Friday , 1 November 2024

Lorimer Wilson

A Close Look At the Relationship Between Gold & Silver (4K Views)

Until the crisis in the international monetary system is resolved, the monetary aspect of silver will dominate its industrial aspect, and gold will keep its leadership role. As the silver price goes up, the more the industrial demand will decline, while the monetary demand will rise. The question is, in what proportions will this happen. Central banks and sovereign funds will dominate the gold market, whereas private investors will mainly dominate the silver market. There is no central bank that I know of that is buying silver today for its monetary reserves. Gold remains mainly a monetary metal, whereas silver has, above all, become an industrial metal that, in a monetary crisis like today's, can play a monetary role, as "poor man’s gold".

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China Knows Something About Gold That the West Does Not – Here’s What It Is (+2K Views)

[It has been] suggested recently that there must be collusion between America and China over the transfer of gold from Western capital markets. They assume that governments know what they are doing, so there is a bigger game afoot of which we are unaware. The truth of the matter, though, is simply that China and Western capital markets view gold very differently. Let me explain.

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Silver Has the Potential to Increase 4-Fold From Today’s Price – Here’s Why (+3K Views)

The price ratio of gold to silver has fallen precipitously in raging bull markets for the metals, so the silver price could have an upwards move at four times the rate of any gold price increase. I think that the fundamentals look better than ever, and...[that] there is an explosive move coming in 2014. [Indeed,] I think that within a reasonable timeframe silver will probably trade over $100.

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4 Specific Reasons Why Owning Gold Still Matters

I'm not going to predict a speedy recovery for gold prices. That said, I continue to believe that gold offers investors safety in an uncertain world and, while I remain optimistic about the recovery of the U.S. economy and stellar financial performance of some companies, there is reason for concern on a global level. That's why I think every investor...must own gold.

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Increasing Evidence Indicates a Reversal in Gold & Silver Trend Is Near

We can find nothing – nothing – that has happened over the past two years that invalidates the principal reasons we've laid out for owning precious metals. [This article] looks at the key reasons why we originally recommended gold and silver plus, sadly, several new drivers that have developed recently all of which confirm that the bruised precious metal investors out there should still sleep well at night, secure that the foundational rationale for holding gold and silver remains intact.

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