Smart silver investors now hold more Silver Eagles than the total inventories at the iShares SLV ETF or the COMEX. For the past 36 years, since 1986, investors have been buying every Silver Eagle issued by the U.S. Mint. With over a half-billion Silver Eagles now held by private investors, less than 1%
Tom Cloud discusses the implications of the new Basel III ruling on gold and what is taking place in the silver market. Tom says that premiums on silver bullion products have fallen for the first time in several months. This is also due to precious metals demand being the lowest this time of year during the summer…
After nearly three months, the U.S. Mint has finally updated its Silver & Gold Eagle sales. With the U.S. Mint releasing its new Silver & Gold Eagle designs this month, they stopped updating Silver Eagle sales in the middle of April. However, it looks like the U.S. Mint went back and updated June…
Gold & Silver coin premiums have fallen a bit recently because this is typically the slowest time of the year for the retail bullion industry. However, official coin premiums continue to be extremely elevated compared to normal prices before the pandemic shutdown. For example, Silver Maple Leaf premiums were…
After total world silver investment put a huge squeeze on global mine supply last year, the same trend continues during the first quarter of 2021. Investment demand for both physical and ETF silver remains just as strong as it was last year. This is putting a huge squeeze on the silver market…
In Tom Cloud’s newest precious metals update he discusses several topics and questions from clients. He starts off with how the falling value of the U.S. Dollar will positively impact the metals, the gold-silver ratio, why Hungry is now acquiring gold at its central bank, and what is a good percentage of gold-silver…