See the introduction and the video for the terms gold basis, co-basis, backwardation and contango. Irredeemably Yours… Yuan Stops Rallying at the Wrong Moment The so-called petro-yuan was to revolutionize the world of irredeemable fiat paper currencies. Well, since its launch on March 26 — it has gone down. It was to be an enabler for oil companies who were desperate to sell oil for gold, but could not do so until the...
Read More »Prices and Predictions – Precious Metals Supply and Demand
See the introduction and the video for the terms gold basis, co-basis, backwardation and contango. Smoke Signals Gold went up by 33 of the Master’s Notes, but silver went up only 22 of the His Cents. The rising gold-silver ratio is one thing we add to others that signal the not-good economy. Silver has industrial uses, but gold basically does not. So a rising ratio shows rising monetary demand relative to industrial...
Read More »Buy Silver And Sell Gold Now
– Buy silver and sell gold now – Frisby– Gold should cost 15 times as much as silver– Silver might have disappointed in short term – But it’s time to buy – Editor’s note: Silver has outperformed stocks, bonds and gold over long term (see table) For those of you with busy schedules who like to see arguments made in 280 characters or less, let me come straight to the point: the time has come to sell your gold and buy...
Read More »Silver’s Positive Fundamentals Due To Strong Demand In Key Growth Industries
Silver’s Positive Fundamentals Due To Strong Demand In Key Growth Industries – Increased efforts in green energy and advanced technology set to boosts silver’s demand – Four-year supply deficit set to increase due to fewer mine openings and discoveries – Bank manipulation may be why silver under performing – TD Securities and the Bank of Montreal expect silver to be best performing precious metal in 2018 – Growing...
Read More »Inflation and Gold – Precious Metals Supply and Demand
See the introduction and the video for the terms gold basis, co-basis, backwardation and contang Reasons to Buy Gold The price of gold went up $19, and the price of silver 42 cents. The price action occurred on Monday, Wednesday and Friday though so far, only the first two price jumps reversed. We promise to take a look at the intraday action on Friday. File under “reasons to buy gold”: A famous photograph by Henri...
Read More »Precious Metals Supply and Demand Report
See the introduction and the video for the terms gold basis, co-basis, backwardation and contango. Fat-Boy Waves The prices of the metals dropped $17 and $0.35, and the gold-silver ratio rose to 77. A look at the chart of either metal shows that a downtrend in prices (i.e. uptrend in the dollar) that began in mid-April reversed in mid-July. Then the prices began rising (i.e. dollar began falling). But that move ended...
Read More »Perth Mint Silver Bullion Sales Rise 43 percent In March
– Perth Mint’s silver bullion sales rise 43% in March.– Perth Mint’s monthly gold coin, bars sales fall 12%.– Gold silver ratio of 32 – 32 times more silver ounces sold.– Gold: 22,232 oz and Silver: 716,283 oz – bullion coins and minted bars sold. – Gold is 2.6% higher and silver surged 3.1% in the shortened week with markets closed for Good Friday tomorrow. Australian Kangaroo 2017, 1 oz 9999 Silver The Perth Mint’s...
Read More »Precious Metals – Backwardation Profit Taking
See the introduction and the video for the terms gold basis, co-basis, backwardation and contango. Big News The big news this week is that Donald Trump was elected to be the next president of the United States. Whether due to his comments about restructuring the government debt, tariffs on imported goods, or other economic concerns, many expected news of his election to push up the price of gold. They were wrong....
Read More »Gold and Silver Aren’t Getting Stronger
The buck. The Dollar Increases in Value The dollar moved up, though most people would say gold fell about $40, and silver 32 cents. In the mainstream view, the value of the dollar is 1/N (N is the quantity). So how could the dollar go up? Certainly, the quantity keeps on increasing. Our view is different. If you borrow dollars to buy an asset, and the asset doesn’t generate enough yield to pay the interest, you have to sell or default. It should go without saying that it is an...
Read More »Silver in the spotlight
Macroview Silver is usually referred in financial markets as ‘high-beta gold’ or the ‘poor man’s gold’. As such, the recent appreciation in silver prices is not surprising given the robust performance of gold. April 2016 was a good month for gold, with prices rising by +4.9% per ounce in US dollar terms. But it was a stellar month for silver, which rose by about 15.6%. Silver tends to be highly correlated to gold (the average 12-month rolling correlation since 1980 stands at 0.70), so...
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