(by Chris Hamilton) Once upon a time, there was a thing called a “free-market” and for a time nations strove toward this ideal. To wit, a free market economy was a market-based economy where prices for goods and services would be set freely by the forces of supply and demand…
In a surprising update, Canadian Silver Maple Leaf sales for the first half of 2014 surpassed sales during the same period last year. According to the Royal Canadian Mint’s Q2 2014 Report, just released, sales of Silver Maples hit a new record of 15.4 million ounces in the first half…
While the Comex utilizes highly leveraged paper contracts to control the price of silver, physical metal continues to be drained out of the Shanghai Futures Exchange. In just one week, total inventory declined by 24%. As I mentioned in a earlier article, the Comex is more of a paper trading…
The banking cartel may not realize it, but they woke up a sleeping giant… physical silver investment demand. Before the collapse of the U.S. Housing and Investment Banking Industries, there was very little global demand for physical silver bars and coins. This all changed in 2008, when the world faced…
Crime Boss: Wall Street Has No Ethics. The Colombo crime family’s former boss – Michael Franzese – says even he doesn’t trust Wall Street. Franzese – played by Joseph Bono in the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie “GoodFellas” – spent 10 years in prison after he was convicted on federal racketeering…
(by Charles Savoie) Just to make reference to this alleged “new” silver fix, and how bogus it is, I offer this brief report. It appears that HSBC, Scotia Mocatta, and Mitsui & Company are the London based ringleaders of the “new” silver fix, along with Thomson Reuters, corresponding to their…