Will Precious Metal Premiums One Day Trump the Spot Price?
One of the curious characteristics of the retail precious metals market is the premium that retail investors… [more]
Manipulation in the Silver Market — Can it be Stopped?
The precious metals market and the silver market in particular have been the subject of ongoing… [more]
Will Precious Metal Premiums One Day Trump the Spot Price?
One of the curious characteristics of the retail precious metals market is the premium that retail investors… [more]
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Will Precious Metal Premiums One Day Trump the Spot Price?
One of the curious characteristics of the retail precious metals market is the premium that retail investors need to pay in order to purchase silver or gold bullion coins for investment purposes. This premium consists of the extra price that an investor needs to pay over and above the intrinsic value of the metal contained within the coin evaluated at prevailing spot market prices. The value of such investment grade bullion coins is typically related to the current market price for the metal, … [Read More...]
Throwing BRICS Into the Fire of Precious Metal Investment Demand
Despite ongoing pressure from the United States for China to join its sanctions against Iran due to concerns over the Islamic country’s nuclear program, an Iranian diplomat recently revealed that new energy trades between Iran and China will be settled in China’s official currency the yuan. China has recently been promoting the yuan as an international currency to compete with the U.S. Dollar. Estimates indicate that this latest move by China will effectively remove 2.4 million barrels of … [Read More...]
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Weekly Review, May 19th, 2012
WORLD Seems the market has digested Greece...But are we ready for Spain? Or Portugal? Or Italy? Why Greece Needs to Leave the Euro Zone There are many things Alexis Tsipras likes about Germany. The leader of Greece's Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) party drives his BMW motorcycle to work at the Greek parliament in the morning, Germany's über-leftist Oskar Lafontaine is one of his political allies, and when it comes to his daily work, his colleagues have noticed a certain tendency … [Read More...]
Alternative Peak Silver Indicator: Purchasing Power in Ounces
The price of silver has risen dramatically over the past few years to outpace many other investments. Silver’s price has risen from $8.40 per ounce in October of 2008, to attain a high of $49.78 in April of 2011, before retracing down as far as 26.05 last September. Nevertheless, as prices for some consumer goods continue rising, and as other investments like real estate continue depreciating, having an idea of the value of goods and services compared to the price of an ounce of silver or … [Read More...]
