I don't even collect these things and I'd be willing to pay an extra premium on it. Although I do collect anything with consecutive or low serials...
Excellent distinctions I can get on board with for the most part. It's unfortunate that the good use and bad use of leverage are not separable at...
I'd advocate no margin on the buy or the sell side. Each contract is fully backed by real funds and fully represented by real goods. If market...
I am loosely familiar with the history of the Chicago Butter and Egg Board, why it was necessary for price stability, and how it was of benefit to...
I may be off the mark, but I do not feel that contracts make the market any less cornerable. What they really do is shift who has the ability...
For the sake of argument I am assuming ETFs do not exist. That really leaves only one other option. A real exchange.
Yes, you are right. I was on the wrong train of thought here. Let's try again. The reason why I initially thought that without paper traded...
I suppose I am merely speculating that if the physical metal had to exchange hands in order for the transaction to occur that it would not be...
My understanding was that it was the Pan Asian Gold Exchange, not the HKMEX that would accomplish this. But the PAGE got squashed. Supposedly...
In this case 'fixed' means 'static', not 'rigged' - two different meanings for the same word. They merely set the price as a mechanism of...
A lot probably would have gone to other ETFs, but a lot probably would have gone to physical silver as well. No way to know for sure how it would...
Due to everything dropping on Friday except for metals, that seems to indicate metal demand is increasing as a default hedge. If it were an...
This was exactly my thought before I came to check this thread :) In 2008 there was an electronic run on the banks, so we know how that will go,...
This is an interesting take. I am on the fence as to whether it would decrease or increase the likelihood of a bank run. If there is less cash to...
I am somewhere in the middle on this. Silver definitely, far too small of a market to hold a candle in the global marketplace, or for monetary...
I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this one. It sounds like you're saying it's not possible for this process to expand the money...
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. Therefore we can conclude that central banks...
I'm a little foggy on this, but isn't your statement dependent upon the FDIC having adequate deposit funds in the first place? My impression is...
Uhm, gold is up 3.4% on the day, silver up 3.2%. Everything you just said about gold equally applies to silver. You really shouldn't complain...
I mostly agree, except that it can't just be observation of behavior since the behavior came after the call. Either way it leaves little doubt...
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