The True Price Of Silver

Every now and then, its a good idea to step back and ponder the price of silver from a greater perspective.
It certainly helps on days where the spot trade seems stalled and/or down once again – in the face of extreme bullishness.
There are many factors that we could draw upon to more accurately [...]

The Hunt Brothers

The Boston Herald got it wrong.
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1163846&format=comments#CommentsArea
The Hunt Brothers were just thirty years too early. Humans have been experimenting with fiat currencies for centuries. Every instance has ended badly.
Most of these periods of un-backed currency failed in 30-40 years.
That we still call the Hunt Brothers ‘fanatics’ is testament to the power of propaganda and its self-fulfilling [...]

Who Determines The Price of Silver?

Days such as this one are a test for the long-term investor.
Indeed, perhaps the greatest challenge for those of us interested is to keep in mind the volatility and counter-intuitiveness of the silver market.
At the same time, we understand the fundamentals, which will prevail in any market – eventually.
The worldwide, agreed-upon price [...]

The Silver Price Manipulation

The silver price manipulation is most likely the single largest force behind the coming boom in prices.
Forget about the gold:silver ratio, the greater financial mess and the flood of liquidity, or the supply shortages that are slowly spreading wholesale.
Silver price manipulation has been characterized best by Ted Butler and you can get a sense for [...]

Silver Coins and the Nomad

If you’ve read “The Fourth Turning”, by Strauss and Howe, you’ll know that I’m thinking of the generation of people born between 1960 and 1980, just after the boom and before the ‘Y’ generation.
Nomad sounds better than ‘X’ or slacker, but the important thing is, according to Strauss and Howe, the time period (political, economic, [...]