Silver is a hot topic these days even with the recent sell-off. So how much do you know about the metal and its underlying fundamentals? What caused its price increase? Mine production? Household use? Government holdings? In this article Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst for Casey Research and Big Gold, “the best precious metals […]
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by Andrey Dashkov, Casey International Speculator The gold-silver ratio (GSR) measures how many ounces of silver one can purchase for an ounce of gold, on a certain date. Reference to the ratio has a long history. One of the first mentions was that upon the death of Alexander the Great, the ratio was 12.5 to
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By David Galland, Managing Director, Casey Research Today I’d like to share a couple of thoughts on the matter of the correction in commodities about which we have been so vocally warning, and which has now occurred. After having written in early April about the possible market response to the end of QE2, specifically about
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By Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD The numbers for silver demand are starting to make some market-watchers nervous. The U.S. Mint sold over 6.4 million silver Eagles in January, more than any other month since the coin’s introduction in 1986. China’s net imports of silver quadrupled in 2010, to 122.6 million ounces, roughly 13.7% of global
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Gold, silver & rare earth Which has the strongest trend right now? In today’s video we will be looking at the gold market, analyzing the silver market, and finally, checking into the rare earth market. Before you look at the video, you may want to consider doing this as an exercise: Write down which market
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By Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD For most people, there are some surefire luxuries that signify wealth, a few pearls of conspicuous consumption that say you’ve made it. For me, it’s always been a second home. My grandparents owned a vacation home in Arizona and then Florida when I was a kid, and it was an annual highlight
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By Jeff Clark, BIG GOLD After stellar years for both gold and silver, what prices will precious metals hit in 2011? Here’s an analysis based strictly on their price behavior in the current bull market. First, take a look at the annual percentage gains that gold has registered since 2001 (based on London PM Fix
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By David Galland, Managing Director, Casey Research Last month gold broke into new record territory – reaching an all-time high of $1,387 on October 14. A new record in nominal terms, that is. To top the previous high in inflation-adjusted dollars, gold will have to approximately double from there. Silver, however, has barely made it halfway
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By Jeff Clark, Senior Editor, BIG GOLD We once had an ongoing series in BIG GOLD called, “1001 Reasons to Own Gold.” The idea was that there were so many valid reasons to own the metal that I wanted to track and report on them. If you’ve been invested in the precious metals arena, you know
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Dear Editor, I am a college student and amateur trader. I have a friend of a friend who I have the unfortunate acquaintance with every now an then, and when so I get to hear his loud obnoxiousness. He is a strong believer in the “fraud” of Keynesian Economics and thinks I am “foolish” to
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