Is JP Morgan Getting Nervous about its Silver Inventories?
from SRSRoccoReport: Something interesting has been going on in the Comex silver warehouse inventories this week. Not only have large amounts of silver been removed from the Comex since Monday, but...
View ArticleThe Antifragile Concept and Physical Precious Metals
by Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, Silver-coin-investor: The concept of antifragility comes from Naseem Taleb’s book Antifragile. In it, he describes things and processes that thrive on mistakes and volatility....
View ArticleTangible v Intangible Money – Why Times Have Changed
from Armstrong Economics: The mantra of Goldbugs has been that paper money is worthless and only gold is money. That is pretty much like saying the earth is still flat. Money has historically been many...
View ArticleIndia’s July Silver Imports Highest in 5 Years
by Ed Steer, Casey Research: As you’re already aware, gold got sold down by the high-frequency traders in the illiquid Far East market on their Friday afternoon. This got quickly reversed the moment...
View ArticleThe Indian Government’s Gold Folly
by Alasdair Macleod, Gold Money: India has a history of gold ownership, spurred by long-term experience of a weak rupee. Only a fool leaves rupees on deposit, because they usually buy less and less...
View Article43pc bought more gold after price plunge
The vast majority of investors either retained or added to their holdings of silver and gold after prices fell sharply in the spring, a survey suggests. by Richard Evans, The Telegraph: When asked...
View ArticlePoor Economy = Low Gold Price?
by Jeff Clark, Casey Research: Despite some positive data, the global economy is showing signs of slowing, a remarkable development in itself when you consider all the money printing and deficit...
View ArticleLargest Silver Producer: Facing Losses at Current Prices
by Steve St. Angelo, SRSRocco Report: The largest silver mining company in the world just came out with their first half financial results and the figures were dismal. Fresnillo’s first half profits...
View Article“Hello HSBC, This Is JPMorgan – We Urgently Need Some Of Your Gold”
from Zero Hedge: What happens when 63.5K ounces of registered gold in your warehouse (16% of total) just has their warrants detached and the vault is about to finds itself 63.5k ounces of gold emptier?...
View ArticleAre Gold & Silver Really Protecting Value?
by Julian D. W. Phillips, Gold Seek: Performance – In the Dollar? In the U.S. institutional investors, in 2013, have sold off over 1,000 tonnes of gold holdings from the SPDR gold ETF, the investment...
View ArticleSilver: The Noise is Deafening!
from Deviant Investor: “Beam me up, Scotty!” “I can’t Captain, the signal is weak and there is too much noise.” (My apologies to you Trekkies….) That conversation (which did not happen) describes the...
View ArticleMexican Silver – Production Collapse!
by Andy Hoffman, MilesFranklin.com: In recent weeks, essentially all major PM miners have announced MASSIVE asset write-downs, care of the PAPER PM raids that have taken gold and silver costs below...
View ArticleIndia’s silver imports exploded during H1 2013
by Paul Ploumis, Scrap Monster: The silver imports in India are on pace to touch multi-year highs. The imports during the initial six month period suggest a notable shift in investor demand towards the...
View ArticleIndian Gold to Silver Investment Demand
by Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, Silver-coin-investor: Perhaps it is not terribly surprising to learn that recent silver demand numbers from India have set records. While gold still seems to be the typical...
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