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  • Top Primary Silver Miners Q1 2015 Results: Still Losing Money Even With Lower Costs

    With the rapid fall in the price of oil, the primary silver miners production costs declined in the first quarter of 2015.  How much?  Well, actually a bit more than I forecasted.  However, even with lower production costs, the top 12 primary miners as a group still lost money.

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  • MUST SEE CHART: Major Bank Fraud Adds Up To A Lot Of Silver

    The amount of fraud taking place in the major banks throughout the world is staggering to say the least.  Ironically, the only market that isn’t manipulated, is the silver market… so they say.  To make it seem as if the regulators are on the ball, many of the major banks have been found guilty of committing one fraud or another, paying large fines and settlements. 

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  • Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Sales Hit New Record Q1 2015

    While demand for U.S. Silver Eagles declined somewhat during the first quarter of 2015, the Royal Canadian Mint sold the most Silver Maples ever.  The U.S. Mint sold 12.1 million Silver Eagles in the first quarter of 2015 compared to 13.9 million during the same period last year, a decline of 13%.  On the other hand, Q1 2015 Canadian Maple Leaf sales actually increased 8.5%.

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  • GERMAN GOLD BUYING: A Chart You Have To See

    While EASTERN demand for physical gold investment remains strong, most of the folks in the WEST are bored with the barbarous relic as they continue to funnel their funds into highly inflated paper assets. However, the Germans seem to look at gold a bit differently… actually a lot differently.

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  • Something BIG Is About To Happen To Silver

    Yes, that’s correct. Something BIG is about to happen to silver.  Now, how this plays out is hard to tell.  Recently released new data points to a situation that will force a BIG move in the silver market.  In addition, there have been some very interesting movements in the flow of silver bullion.

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  • The Precious Metal Favored During A Financial Crisis Isn’t Gold

    Many of the top precious metal analysts state that gold is the premium asset and insurance hedge during a financial collapse.  We hear this time and time again.  However, if we look at the data during the near collapse of the U.S. Banking and financial system in 2008, gold wasn’t the most sought after precious metal.

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  • Why Is The U.S. Importing So Much Silver Bullion?

    Something very interesting took place during the first two months of 2015.  U.S. silver bullion imports increased significantly compared to the same period last year.  Now, this has nothing to do with the supposed increase of JP Morgan silver inventories as that took place starting in March.

     

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  • Ted Butler: The Biggest Silver Haul In History

    As I’ve mention previously JPMorgan is still stopping (taking) silver deliveries in its own house account. In the May COMEX futures contract, they’ve taken over three million ounces so far.

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  • Global silver output running low — report

    After over ten years of gains, global silver production is expected to drop this year, as new supply from projects won’t be sufficient to replace production losses from aging operations, a study released Wednesday shows.

    According to the World Silver Survey 2015, published by The Silver Institute and Thomson Reuters GFMS, global silver output went up by 5% in 2014 to reach 877.5 million ounces, the 12th successive gain and a new record. This year, however mine supply is set to decrease.

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