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- Silver Prices: When Schrödinger's Cat Jumps Out of Pandora's Box - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Jeff LewisAlthough 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. In fact, the UK’s paper currency the ...
Views: 1104 - Defining “Intrinsic Value” in Precious Metals Investing - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2012 from Jeff LewisDefining “Intrinsic Value” in Precious Metals Investing The mainstream financial media touts a variety of 'anti-inflation' investments that can be used to protect wealth against the ravages of inflation. These typically range from buying commodities like oil and coal to more sophisticated ...
Views: 1045 - Silver Price History and "The Hunt Effect" - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2012 from Jeff LewisHistory 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 ...
Views: 1002 - HFT Tail Wagging the Silver Price Dog - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2012 from Jeff LewisThe 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 ...
Views: 931 - The Direction of Silver Prices Before QE Forever - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2012 from Jeff LewisThe 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 over bought, the fact remains that a bull market can stay over bought for quite a long time. It will be interesting to look back ...
Views: 929 - China Precious Metals Strategy - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2012 from Jeff LewisThe 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 ...
Views: 923 - Great Expectations for Silver Prices in an Inflationary World - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2012 from Jeff LewisMany 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. This means ...
Views: 898 - A Silver Coin to Save the Common Man - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2012 from Jeff LewisA Silver Coin to Save the Common Man 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. With very few exceptions, every country and ...
Views: 876 - Silver Prices and the Risk of Speculator Double Jeopardy - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2012 from Jeff LewisWhen 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 ...
Views: 838 - Pent Up Silver Demand and The CFTC Linchpin - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2012 from Jeff LewisAs 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? With countries the size of Spain lining up to get bailed out and a lagging global ...
Views: 835 - Gold and Silver - Accumulation and Liquidity - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2012 from Jeff LewisAs history has shown again and again, hard currencies like gold and silver are perhaps the only truly safe long term investments. Part of the safety of these assets arises from the fact that they are traditionally accumulated and hoarded by individuals, especially in financially challenging ...
Views: 832 - Stock to Flow- Silver Supply in a Fiat Depression - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2012 from Jeff LewisStock to Flow: Silver Supply in a Fiat Depression Making a case for higher silver prices can involve two ways of looking at its supply: (1) The total amount of silver ever mined. (2) The total amount of silver available in investment grade bullion form. The result of this supply ...
Views: 804 - Silver Price History - Helicopter Ben and the Silver COT - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2012 from Jeff LewisSadly, 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. This central bank has virtually complete control over inflation in the ...
Views: 773 - Gold and Silver - Counterfeit Versus Counter - Fiat - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2012 from Jeff LewisAfter having previously been found outside of the United States,tungsten filled gold bars have now apparently been making the rounds in Manhattan. Tungsten is a relatively cheap and readily available metal compared to precious gold. Furthermore, it seems that such counterfeit bars can fool ...
Views: 755 - Precious Metals — When Financial Repression Fails - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2012 from Jeff LewisFinancial repression may prove to be the policy that triggers the inevitable return to fair value in precious metals. The failure of this academic policy, originally deployed in the 1950’s,adds to the list of possible scenarios triggering the failure of the manipulative price suppression that ...
Views: 743 - Buying Silver as Kyle Bass Makes the Case for Hedge Funds - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2013 from Jeff LewisUp 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 Spratt. Yet it is rather hard to imagine why they would not be joining Spratt, with QE's stretching to infinity, Fiscal ...
Views: 742 - Future Silver Prices and Inflation - Bernanke Says Don’t Worry - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2012 from Jeff LewisThe 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. Basically, if the FOMC is convinced that a rise in inflation today is ...
Views: 736(1 vote) - The Silver Market Basket Case - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2012 from Jeff LewisSilver 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 ...
Views: 735 - Silver’s Price Psychology - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2012 from Jeff LewisPeople 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 ...
Views: 734 - When Silver Prices Finally Challenge Perception - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2012 from Jeff LewisThe 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. Furthermore, people ...
Views: 733 - How Gold and Silver Provide a Safe Haven in Today's Troubled World - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2012 from Jeff LewisThe 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 ...
Views: 731 - Peak Silver Redux - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2012 from Jeff LewisAs 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 ...
Views: 727 - Silver Bullion and Gresham's Law Going East - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2013 from Jeff LewisSilver 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 ...
Views: 709 - The Great Precious Metals Managed Retreat - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2012 from Jeff LewisMany observers, notably GATA, have characterized the more than decade long run up in the precious metals markets as a managed retreat orchestrated by the big bullion banks. These banks typically profit by using their large transaction size and deep pockets when the market is vulnerable to ...
Views: 671 - Silver Prices in the Event of a Comex Default - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2013 from Jeff LewisIf and when the Comex silver market implodes, so should the paper market for silver. Nevertheless, can this happen and will it happen? Also, if a Comex default does occur, what are the likely scenarios and aftermath that will impact silver traders and the price of silver? The following ...
Views: 668(1 vote) - The Power of the Powerless Supports a Raging Silver Bull - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2012 from Jeff LewisIn 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. Protest against a failed currency structure imposed by a government up on its citizens that has given rise to the extreme complexity and overgrowth ...
Views: 660 - Rare Earth Silver - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2012 from Jeff LewisThe last years of mining silver could well be compared to studies that indicate the world is approaching the last years of pumping oil. While the earth’s stores of silver may not actually run out anytime soon, increasing demand and increasingly difficult mining opportunities for silver tends ...
Views: 643 - Buying Silver at $100 and the Rebirth of Counterfeiting - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2013 from Jeff LewisThe 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. Also, the confiscation* of fiat money purchasing power ...
Views: 617 - The Silver Price Enigma- Buying Low, Trading High - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2012 from Jeff LewisFor 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: 1) The normalcy bias as applied to fiat currency - Investors have been conditioned ...
Views: 600 - Storing Silver for the Next Generation - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2013 from Jeff LewisMany 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. Awareness seems to be growing among parents that an outstanding way to provide for their child's future educational expenses is ...
Views: 589 - Silver Investment-Time is Slipping Away - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2012 from Jeff LewisEverything 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 ...
Views: 587 - Is the Price of Silver Signaling the Next Monetary Supernova, or Will it be the Cause? - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2012 from Jeff LewisIf 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, ...
Views: 583 - Silver Investing in the Age of Sentiment and Fiat Currencies - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Jeff LewisSome 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. Central banks around the world must keep printing or electronically generating money ...
Views: 583(1 vote) - Confiscation, Manipulation and the Wars Against Everyman - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2013 from Jeff LewisConfiscation —both direct and indirect forms — and market manipulation tend to go hand in hand when it comes to forecasting the silver market’s future. Furthermore, ongoing silver pricing issues include the overwhelming concentration of silver shorts, as bullion banks act like producers and ...
Views: 581 - Silver and Gold: Faith, Confidence, and Sound Money - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2012 from Jeff LewisA recent study about high, long-term government budget deficits published by the Washington Post indicates that such situations can be statistically linked to significantly lower future growth levels. The National Bureau of Economic Research looked at 26 past examples of when the level of ...
Views: 576 - The Price of Silver in the Age of Broken Promises - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2013 from Jeff LewisThe 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? Concentration ...
Views: 576 - HFT and Precious Metals Price Management - Getting Easier Every Day - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2012 from Jeff LewisRegulation within a market tends to make it harder for legitimate traders to operate because every 'edge' they identify essentially becomes insider information. Nevertheless, the powerful electronic traders are still allowed legal access to front run pricing and large orders on the exchanges by ...
Views: 562 - Three Reasons Why China Wants Its Citizens to Own Precious Metals - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2012 from Jeff LewisDue to China’s huge size, its developing economy is having a growing influence on the global economic system. One commodity that has been particularly strongly affected by Chinese popular demand is silver and other precious metals like gold. Not only has the Chinese government been moving ...
Views: 561 - The State Of Silver Bullion and Other Anomalous Events - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2013 from Jeff LewisFrom 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 ...
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