I would respectfully suggest that a critical item to add to the list is the change in the cost of production. The cost to mine has gone up a lot,...
Definitions from antiquity won't be on the internet, obviously. So the next best thing is a discussion of bubbles from someone who was actually...
This is starting to look like a flashback to the 90s and tech stocks. I suspect that the silver bull market is near the end timewise, but perhaps...
Jim, Great post. The market is signalling that QE2 is not a problem. But one has to wonder what the insurance would cost without Fed...
They may have been if the short term credit market collapsed. Few companies can operate when (1) their customers stop paying, (2) their banks...
There is a lot wrong with the Fed's actions, but everyone has to consider the alternatives. Anybody who got a mortgage in the past 3 years can...
For the purpose of the guessing game, I would say it sounds like First Majestic Silver.
I agree. The money will do more good in Haiti. But it's very difficult to contribute without the money being stolen or wasted. After my initial...
Personally, I think it's a lot of nonsense to attempt to forecast like that, but it probably does attract the ladies [and some clients with a...
I make a clear distinction between a bull market and a bubble using the definition that was common prior to this century. Perhaps others don't....
Can you provide a source for your $9T number?
Deflation can be good or bad depending on circumstances [isn't that always the case?]. If it is due to increases in productivity that lower costs...
My answer to #1 is zero [which is why I doubt we are in a bubble]. The answer to #2 is high enough above zero that I stopped using Ebay several...
From your research you should also have discovered that the debt to GDP ratio at the end of World War II was much higher than it is today. So...
The gold/silver ratio has no significance. It's one of those things that has been repeated so often that people believe this ratio existed for...
I am happy to be on the other side of the trade from CNBC, and you are correct that I reject the definition you use. CNBC completely missed the...
No investment can really protect against Armageddon. PMs are just another asset class, a tool to be used to improve your standard of living under...
Different clowns, same circus.
I'd bet money, even odds, that they are already there.
On the other hand, energy costs represent as much as 40% of the total cost of mining, and $100+ oil prices make $35 silver much less attractive...
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