Gold & Silver

Someone said recently, “If you love gold then you absolutely have to love silver”. I disagree. The current weakness in price action in silver, relative to gold decisively rejects the unrealistic expectations of many silver investors and analysts.

Today’s infographic outlines some of the key supply and demand indicators that precede a coming gold-silver cycle in which the price of silver could move upwards.

The laws of gold confiscation are very clear in the U.S.: During any time of national crisis, it becomes illegal to buy, sell, or “hoard” gold bullion in any form. It is delineated under an Executive Order and can be re-administered as quickly as the assets in your checking account can be frozen. The penalties for violation are 10 years in prison, $10,000 fine, or both. Words: 821

As long as debts are created beyond any ability to repay them, deflationary conditions will rule and, as long as deflationary conditions persist, the GSR may rise without limit. 

It's an interesting thought that the greatest threat to gold and silver investment might not be the possibility of losing on the speculation, but the government taking it away from you. It's a thought that I've found few want to even think about, let alone discuss. [Let's take this opportunity to do just that.] Words: 1800

The graphs below show that silver prices are too low based on five decades of history and via comparisons to national debt, the S&P 500 Index and gold. Expect silver prices to rise far higher in coming years as the over-leveraged financial system resets and rebalances.

The gold-to-silver ratio indicates whether gold or silver is undervalued or overvalued relative to each other. Many people believe the ratio should be roughly 16:1, since it was the level observed [over the] centuries, but this is nonsensical reasoning. Let me explain.

It's Economics 101. Price works to balance supply and demand. Limited supply causes higher prices; higher prices help curb demand...[and] that equation is playing out right now in the silver market. Mined silver supplies have been drying up over the past few years, while silver prices have climbed 20% in the same time frame...

Silver in early 2018 is inexpensive compared to M3, National Debt, government expenditures, the Dow and gold.

When the price of gold is mentioned as costing “x dollars per troy ounce” do you fully appreciate the signifance of the term "troy"? When looking to buy gold jewellery do you fully understand what the difference is between an item that is 10 "karat" gold and another item stamped 18 "karat" gold (other than that it is much more expensive)? Let me explain. Words: 587