by Michael Lombardi, MBA, Profit Confidential:
In the first 10 months of this year, the U.S. Mint sold 39.2 million ounces of silver in coins. In the same period last year, the Mint only sold 28.94 million ounces of silver in coins. A general negativity by investors surrounding silver this year has not stopped people from buying silver coins. In fact, demand is up 35% so far in 2013. (Source: U.S. Mint web site, last accessed November 1, 2013.)
Meanwhile, if I look at the chart of the gold-to-silver ratio—which shows how much silver is needed to buy one ounce of gold bullion—silver prices look undervalued.