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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1265333, member: 3011&quot;]Regarding industrial demand, silver is such a high-performance metal and so cheap when used in small quantities that I don&#039;t really know if manufacturers would be willing to sacrifice performance for a small cost savings.&nbsp; It seems that new applications are being developed pretty rapidly that require or can use silver, so higher prices might not depress total demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding investment demand, it is true that at some point investment demand will decline.&nbsp; So far higher prices seem to have increased demand.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think it is possible to forecast where the crossover will be.&nbsp; Maybe this will be a blow-off top similar to tech stocks in 2000.&nbsp; I&#039;ve already started to sell some gold and silver investments even though I don&#039;t see a near term top and expect prices to go a lot higher before the inevitable decline.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the Silver Institute, they are about the only game in town for statistics on the silver industry, but they seem to side with the users of silver rather than the producers, and I don&#039;t know if that influences the presentation of data.&nbsp; I look at their stuff, but I don&#039;t necessarily trust it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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