Precious metals news

Submitted by Morris Hubbartt: Public participation in gold is near the lowest levels of the bull market. This is a good sign that higher prices are coming.   My upside targets […]

The leader of Bulgaria's opposition Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Ahmet Dogan survived an assassination attempt during a live speech today as the worst hitman ever lept on the stage, but […]

By SD Contributor Marshall Swing: Gold & Silver COT Report 1/18/13: Commercial longs beefed up 1360 contracts to their total on the week and a large 2,126 shorts to end […]

Submitted by Deepcaster: “Knowing Key Truths, especially those hidden by Officialdom for their own Economic or Political Benefit, is a Necessary, but not Sufficient, Condition for Successful Investing. Therefore, Periodic […]

Submitted by Adam Hamilton: Before investors can sell high and multiply their wealth, they first have to buy low.  The lower any trade’s entry price, the greater its ultimate profits.  […]

News hit today that the US Mint is already out of stock of 2013 silver bullion coins. Due to unprecedented investor demand, they won't have more coins for sale until the end of the month. Kind of gets you wondering just how much silver is in the world today. Check out this entertaining info-graphic from Visual Capitalist:

Silver expert Ted Butler has long predicted and awaited an eventual industrial shortage of physical silver, and a resulting panic silver buying that terminates the bullion bank cartel's manipulation of […]

With this week's 600+ ton gold repatriation announcement by the Bundesbank, Germany certainly appears to be taking Jim Willie's advice to heart that those who exit the USdollar system first […]

Legendary gold trader Jim Sinclair sent an email alert to subscribers Thursday night, informing them that gold will save the financially collapsing world of debt, and that the metal will […]

Caption Contest Friday! Ze Germans examine their first bars of physical gold... with a mass spec/tungsten scanner on the table. 

Demand for gold is likely to rise as the world heads towards a multi-currency reserve system under the impact of uncertainty about the stability of the dollar and the euro, […]

An Australian prospector has discovered a massive 177 oz gold nugget using a state-of-the-art $6,000 hand held metal detector. In other news, several members of the NY Fed were spotted […]

*Update: as if on que, the Mint has just notified the primary dealers that Silver Eagles are sold out, and that sales are suspended effective immediately through 1/28! The US […]

Gold is back in the spotlight this week with the news that Germany's central bank is going to begin repatriating its gold held in the US and France. Germany - the only nation in the EU that seems concerned about fiscal responsibility - has the second largest gold reserves in the world after the US. All of this has got some people wondering just how trustworthy central banks are nowadays, as well as what this could mean for the future of the yellow metal. Check out Adam English's commentary on Wealth Wire:
"So far, the 1,536 tonnes of gold the Fed holds for Germany, worth over $80 billion at spot prices, has only been backed up by personal assurances. Now the Fed will have to prove its demands for blind faith were at least partially justified as 768 tonnes are removed over the next several years.
All the Germans originally wanted was basic verification and inspection of their property. Perhaps if the Fed was more accomodating, there never would have been pressure on the Bunde...

By SD Contributor SRSrocco: The problem today with the typical analysis coming from the BULLS & BEARS concerning future silver investment demand and price is that it is based upon […]

Our favorite member of the European Parliament, UKIP member Nigel Farage delivered another epic rant Wednesday.  Farage stated that while from Barroso's perspective: I suppose, the champagne is still flowing, […]

A classic COMEX open waterfall in gold and silver this morning has erased the week's gains in both metals.   Silver was smashed over .60 back to a $30 handle, and […]

Whether the repatriation of only some 20% of Germany's gold reserves from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Banque of Paris back to Frankfurt manages to allay […]

Jim Sinclair stated Wednesday that a full blown currency war will arrive by 2015-2017.  Russia meanwhile warns that the world is on the brink of a fresh currency war here […]

BrotherJohnF discusses silver's technicals and the implications of Germany's gold repatriation request to the gold market in his latest Silver Update: Gold Games