I Says it Once and I Says it Again

Discussion in 'Bullion Investing' started by Eminem, Apr 18, 2014.

  1. Eminem

    Eminem Active Member

    Silver is going down to 15 dollas per Troy ounce this summer. I'm tired of scared people thinking silver is going to rise to 200 dollas an ounce. It is obvious silver prices are driven by supply and demand. Though demand is higher than it was ten years ago, supply has risen by much more because of high prices. There is an excess amount of physical silver out there and the price is bound to collapse further. I do think silver will probably rise in the long term but it will not reach what some of you homies think it will reach!


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  3. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    An entire years production of silver is about 16 billion, with only about 4 billion available for investment demand. Not a heck of a lot in todays world where trillions of dollars are moved around in the financial world.
     
  4. Nuglet

    Nuglet Active Member

    Word...
     
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  5. PeacePeople

    PeacePeople Wall St and stocks, where it's at

    Awesome, you've laid out all the evidence I need to sell it all... haha
     
  6. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    I've already sold almost all of mine. Glad it's going down to $15 dollas, I'll have to stock up when it happens. :D
     
  7. Eminem

    Eminem Active Member


    Homie I said it once and I says it 'gain, you do not need to use the word 'dollas' if you have a '$' sign already. A homie in my neighborhood got yelled at by the pole-eese for throwing up that many money signs!
     
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  8. doug444

    doug444 STAMPS and POSTCARDS too!

    Got paper? Paper dollars? Paper bonds? Paper certificates of deposit? Paper IOU's from our bankrupt government? Good luck.
     
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  9. Evom777

    Evom777 Make mine .999

    When silver hit $49.....Comex immediately adjusted their margins for it. The rationale that was thrown out there to justify this was that silver was getting too volatile. Oooooooo....$49 an ounce, wow, what volatility. Who could afford such an insanely high price like that?

    All sarcasm aside......I listened to the jive that was coming from the bearish types when silver was at $30 and rising......"people will sell when it hits $35..........When it hits $40, there will be a mass exodus from silver. $45 is almost unprecedented......look for it to fall should it hit the $45 mark." Yet despite the pessimism, silver rose until Comex put their foot down. I`m not going to rehash the debate as to who might have made the request to them to do so, as it`s all water under the bridge now, but as for me, I`ll gladly keep buying it at its current levels.
    Let it hit $15.......I`ll be on that like white on rice, fo real G.
     
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  10. longnine009

    longnine009 Darwin has to eat too. Supporter

    Tubular.
     
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  11. Slider

    Slider Member

    How many separate threads do we need about the direction of silver prices?
     
  12. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    It wasn't the PRICE that Comex reacted to, it was the level of leverage.

    Comex does not CARE what prices commodities trade at. Why would they? They make money on the trades, they only want more "action" like a vegas casino. However, they are also the "house". They guarantee settlements. So, they were looking at the market going up, (increasing their potential exposure), and the amount of leverage going up, (also increasing their exposure), and adjusted their margin requirements. If there truly was demand for silver at that price, real demand, then margin requirements would not matter. If people physically wanted the silver then margins are irrelevant. Since the market reacted the way it did, its proof the run up was all from speculators and not real demand.

    The CME has done this repeatedly, for decades, with multitudes of commodities. Its common practice, yet in the PM world its some huge damn conspiracy.

    Btw, "listen to the jive of the bearish types when silver was $30", umm, were we right? Is silver $50 today, or less than $20? If you listened to all of our "jive", then you made a whole bunch of money, right? Or, in other words, you sold your silver at $30 and can buy 50% more today with that same money. You're welcome.
     
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  13. Hotpocket

    Hotpocket Supreme Overlord


    Medoraman, layin' the smackdown on all you fools! Word. Or whatever.
     
  14. vdbpenny1995

    vdbpenny1995 Well-Known Member

    Thank you, Rap God.
     
  15. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

    You can use any allowable variations of language, but it doesn't change the fact that Medoraman is correct as to the CME margin requirements. Many 'speak' as if they do not know that the CME is a publicly traded company and must not risk investor's exposure. They assume it is some government branch. They do not really know how contracts and margins work, so when margins change, and they do go both directions, they see it as a mysterious punishment. Mostly I suspect because they just listen to the bullion sellers constant lament. The only difference is that bullion sellers know about margins and they are just using it to make paper dollars. It is fine to comment on margins and the working of CME, but at least read the SEC filings of the company.
     
  16. Tinpot

    Tinpot Well-Known Member

    If you don't think Comex takes its order from the mega-banks and government then you are kidding yourself. Case in point Hunt Brothers.

    "But on January 7, 1980, in response to the Hunts' accumulation, the exchange rules regarding leverage were changed, when COMEX adopted "Silver Rule 7" placing heavy restrictions on the purchase of commodities on margin."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday

    Ofc people can come up with excuses, but the fact is that if the government or mega-banks decide its in their best interest to either increase or decrease the price of precious metals, they can heavily affect the price through various means.
     
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  17. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    Your link proves my case sir. Thanks?!

    The article states that the increased margin rule was put into effect because of Hunt's huge margin purchases. That is what I am saying. If Comex starts to worry the market is too erratic, and too much is being bought on margin, then the CME is at risk of having to replace this money if the market drops sharply. This is what they guarantee the markets, but they NEVER want to have to do it. So they manage margin requirements in order to manage their risk of having to do this.

    So, where in this does "mega-banks" and "governments" come in? Nowhere. Why don't you research the 100 other times the CME has raised margin requirements on things OTHER than PM? Pointing out one or two instances where it happened to PM, and conveniently not explaining it happens regularly in all commodity markets, is misleading in my eyes. This misleading selection of facts that is self serving is the bread and butter of pro and anti pm commentators.

    Just another example that people can quote FACTS all day long, (yes, this margin requirement change happened), but it does not mean you UNDERSTAND what it means. To do that, one must have KNOWLEDGE how the entire commodit market works.

    Its my biggest fear of the internet age. Way too many facts, way too little knowledge to properly understand the facts and put them in context.
     
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  18. desertgem

    desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor

    "But on January 7, 1980, in response to the Hunts' accumulation, the exchange rules regarding leverage were changed, when COMEX adopted "Silver Rule 7" placing heavy restrictions on the purchase of commodities on margin."

    Your quote is true. Now read this also

    http://web.pdx.edu/~jjackson/HuntSilver.html

    You can see that the CME tried to fulfill their responsibility under the preceeding margin requirements, but Hunts , possibly collaborating with Saudi and other foreign concerns didn't play fair ( IMO ) and was forced to change the number of contracts that could be held on margin.
    I know that some people believe it was just another conspiracy to keep bullionists down, but it was 3 or so bullionists trying to make multimillions quickly. The Hunts tried the same process with Water in southern California, and the Feds stepped in and stopped it. It was their MO.

    "but the fact is that if the government or mega-banks decide its in their best interest to either increase or decrease the price of precious metals, they can heavily affect the price through various means."

    Any person group of people or company with access to trading futures and a few billion in funds can readily change ( either direction) the price of any stock or commodity, with or without assistance. What prevents this from occurring is limitations with margin. You should notice that the Rule 7 mentioned by you only limits the number of contracts under margin, not if originally purchased for delivery. So the Hunts could have continued buying physical silver contracts if they were just stacking, but they were not.
     
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  19. Pacecar

    Pacecar Well-Known Member

    When it does drop to $15/ounce, please, please don't come out with a Slim Shady Re-mix like: "Will the real Silver Stackers please stock up". I don't want anyone else to know and buy, buy, buy like I will. Thank you Homie.
     
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  20. mikem2000

    mikem2000 Lost Cause

    Is this really such a stretch to believe???? I mean it would not be the first time a salesman was less than truthful. I mean think it through guys, they say they hate paper dollars but they were very happy to have you part with yours and take every last one you sent them. The conspiracy was not "the man" keeping prices down, the conspiracy was the unscrupulous convincing you that it was "the man" that was hosing you but, it was actually them.
     
  21. doug444

    doug444 STAMPS and POSTCARDS too!

    Paper dollars are not so bad if you flip them into bullion next Tuesday...
     
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