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Royal Canadian Mint starts rationing silver coins

January 24, 2013

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.

COT Silver Report - January 18, 2013

January 18, 2013

COT Silver Report - January 18, 2013

COT Silver Report - January 11, 2013

January 11, 2013

COT Silver Report - January 11, 2013

Real Silver Highs 4

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.

COT Silver Report - January 4, 2013

January 04, 2013

COT Silver Report - January 4, 2013

US Mint Bullion-Coin Sales 3

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.

COT Silver Report - December 28, 2012

December 28, 2012

COT Silver Report - December 28, 2012

COT Silver Report - December 21, 2012

December 21, 2012

COT Silver Report - December 21, 2012

QE3 Silver Impact

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.

My Worst Fear

December 17, 2012

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…

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