Investors are quietly accumulating physical silver and silver ETF’s, while holdings in gold ETFs have plummeted. Meanwhile, the price of silver is drifting slightly lower. What does it mean and how can you profit? In today’s article Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst for Casey Research will look at these factors and where they are pointing.  ~Tim […]
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“Look at them, all these poor tragic people. The South sinking to its knees. It’ll never rise again.” Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind. Â Just like Rhett Butler many people are beginning to believe Gold will never rise again. Given the profoundly bearish sentiment that has gripped so many participants in the resource
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Back in 1984 the idea of water scarcity was the stuff of science fiction. In that year Robert Urich starred in a Science Fiction Comedy “B” movie called “Ice Pirates”. The film takes place in a future where water is an immensely valuable substance, both as a commodity and as a currency. In today’s article
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Sometimes the herd is wrong… usually at the beginning and end of a new trend. In the middle as the trend and momentum is building the ordinary investor looks like a genius. But at the beginning of a trend only the bold like Warren Buffet are willing to take a chance and then at the
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Most precious-metals investors know that silver is more volatile than gold. But do they know just how big that difference really is? We thought it would be interesting to measure how much greater silver’s daily moves are—both in gains and declines—than gold. We documented the daily price movements for both metals, and then calculated the
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International Trade is a major component of US commerce. The top 15 U.S. trading partners accounted for 75.3% of total US imports and 71.7% of exports.
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The good news for the Chinese leadership is that their fiscal policies have paid off, producing both the world’s second-largest economy and the globe’s leading creditor nation in less than a generation. The less good news is that the country’s hell-bent drive towards industrialization has brought in its train a host of collateral problems, not the least of which is pollution. Last month Beijing’s air pollution soared past levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organization.
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Pipelines used to be things that were just built without blinking. It is said that there are enough pipelines now in the US to encircle the Earth 25 times with enough left over to also tie a bow around it. Today, getting a pipeline built is not so easy – there are too many environmental concerns and the industry has become highly polarized. But here’s one thing that could bring everyone together: pipeline safety technology. And it’s something we all want, especially for those who live along the thousands of miles of aging pipeline routes that carry hazardous liquids.
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Is Germany preparing for future capital controls? The best indicator of a chess player’s form is his ability to sense the climax of the game. –Boris Spassky, World Chess Champion, 1969-1972 You’ve likely heard that the German central bank announced it will begin withdrawing part of its massive gold holdings from the United States as
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Clicks vs. Bricks With the huge popularity of the internet it’s no longer uncommon for people to do their discretionary shopping online. The trend is towards more and more online purchases. According to the U.S. Census Bureau News, eCommerce for the 3rd Quarter of 2012 was 5.2% of total retail sales while it was only 1.7% of total
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