Due to the Fed’s QE policy of propping up the stock and bond markets while monkey-hammering the precious metals, the top primary miners gave away their silver at a loss in 2013. While some of the top 12 primary miners stated adjusted income gains for the year, all the companies…
Not only did the U.S. export 128 metric tons of gold in the first two months of the year, its supply deficit continues to increase. While gold exports to Hong Kong fell in February, Switzerland imported another 28 metric tons of gold during the month, more than twice the 12…
A recent Chairman of that private corporation in control of the finances – perhaps even, the destiny – of the USA for the past 100 years, famously referred to the yellow metal as “a barbarous relic”. Although this Ph’d prophet of policy-managed markets has hardly been a fount of wisdom…
The U.S. Mint just updated their Silver Eagle sales figures for May, and it was a whopper. Since the beginning of last week, the U.S. Mint sold 1.939,500 million Silver Eagles. This is a big number. Total for the month of May is already at 3,262,000 oz. We can see…
With the results finally out, the market overwhelmingly chooses to purchase official silver coins over gold. I was patiently waiting for the Austrian Mint to publish their 2013 Annual Report releasing the gold and silver Philharmonic sales for the year. Unfortunately, the Austrian Mint’s 2013 Annual Report will not be…
Canadian silver production declined significantly in the first two months of 2014 compared to last year. The huge drop off in production was due to the closure of two base metal mines and one primary silver mine in 2013. Silver production in Canada declined from 119.5 metric tons (3.84 million…