morning, May Silver futures trampolined from a low that lay just 1.5 cents from a correction target also identified using Hidden Pivot analysis. In both instances, powerful rallies began from within a hair of the targets, raising the odds that an important low is in.

Thursday, April 26th

How long until silver breaks out of its consolidation phase and heads higher?

Peter Cooper — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:19:08 +0000

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If you look at the graph below you can clearly see the mini-spike in silver prices last April and the sideways consolidation since then. There was no true spike in prices because there has been no subsequent collapse. Indeed, the silver price has been well supported in the $30-35 an ounce range.

Sunday, April 22nd

However, the price has taken some very gradual steps lower. It may be that we see at least one more of these steps before the price decline is done. You do not need to be the greatest brain in the sector to imagine what would cause silver to decline from this point.

COT Silver Report - April 20, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:33:58 +0000

Friday, April 20th

COMEX Reduces Silver Margins Yet Again

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:40:38 +0000

Friday, April 20th

After raising margin requirements for silver futures contracts eight times last year, the CME Group has decided to lower margins yet again, after having last lowered them on February 13^th.

Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Slightly Higher

Chris Mullen — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:18:30 +0000

Thursday, April 19th

Eric Sprott Interview: Silver, Gold, Mining Stocks and more - GoldSeek.com Radio Nugget

Eric Sprott — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:49:33 +0000

Thursday, April 19th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Slightly

Chris Mullen — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:14:55 +0000

Wednesday, April 18th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Near Unchanged Again

Chris Mullen — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:27:33 +0000

Tuesday, April 17th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Mixed

Chris Mullen — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:24:57 +0000

Monday, April 16th

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Key CFTC meeting on silver price manipulation this week as the big short position is naked on the beach

Peter Cooper — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:18:37 +0000

Monday, April 16th

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is expected to give an update on its long-running investigation into silver price manipulation after a meeting on April 18th. But after nearly four years of ongoing investigations silver bulls have learnt the meaning of patience.
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Silver Entrenched in Consolidation Pattern Below Key MA and Falling Trendline

Jeff Lewis — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:23:43 +0000

Friday, April 13th

After late February’s dramatic false upside breakout in silver that peaked at the $37.48 level on February 29^th stunned many technical traders who were expecting a follow-on rally, its subsequent price action fell into what many analysts considered could be a potentially toppish head and shoulders pattern, which had been forming since the early part of this year.
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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver End Mixed on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:14:55 +0000

Friday, April 13th

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COT Silver Report - April 13, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:35:21 +0000

Friday, April 13th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Over 1% and 2%

Chris Mullen — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:14:49 +0000

Thursday, April 12th

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JPM’s TV Appearance

Theodore Butler — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:35:04 +0000

Wednesday, April 11th

There was a very interesting and potentially significant development dropped into the silver equation this week. I’m speaking of the appearance of the head of commodities for JPMorgan, Blythe Masters, in a short interview Thursday on CNBC. There has already been widespread reaction to the clip and I must admit that it touched off a whirlwind of different thoughts in my mind. Quite frankly, I’m glad I’ve had a bit of time to sort them out before commenting.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Slightly Lower

Chris Mullen — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:12:33 +0000

Wednesday, April 11th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold Gains While Dow Drops

Chris Mullen — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:14:14 +0000

Tuesday, April 10th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Mixed

Chris Mullen — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:14:25 +0000

Monday, April 9th

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Silver hoard found in pre-revolution St Petersburg mansion failed to assure owner’s good fortune

Peter Cooper — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:51:47 +0000

Sunday, April 8th

Construction workers renovating a mansion in the centre of Russia’s historic capital St Petersburg have discovered a secret room containing silver and other precious items believed to belong to the Naryshkin dynasty, reported The St Petersburg Times.
The objects are wrapped in newspapers dated March, June and September 1917, the months before the October Bolshevik Revolution. They are said to be in excellent condition because they were wrapped in cloth soaked in vinegar that can still be smelled.
Silver fortune
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COT Silver Report - April 6, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:35:15 +0000

Friday, April 6th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain About 1%

Chris Mullen — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:13:06 +0000

Thursday, April 5th

Please Note:U.S. and Canadian stock markets are closed tomorrow in observance of Good Friday.However, bond and currency markets will remain open and March’s jobs data will still be released.

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Silver Institute Releases Annual Jeweler Survey Report

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:11:47 +0000

Thursday, April 5th

The Silver Promotion Service of the Washington D.C. based Silver Institute recently released the third in its annual series of surveys of silver jewelry sales performed by Nielsen/National Jeweler. For the participants in the survey, silver jewelry sales made up 37% of retailer unit volume and 27% of dollar volume, on average.

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Building a Bullish Case for Silver’s Long Term Prospects

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:56:21 +0000

Wednesday, April 4th

After the big move in 2011 was summarily ‘dealt with’, which sent the precious metal’s price down from a peak of $46.82 on April 24^th down to a low of $26.05 by September 25^th, many silver bulls have found themselves reviewing their perhaps picture of the metal’s future prospects.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall With Stocks and Oil

Chris Mullen — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:17:20 +0000

Wednesday, April 4th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall On Fed Minutes

Chris Mullen — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:14:10 +0000

Tuesday, April 3rd

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain With Stocks and Oil

Chris Mullen — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:23:14 +0000

Monday, April 2nd

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Silver to be in the spotlight at the Dubai Precious Metals Conference 2012

Peter Cooper — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:27:58 +0000

Monday, April 2nd

Often barely mentioned at such events the Dubai Precious Metals Conference to be held on April 29th in the Almas Tower under the auspices of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre is giving centre stage to silver this year.
There will be a panel discussion on ‘Developing the white metals markets in the region’ as well as a presentation entitled ‘Silver: has the bubble burst?’ from Sharpspixley CEO Ross Norman. ArabianMoney cannot actually recall silver ever getting so much attention in a one-day conference in Dubai.
Price forecasts
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Silver outperforms the S&P 500 and gold in Q1

Peter Cooper — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:52:48 +0000

Saturday, March 31st

US stocks enjoyed their biggest first quarter rise since 1998 with the S&P 500 up 12 per cent to above 1,400. But the price of silver was up 16 per cent in Q1. Gold trailed behind with a 6.3 per cent increase.
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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver End Slightly Higher on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:17:28 +0000

Friday, March 30th

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COT Silver Report - March 30, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:32:52 +0000

Friday, March 30th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Near Unchanged

Chris Mullen — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:20:14 +0000

Thursday, March 29th

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Silver Nano-Trees Developed to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:09:30 +0000

Thursday, March 29th

Silver paste is used as a highly efficient conductor of electricity in the vast majority of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, which are the most prevalent form of solar cell used to generate solar power. Solar cell manufacture uses as much as 12 percent of the global silver supply on an annual basis.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Again

Chris Mullen — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:14:43 +0000

Wednesday, March 28th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall About 1%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:15:33 +0000

Tuesday, March 27th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain About 2%

Chris Mullen — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:17:11 +0000

Monday, March 26th

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1,700 year old Roman silver coins found in Bath a warning to those who hoard precious metals in secret

Peter Cooper — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:51:25 +0000

Monday, March 26th

Unrest in the Roman Empire 1,700 years ago is the most likely explanation for a hoard of 30,000 coins found by archaeologists working at the site of a new city centre hotel in Bath, home of the famous Roman spa and baths (click here for our review).
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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver End Near Unchanged on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:25:54 +0000

Friday, March 23rd

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COT Silver Report - March 23, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:32:51 +0000

Friday, March 23rd

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Silver Painted Into Potential Head and Shoulders Top’s Neckline

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:44:34 +0000

Friday, March 23rd

After silver staged a dramatic false upside break in late February that whipsawed many bullish traders, the price action has since been forming what appears to be a bearish head and shoulders top pattern on the daily charts.The keyword is staged, as the decline could not have been more ‘unnatural’ from a technical standpoint, yet the nature of these moves are rarely questioned.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall With Stocks and Oil

Chris Mullen — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:18:12 +0000

Thursday, March 22nd

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FOMC Statement Sends (The Perception of) Silver Sharply Lower as QE3 Hopes Fade Further

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:41:56 +0000

Thursday, March 22nd

The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee or FOMC released a somewhat more optimistic rate statement on Tuesday, March 13^th.

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SILVER is The Achilles' Heel to the ENTIRE ECONOMIC SYSTEM [Video]

David Morgan — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:28:39 +0000

Thursday, March 22nd

Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Slightly Higher

Chris Mullen — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:18:11 +0000

Wednesday, March 21st

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Almost 1% and 3%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:17:43 +0000

Tuesday, March 20th

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Silver prices holding up better than gold

Peter Cooper — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:51:54 +0000

Tuesday, March 20th

Recent price movements in silver have been less volatile than gold as the charts below illustrate. That is rather unusual. Silver is usually the volatile sister and gold is the paragon of stability.
What is going on? And does this tell us anything about the likely future direction of precious metal prices?
Well this seems to confirm what market participants like Eric Sprott have been saying about silver. Namely that investors are investing equal amounts of money in both gold and silver these days, and that means fifty times more silver is being sold in terms of ounces.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Rise With Stocks and Oil

Chris Mullen — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:13:33 +0000

Monday, March 19th

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Fall About 3% and 5% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:18:13 +0000

Friday, March 16th

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COT Silver Report - March 16, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:35:01 +0000

Friday, March 16th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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U.S. Mint Silver Coin Sales Drop Sharply in February

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:16:21 +0000

Friday, March 16th

The silver coin market was rocked by the announcement from the U.S. Mint that sales of its American Eagle Silver coins had fallen by a whopping 75.6 percent in February to just 1.49 million troy ounces.

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Silver’s False Bullish Breaks Head Fake Technicians

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:13:13 +0000

Thursday, March 15th

As February ended, silver made a spectacular rise and fall. The metal’s spot price first traded up to a high of $37.20 on the 28^th and then crashed down hard to hit a low of $33.96 on the following special leap day of February 29^th.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Almost 1%

Chris Mullen — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:17:59 +0000

Thursday, March 15th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall With Bonds and Oil

Chris Mullen — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:23:41 +0000

Wednesday, March 14th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Over 1%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:17:05 +0000

Tuesday, March 13th

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What’s Driving the Gold, Silver Prices?

Julian D. W. Phillips — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:37:32 +0000

Tuesday, March 13th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Almost 1% and 2%

Chris Mullen — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:17:58 +0000

Monday, March 12th

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver End Near Unchanged on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:20:00 +0000

Friday, March 9th

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COT Silver Report - March 9, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:34:36 +0000

Friday, March 9th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Silver Broke Range to Push Above 200 Day Before The Counterintuitive Fall

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:17:57 +0000

Thursday, March 8th

As February drew to a close, the price of silver staged a notably bullish break above both its closely watched 200 day Moving Average and the neckline of a potential Double Bottom pattern that many technical precious metal traders and analysts had been watching attentively.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain About 1%

Chris Mullen — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:23:07 +0000

Thursday, March 8th

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How to invest silver, Dubai stocks and real estate with Dr Marc Faber

Peter Cooper — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:16:42 +0000

Wednesday, March 7th

In an exclusive video interview with ArabianMoney editor and publisher Peter Cooper the widely respected Swiss investment adviser Dr Marc Faber gave his thoughts on investing in silver and how Dubai might be considered as the Switzerland of the Middle East.
He thought in any future war scenario in the region Dubai would be like Switzerland in World War II ‘because all the rich people have got their money invested in Dubai’. Investment in Dubai therefore makes sense especially at current share and real estate prices.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Roughly 1%

Chris Mullen — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:19:39 +0000

Wednesday, March 7th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall About 2% and 3%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:20:51 +0000

Tuesday, March 6th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall With Stocks

Chris Mullen — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:15:30 +0000

Monday, March 5th

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Fall About 3% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:24:17 +0000

Friday, March 2nd

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COT Silver Report - March 2, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:35:06 +0000

Friday, March 2nd

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Gold, Silver Appear Unintimidated

Rick Ackerman — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:46:39 +0000

Friday, March 2nd

Precious metals appear to be recovering nicely after Wednesday’s punitive selloff. Although we initially assumed it might take a few weeks for gold and silver to build a base for the next moon shot, yesterday’s price action hinted that bullion quotes could be off and running much sooner. To be sure, the price action yesterday just inches from ground zero was relatively timid, with small gains driving the markets. However, that was to be expected, given the ferocity of the previous day’s plunge.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Over 1% and 2%

Chris Mullen — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:28:46 +0000

Thursday, March 1st

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Over 5% and 6%

Chris Mullen — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:17:07 +0000

Wednesday, February 29th

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Silver breaks key $37 resistance level opening way to $50 an ounce again

Peter Cooper — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:17:45 +0000

Wednesday, February 29th

Silver prices have broken decisively out of the $33-34 an ounce price range of the past couple of months and punched decisively higher breaching the resistance zone of $36-37 an ounce.
In terms of the technical charts there is nothing now to stop silver advancing fairly rapidly, beyond its old all-time high of $50. Silver got close to this level last April but failed to clear this hurdle.
32-year record
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Over 1% and 4%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:23:07 +0000

Tuesday, February 28th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Slightly Lower

Chris Mullen — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:25:43 +0000

Monday, February 27th

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Silver price rises twice as fast as gold as the eurozone floods with money

Peter Cooper — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:14:27 +0000

Monday, February 27th

Gold and silver prices really got the wind behind them last week and reaped the benefit of the Greek bailout deal as ArabianMoney suggested was likely (click here). Gold got to $1,780 and silver close to $36 with weekly gains of three and six per cent respectively.
The battleground for the week ahead is the $1,800 mark for gold. Once that is decisively breached the way is open for an assault on $1,900 and a new all-time high.
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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Gain Almost 3% and 7% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:20:03 +0000

Friday, February 24th

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COT Silver Report - February 24, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:33:12 +0000

Friday, February 24th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Myths and Misinformation in the Silver Market [Video]

David Morgan — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:10:29 +0000

Friday, February 24th

Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold Gains While Silver Soars Almost 3%

Chris Mullen — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:21:27 +0000

Thursday, February 23rd

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Huichol Indians Protest Silver Mining Plan at Sacred Mountains

Jeff Lewis — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:48:32 +0000

Thursday, February 23rd

As the rise in the price of silver over the past few years makes an increasing number of formerly prohibitively expensive excavation sites appear much more attractive to mining concerns, environmental and cultural issues remain to be resolved before global silver production can rise in earnest to meet growing demand for the physical metal.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Jump Higher in Late Trade

Chris Mullen — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:15:42 +0000

Wednesday, February 22nd

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Why silver is the standout buy after the Greek deal

Peter Cooper — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:19:07 +0000

Wednesday, February 22nd

What’s been holding the price of silver below $34 this year? It’s been the possibility of a disorderly default by Greece. Now that we have an orderly default, and what else is a 73 per cent loss for private bondholders, things have changed.
But the price is very high. $170 billion is the highest sovereign debt restructuring in history. The ECB has made north of $1.5 trillion available to European banks. This is highly inflationary in the monetary sense and will be highly inflationary for consumers down the line.
Money printing revs up
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Over 2% and 3%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:19:50 +0000

Tuesday, February 21st

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver End Little Changed on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:20:41 +0000

Friday, February 17th

Please Note: US Markets are closed on Monday in observance of Presidents’ Day. Canadian markets are closed too for a variety of holidays.

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COT Silver Report - February 17, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:33:51 +0000

Friday, February 17th

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Fair is Fair

Theodore Butler — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:05:08 +0000

Thursday, February 16th

In December, I made public an article discussing the short position in the big silver ETF, SLV. At that time, the short position in SLV shares was in excess of 25 million shares and would run up to 26.6 million shares by mid-January.
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Silver Enters Short Term Trading Range in Bullish Overall Technical Picture

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:08:02 +0000

Thursday, February 16th

The technical picture for spot silver has been decidedly bullish since the grey metal made what seems to be a double bottom pattern on its price chart.Basically, the price of silver has fallen to a set of notable medium term lows, first at the $26.05 level on September 26^th of last year, and more recently at the $26.15 level on December 29^th.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Erase Overnight Losses and End Near Unchanged

Chris Mullen — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:19:10 +0000

Thursday, February 16th

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Silver Prices Soften as Greek Tragedy Continues

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:07:10 +0000

Thursday, February 16th

Prices for precious metals met resistance as Greece continues to be the main focal point in the ongoing European financial crisis. Despite agreeing to strict austerity measures, including cutting 15,000 public sector jobs and cutting the minimum wage by 22 percent, the coalition leaders would not agree to make substantial cuts in supplementary pensions.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Mixed

Chris Mullen — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:19:01 +0000

Wednesday, February 15th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Slightly Lower

Chris Mullen — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:15:25 +0000

Tuesday, February 14th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Rise With Stocks and Oil

Chris Mullen — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:17:16 +0000

Monday, February 13th

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver End Slightly Lower on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:16:47 +0000

Friday, February 10th

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COT Silver Report - February 10, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:33:25 +0000

Friday, February 10th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Enough is Enough

Theodore Butler — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:49:02 +0000

Thursday, February 9th

The journey to justice and truth is often long and arduous, but must never be abandoned. The alternative is to live a life lacking substance. But neither should the journey be unnecessarily prolonged. These things tend to creep up on you day by day, but we have passed the point of the CFTC taking too long for deciding if the silver market has been manipulated in price. Enough time has passed.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Slightly Lower

Chris Mullen — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:18:09 +0000

Thursday, February 9th

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Manufacturing PMI Data Reflects Stronger Global Outlook, Supportive of Silver Industrial Demand

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:14:54 +0000

Thursday, February 9th

According to a Markit Economics survey of 30 nations’ purchasing managers, the world’s leading manufacturing nations began the year considerably better than expected. The Markit survey showed its Global Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index had risen from 50.2 in December to 51.2 in January, with a number over 50 indicating expansion.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Slightly

Chris Mullen — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:22:34 +0000

Wednesday, February 8th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain About 1.5%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:30:41 +0000

Tuesday, February 7th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Mixed

Chris Mullen — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:22:50 +0000

Monday, February 6th

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Fall Less Than 1% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:25:07 +0000

Friday, February 3rd

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COT Silver Report - February 3, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:35:24 +0000

Friday, February 3rd

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Roughly 1%

Chris Mullen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:19:06 +0000

Thursday, February 2nd

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FOMC Pushes Unchanged Rates Forecast Out to 2014, Fed Sets Inflation Target

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:57:35 +0000

Thursday, February 2nd

Among the recent price consolidation, it should not be forgotten that the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve Board decided to leave rates at 0.0% to 0.25% until at least late 2014, according to the FOMC statement released on January 25^th.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold Gains While Silver Surges

Chris Mullen — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:24:50 +0000

Wednesday, February 1st

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Eric Sprott: Mania. Manipulation. Meltdown. [Transcript: 2012 Virtual Silver Conference]

Eric Sprott — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:38:20 +0000

Tuesday, January 31st

The following is the transcript of Eric Sprott’s presentation at today’s Virtual Silver Investment Conference.To listen to the audio and view the slides associated with the presentation, please attend the conference here.

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Why will Capital Controls Boost Silver Prices? [Transcript: 2012 Virtual Silver Conference]

Julian D. W. Phillips — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:53:30 +0000

Tuesday, January 31st

The following is the transcript of Julian Phillips’ presentation at today’s Virtual Silver Investment Conference.To listen to the audio and view the slides associated with the presentation, please attend the conference here.

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James Turk reaffirms his $400 long-term silver target [Transcript: 2012 Virtual Silver Conference]

James Turk — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:45:50 +0000

Tuesday, January 31st

The following is the transcript of James Turk’s presentation at today’s Virtual Silver Investment Conference.To listen to the audio and view the slides associated with the presentation, please attend the conference here.

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David Morgan: Silver in the next Decade [Transcript: 2012 Virtual Silver Conference]

David Morgan — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:48:40 +0000

Tuesday, January 31st

The following is the transcript of David Morgan‘s presentation at today’s Virtual Silver Investment Conference.To listen to the audio and view the slides associated with the presentation, please attend the conference here.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Mixed

Chris Mullen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:24:52 +0000

Tuesday, January 31st

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Modestly Lower

Chris Mullen — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:20:13 +0000

Monday, January 30th

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Time to buy or sell silver or take a longer view?

Peter Cooper — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:28:56 +0000

Sunday, January 29th

The ArabianMoney investment newsletter is a dedicated long-term holder of silver as an asset class, and anybody who has owned silver for three years has doubled their money. What other investment can say that?
We think silver investors will do better than that over the next three years. Global money printing and a tight supply position for this precious metal should lead it to outperform gold. Is there any sign of an end to money printing? Hardly.
Taming volatility
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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Gain Over 4% and 5% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:20:27 +0000

Friday, January 27th

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COT Silver Report - January 27, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:33:01 +0000

Friday, January 27th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End With Decent Gains

Chris Mullen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:41:02 +0000

Thursday, January 26th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Almost 3% and 4%

Chris Mullen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:27:40 +0000

Wednesday, January 25th

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Talk of Dubai Gold Souk: silver to double in six months

Peter Cooper — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:26:22 +0000

Wednesday, January 25th

ArabianMoney editor and publisher Peter Cooper visits the Old Gold Souk on the Deira side of the Dubai Creek to talk to a silver trader with Sandra Mergulhao from mydubaimycity.com.
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Bullish Technical Signals Support Silver and Gold Prices

Jeff Lewis — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:13:41 +0000

Wednesday, January 25th

Several closely watched technical factors played a substantial role in precious metals trading last week as traders noted that increasingly bullish signals of an impending rally accumulated strength.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Modestly Lower

Chris Mullen — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:22:21 +0000

Tuesday, January 24th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Rise With Oil

Chris Mullen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:31:38 +0000

Monday, January 23rd

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$58-60 silver price by September says Dubai silver trader

Peter Cooper — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:22:07 +0000

Monday, January 23rd

Pop down to the Old Gold Souk in Deira, part of the modern city of Dubai and the hottest selling item is a 1kg bar of silver these days.
Karachi Jewellers told ArabianMoney yesterday they are selling 600 to 700 of these $1,300 bars each month with a 4.1 per cent profit margin.
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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Gain About 2% and 8% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:23:58 +0000

Friday, January 20th

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COT Silver Report - January 20, 2012

SilverCOTReport — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:34:38 +0000

Friday, January 20th

The COT reports which we look at each week provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the CFTC.The weekly reports for Futures-and-Options-Combined Commitments of Traders are released every Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Hecla Mining Tanks After Lucky Friday Mine Closure Cuts 2012 Silver Production Estimate by 1.5Moz

Jeff Lewis — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:53:10 +0000

Thursday, January 19th

Top U.S. silver producer Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) announced on Wednesday, January 11^th that it was lowering its 2012 silver production forecast to only 7 million ounces. This represented a 1.5 million ounce decline from the company's former 9.5 million ounce estimate.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Mixed and Near Unchanged

Chris Mullen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:19:08 +0000

Thursday, January 19th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain About 1% Again

Chris Mullen — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:18:38 +0000

Wednesday, January 18th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain About 1%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:18:46 +0000

Tuesday, January 17th

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Gain Over 1% and 3% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:28:51 +0000

Friday, January 13th

Please Note: US Markets are closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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Renewed Iranian Worries Support Silver and Gold Prices

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:43:59 +0000

Thursday, January 12th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End With Modest Gains

Chris Mullen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:16:35 +0000

Thursday, January 12th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End With Modest Gains

Chris Mullen — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:18:04 +0000

Wednesday, January 11th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Over 1% and 3%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:16:54 +0000

Tuesday, January 10th

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Three Elements of Manipulation

Theodore Butler — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:25:23 +0000

Monday, January 9th

This is an excerpt from the Weekly Review for subscribers of January 7 -
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Mixed

Chris Mullen — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:18:57 +0000

Monday, January 9th

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Gain Over 3% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:23:47 +0000

Friday, January 6th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Almost 1%

Chris Mullen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:16:37 +0000

Thursday, January 5th

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Silver Value Investing With A Financial System Off the Rails

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:36:35 +0000

Thursday, January 5th

John Bogle is well known in the investment community. At Vanguard, he completely changed the way investors think about Wall Street. He has legions of fans, fans who label themselves as “Bogleheads,” reflecting their staunch acceptance of his main investment thesis: turnover kills.

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Silver Industrial Demand - Steel May The Commodity to Watch

Jeff Lewis — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:55:27 +0000

Wednesday, January 4th

Forecasting the future of the economy is a difficult task; one who can do it with regularity will most certainly see massive investment profits. Most of this complexity comes from the lack of clarity in commodities prices.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Mixed

Chris Mullen — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:15:38 +0000

Wednesday, January 4th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold Gains Over 2% and Silver Surges 7%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:18:42 +0000

Tuesday, January 3rd

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Fall Almost 3% and 5% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:33:22 +0000

Friday, December 30th

Please Note: U.S. and Canadian markets are closed on Monday in observance of New Year’s Day.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold Falls Slightly While Silver Surges Over 3%

Chris Mullen — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:25:56 +0000

Thursday, December 29th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Over 2% and 5%

Chris Mullen — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:22:40 +0000

Wednesday, December 28th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall About 1%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:19:47 +0000

Tuesday, December 27th

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver End Mixed on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:23:07 +0000

Friday, December 23rd

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SLV Short Position Update

Theodore Butler — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:02:05 +0000

Friday, December 23rd

The latest short position report for stocks was released earlier in the week for positions held as of Nov 30. This was the report that I had speculated would show a decline in the short position of SLV, the big silver Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). Contrary to my expectations, the short position for SLV increased by more than 2.2 million shares to 25.2 million shares. This represents almost 25 million ounces of silver.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Slightly

Chris Mullen — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:13:28 +0000

Thursday, December 22nd

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Near Unchanged

Chris Mullen — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:21:44 +0000

Wednesday, December 21st

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European Credit Crunch – Another Excuse For Silver Downdraft?

Jeff Lewis — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:12:33 +0000

Wednesday, December 21st

It's clear that Europe's debt problems can now be wrapped up into the term credit crunch. In light of operations by the Federal Reserve, the amount of money available for credit appears to be shrinking, while risk premiums demanded by banks are thickening.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Gain Over 1% and 2%

Chris Mullen — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:14:45 +0000

Tuesday, December 20th

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China’s Stimulus Talk And Buying Silver On The Copper Dip

Jeff Lewis — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:44:17 +0000

Tuesday, December 20th

All eyes are now on China as a source for consumer strength in the developed world. Customs data released on December 10 tells a concerning story - China's overseas shipments are growing, but at their slowest pace since 2009.

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall With Stocks and Euro

Chris Mullen — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:23:04 +0000

Monday, December 19th

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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Fall Almost 7% and 8% on the Week

Chris Mullen — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:23:51 +0000

Friday, December 16th

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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Mixed

Chris Mullen — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:18:11 +0000

Thursday, December 15th

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Balancing Small Silver with Big Payoffs

David Morgan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:20:44 +0000

Wednesday, December 14th

David Morgan, publisher of Silver Investor, likes the balanced risk and growth that midtier companies provide, but even he can't resist the pull of having a speculative pick pay off. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Morgan talks about the tenets he lives by when investing in mining companies, be they small-cap or midtier or billion dollar companies.
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Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall Almost 4% and 6%

Chris Mullen — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:40:14 +0000

Wednesday, December 14th

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Keith Neumeyer: How to Build a Major Silver Producer

Ron Hera — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:36:31 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

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Give Silver Bullion an AAA Rating

Jeff Lewis — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:34:53 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

The FinancialTimes reported early on Monday that Standard & Poor’s will announce a potential downgrade of five triple-A rated governments.As of writing time, no announcement has been made.

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Silver’s Beta is Irrelevant

Jeff Lewis — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:35:43 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

Beta is a financial term that describes an asset’s volatility relative to the S&P500 index.In scoring individual assets against the equity markets, financiers hope to find a collection of securities that provide the best possible appreciation with the least amount of beta.That is, financiers are compensated to make many different investments to form the perfect portfolio that, over ti
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Silver price pessimism bottoming out ready for the next big rally

Peter Cooper — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:33:55 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

There is an intriguing commentary in The Daily Reckoning by Matt Badiali on silver. In particular he cites Jason Goepfert’s SentimenTrader readings for silver. This service tracks investor sentiment towards different asset classes.
Silver it becomes apparent is at the bottom of its range for pessimism:
‘The so-called “commitment of non-commercial traders” hit 10,352. That’s incredibly low. The last time sentiment numbers were that low was in August 2007. Six months later, the price of silver was 59 per cent higher. It rose from $12 per ounce to $19 per ounce.
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Silver well set up for another tilt at $50 and much higher

Peter Cooper — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:33:07 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

When the IMF brought out its big guns to support the global banking system last week the tiny silver market was all but forgotten. We doubt it will be quiet for much longer.
Silver is a monetary metal. One Roman denarius sells for about $70 these days. You can still pick them up in the antiques centre here in Salisbury.
IMF union
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Volatile silver up 18% in 12 months lagging gold’s 25% gain, can silver catch up?

Peter Cooper — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:30:57 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

Precious metal investors have little to complain about with gold up 25 per cent and silver by 18 per cent in the past 12 months. By comparison many equity investors have lost money. But behind this gain has been some pretty staggering volatility.
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Hugo Salinas-Price: What Every Politician Needs to Know About Silver

Ron Hera — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:23:34 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

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Silver Market Alert!

Julian D. W. Phillips — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:15:53 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

Oftentimes, the significance of truly historic events is not fully appreciated at the time they occur. I think we are at one of those times with the bankruptcy of MF Global. There’s no question that the news and overall circumstances of the demise of the large commodities brokerage is widely known, but the significance of the event is not yet fully understood.
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Silver More Explosive than Gold

Julian D. W. Phillips — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:40:18 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

(This was sent to subscribers on May 25)

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First Fear, Then Anger

Theodore Butler — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:36:45 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

This is an excerpt from the Weekly Review of May 7, 2011

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Silver Is Getting Too Popular… Right?

Jeff Clark — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:25:29 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

BIG GOLD
It’s no secret that the silver market is red hot. As I write, silver American Eagles and Canadian Maple Leafs are sold out at their respective mints. Buying in India has gone through the roof, especially noteworthy among a people with a strong historical preference for gold. Demand in China continues unabated. Silver stocks have screamed upward.
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Can You Pass the 2011 Silver Quiz?

Jeff Clark — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:53:49 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

BIG GOLD
CPM Group recently released their 2011 Silver Yearbook, one of the industry’s most comprehensive sources of information on the silver market. Though mostly a reference book, I uncovered some interesting facts that paint a decidedly bullish picture for the metal going forward.
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Are We Running Out of Silver?

Jeff Clark — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:55:43 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

(Excerpt from the Casey Research 2011 Silver Investing Guide)
Silver has been on fire over the last three years — substantially outperforming its spotlight-grabbing cousin, gold.
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The Silver Platter Opportunity

Jim Willie — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:04:20 +0000

Tuesday, December 13th

Every few years, a tremendous opportunity arises. The autumn months of 2007 and the autumn months of 2008 offered such an opportunity to buy silver. That $11 silver price is long gone. Many smart folks seized it. Whatever can be said on such silver platters applies almost equally to gold. The silver sprint gains are typically much larger than the gold steady gains.
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Blockbuster in Gold

The Last Investable Moment for Silver

Will gold and silver test recent lows again before heading higher?

COT Silver Report - May 10, 2013

Intrinsic Value and the Final Battle for Silver

The Worst Regulator Possible

COT Silver Report - May 3, 2013

Little Cracks in Confidence

Financial Treachery & Harsh Consequences

COT Silver Report - April 26, 2013

The Silver Market - The Same Thing All Over Again

Who Found Silver Coin Prices Under $30?

COT Silver Report - April 19, 2013

The Currency Chronicles

How being poor man’s gold will help silver prices to outperform the yellow metal

The Price Smash – Who, What, How and Why?

COT Silver Report - April 12, 2013

Silver Prices, Inflation and Living With the Long Term

How to Control the Price of Silver and Other Strategic Commodities

Silver price breaks out of a declining pattern and rallies 9% on Bank of Japan money printing

COT Silver Report - April 5, 2013

The State Of Silver and Other Anomalous Events

Tungsten Silver? Or More Salt in the Open Wound?

Recent Action in Silver ETFs Is Bad News for Precious-Metals Bears

US demand for silver coins highest ever since records began in 1986 as private investors seek a safe haven

Storing Silver for the Next Generation

The Good, Bad and Ugly

COT Silver Report - March 22, 2013

Confiscation, Manipulation and the Wars Against Everyman

Silver Prices Before the Monetary Collapse

COT Silver Report - March 15, 2013

Silver Possession Versus Silver Trust – A Safe Alternative to Direct Possession?

A Moment of Clarity

COT Silver Report - March 8, 2013

Silver Prices When the Traffic Lights are Blue Today

Deflation and Silver Price Mechanics

Hi Ho Silver: Making the Case for This Precious Metal

COT Silver Report - March 1, 2013

Silver Prices and the Mortgage Market — A Tale of Two Interventions

Hope is Fear Gone Bad for Paper Silver Shorts

Welcome Back, Kotter

COT Silver Report - February 22, 2013

Silver Price Backwardation, Corrections and Perception Shifts

The Future Price of Silver - A Review of Economic and Behavioral Principles

Embrace Silver's Volatility All the Way to the Bank

Gold versus Industrial Metals

COT Silver Report - February 15, 2013

Silver Price Targeting and the Will of Central Banks

COT Silver Report - February 8, 2013

GoldSeek.com Radio Gold Nugget: David Morgan & Chris Waltzek

Silver Coin Clipping in the Digital Era

Silver Coin Dealers and the New Premium Paradigm

View all Presentations from SilverSeek.com's 2013 Virtual Silver Investment Conference

COT Silver Report - February 1, 2013

The US Mint Resumes Sales While Silver Bars Disappear

Silver Bullion and Gresham's Law Going East

Why can't Germany get its gold back?! Interview with David Morgan at Cambridge House

GATA favorites to speak at SilverSeek's online conference Thursday

COT Silver Report - January 25, 2013

Reinstatement sought for silver market rigging class-action lawsuit

Silver Investing and the Sanctity of Savings

The Price of Silver in the Age of Broken Promises

Royal Canadian Mint starts rationing silver coins

Last time the US Mint ran out of American eagles the silver price jumped from $34 to $49 an ounce

Buying Silver at $100 and the Rebirth of Counterfeiting

Buying Silver as Kyle Bass Makes the Case for Hedge Funds

COT Silver Report - January 18, 2013

COT Silver Report - January 11, 2013

Real Silver Highs 4

Silver Investing in the Age of Sentiment and Fiat Currencies

COT Silver Report - January 4, 2013

US Mint Bullion-Coin Sales 3

Silver Prices in the Event of a Comex Default

ArabianMoney’s top 2013 pick silver jumps 3% on first day of New Year beating everything except gasoline

COT Silver Report - December 28, 2012

Future Silver Prices and Inflation - Bernanke Says Don’t Worry

Why are (Smart) Investors Buying 50 Times More Physical Silver than Gold?

COT Silver Report - December 21, 2012

QE3 Silver Impact

Bloomberg poll points to 29% rise in price of silver in 2013 but only 60% will finally take out the all-time high