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The Coming Silver Shortage

Right now, there is a severe shortage brewing in the silver markets giving investors huge upside potential if position correctly. This investment has the potential to double and even triple your money within the next few years. The facts presented in this mini-documentary, are sure to blow you away.

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I don’t typically emphasize price charts in analyzing the market, however something unusual has been happening in the spot (physical) silver market. It did not happen in the silver futures market, nor in the gold market. I have been bearish on silver because of its supply and demand fundamentals, and the price action shown below adds a new dimension.

Silver Manipulation To End; $150 Per Ounce Possible - Video

Silver for immediate delivery fell 0.4% to $20.68 an ounce in London this morning. Platinum added 0.4% to $1,485 an ounce. Palladium gained another 0.5% to $885.05 an ounce and is a whisker away from new 13 year nominal highs. Gold and silver were marginally lower last week but both spiked towards the close on Friday which could be a harbinger for further price gains this week. Gold jumped $15.80 to as high as $1,308.20 in the last minutes of trade and silver surged to as high as $20.727.

Silver Market Morning

The gold price closed at $1,307.40 up $15.00 on Friday in New York. In Asia and early London, prices slipped back to $1,304. The gold price was Fixed at $1,305.00 up $12.25 and in the euro at €971.199 up €11.474, while the euro was slightly weaker at $1.3437. Ahead of New York’s opening, gold was trading at $1,304.50 and in the euro at €970.72.

COMEX Swap Dealers Hedging a Massive Long Play on Silver?

We have just two stops to make on today’s rabbit trail, but both of them “count” and both are pretty dang important. Today we will be looking at what some are calling a “too-high, too fast” net long position in silver by Managed Money traders and then we will cover an aspect of the huge, record high short position in silver futures held by the mercenary Swap Dealers, and it’s a “keeper.” So, with no further preamble, let’s take the lesser of the two first and move on from there.

The ‘Great Reassessment’ to come?

To the Rush Limbaugh’s, Mark Levin’s and Sean Hannity’s of the world, Ron Paul was an insane “isolationist” “kook” who might as well have been pulling for the “enemy” when he, almost alone, argued passionately against America’s involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin were of course arguing passionately for these wars.

INDIAN SILVER IMPORTS: Near Record At A Quarter Of Global Mine Supply

It looks like at least one country is still taking advantage of the extremely low paper price of silver. From information just released, India continues to import a near record amount of silver in 2014. Even though silver imports slumped in June compared to last year, demand is still extremely strong.

Talk Radio’s Taboo Topics

In my first essay in this series, I outlined a change that might “stun the world” and terrify the establishment defenders of the “Status Quo.” What, I asked, might happen if someone like Rush Limbaugh started preaching from the Ron Paul prayer book?

Market Report: Corrective Action

Precious metals drifted lower over the week in quiet trading. The bears took comfort in the lack of a positive price reaction to political news from the Ukraine and Gaza, and from economic surveys released in the US which disappointed analysts looking for signs of economic growth. Even the IMF downgraded its forecasts for the US economy, and the 10-year treasury yield fell back to 2.46%, having rallied up to 2.65% from the May low at 2.41%. This is shown in the chart below.

Silver Market Morning

The gold price closed at $1,292.40 down $12.50 on Thursday in New York. In Asia and early London, prices held that level. The gold price was Fixed at $1,292.75 down $7.25 and in the euro at €959.725 down €4.953, while the euro was slightly weaker at $1.3470. The Fixing was very quick indicating lower volumes. Ahead of New York’s opening, gold was trading at $1,294.20 and in the euro at €962.02.

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