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US Mint Runs Out Of Silver On Same Day Price Of Silver Plunges To 2015 Lows

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In the aftermath of the latest breakout of the Greek crisis, Europeans across the continent, not just in Greece (even though with capital controls, potential deposit confiscation and currency devaluation they would have benefited by far the most), scrambled to buy physical gold and silver.

This is what the UK Royal Mint said a week ago, "During June, we experienced twice the expected demand for Sovereign bullion coins from our customers based in Greece."

Other dealers had comparable experiences: “Most of our common gold coins are sold out,” Daniel Marburger, a director of Frankfurt-based CoinInvest.com, said by phone. “When people learned that the Greek banks will be closed, they started to think that it may not be such a bad idea to have some money in gold.”

GoldCore, which buys and sells bullion, reported coin and bar demand increased “significantly” on Monday. Sales to U.K. and Ireland today are about three times the average level for the past three Mondays, according to an e-mailed statement from the Dublin-based firm.

BullionVault, which operates the largest online physical gold trading platform, reported a jump in sales during the first half of this year, a sign of a broader increase.

Earlier today, we learned that the latest place that hit by the precious metal scramble was the US itself, when we learned that the US mint had suspended Silver Eagle sales as a result of a spike in demand, with our source advising that "all bullion distributors (like A-Mark, Dillon Gage, CNT, etc) were already raising premiums."

And while the US Mint rarely issues press releases to confirm such adverse matters, moments ago this was confirmed by Bloomberg:

  • U.S. MINT SAYS 2015 AMERICAN EAGLE SILVER COINS SOLD OUT

When will the Mint restock and resume sales?

  • U.S. MINT PLANS TO RESUME SILVER COIN SALES IN TWO WEEKS

In other words, no orders until August.

And while the US mint halting sales of silver (or gold) during times of peak demand is nothing new, what is surprising is that as the chart below of monthly silver American Eagle sales, demand in recent months has hardly been off the charts.

Which makes one wonder: just what is the inventory buffer at the mint if a modest 1.6 million ounces of silver sold in one week can deplete the Mint's planned holdings for one entire month.

And another question: in just what supply/demand universe does such an explicit confirmation of a surge in demand for silver result in a plunge in the price of spot silver to its lowest level of the year!?

One wonders if Citigroup, and its soaring silver derivative exposure, may have anything to do with this...

 

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Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:28 | 6281281 nope-1004
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GS: "no one is buying this dip".

lol

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:31 | 6281295 LoneStarHog
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Operation Texas has a plethora of information, including understanding the silver/gold markets and why one MUST hold both.

Measure Your Wealth In Ounces, Not Dollars.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:32 | 6281300 stacking12321
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i just bought some cheap 100 oz bars:

https://comparesilverprices.com/

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:38 | 6281338 OrangeJews
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Just picked up a tube of 2014's and 2 tubes of 2012's.  

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:43 | 6281349 Pinto Currency
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Physical gold and silver shortage shown by price backwardation:

https://monetary-metals.com/silver-market-change-report-5-july-2015/

 

Shortage leads to collapsing prices. 

When it's all gone, they'll be giving it away for free.

The Keynesian version.

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:44 | 6281361 Arnold
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In what world?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:49 | 6281379 Pinto Currency
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In the convoluted world of Keynes.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:50 | 6281385 green sheen
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You really can blame everything on you know who
https://youtu.be/8l_YrPvP7YA

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:01 | 6281434 SuperVinci
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SILVER FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:02 | 6281439 Save_America1st
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the Mint knows well ahead of time what their supply is.  They must have known over a month ago at what point they were going to run out (or lie that they've actually run out). 

Given that, I'm sure JP Morgan also knows when the Mint is going to run out as they just may be the ones who are buying up most of the silver Eagles anyway.

Today's slam must not be a coincidence with this news then.

JPM dumped 1 Billion in paper on the market to front-run the news about the Mint being "out" of silver Eagles in order to supress price and scare everyone away from taking the real silver prices to the moon.

Just a theory...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:30 | 6281595 Xibalba
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Buy all the phizz you want!   NONE OF IT IS RECORDED on those paper 'markets'.  Paper is a policy tool....Phizz is a vote with your feet.  Choose wisely...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:39 | 6281662 Boris Alatovkrap
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Da! Da! You are buy physical. Gold and is silver too expensive, so buy copper!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:56 | 6281761 ZeroIntelligence
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Honest question: How do you realize material profit from a buy/hold PM trade?  If you're hedging inflation, shouldn't you buy TIPS/short USD?  If you're hedging apocalypse, shouldn't you buy something useful like PB or C2H5OH?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:00 | 6281781 strannick
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Don't vote.

Dont write your Congressman.

Real rebels buy physs silver

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:30 | 6281922 Pairadimes
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The death of the paper market for PMs is a major milestone on the way to the reset. It marks the very end of the ability of the Fed and its owners to manipulate the price of money as measured in fiat currency.

As physical dries up at these low, manipulated prices, more and more people are going to realize that they will never take delivery at these paper prices, and paper will start to be discounted due to low physical availability and increasing selling pressure in favor of cash.

I don't see an alternative to the thing acting like a huge compressed spring that is finally released. When it happens, it will release tremendous downward pressure on the value of the dollar and other fiat.

The idiots at the Fed have managed to bottle up a huge amount of volatility in PMs with their manipulation. It is not if, but when the lid comes off.

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:41 | 6281938 Supernova Born
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Paper and phyical have gone their separate ways.

APMEX is charging over 25% premiums on silver.

WTF.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:56 | 6281996 Mr. Ed
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The reason Ag price is falling - too simple to grasp: someone is selling a shitload of PHYSICAL silver! You just don't know who, why or where ;-)

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:03 | 6282055 Mr. Ed
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I'm sorry, but downvotes won't change a thing. -:)

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:20 | 6282128 johngaltfla
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They didn't "run out of silver" that's the big lie.

The idiots bought the blanks at well over $18 per oz. and create the myth that they ran out. Sales are stopped automatically when the market price drops 20% or more below the price of blanks to try to stop the losses from getting too severe.

Government efficiency as usual.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:38 | 6282205 Mr. Ed
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And, if they wait a little longer, they'll have blanks to burn at a REALLY low price!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:49 | 6282251 N2OJoe
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Yup, here is your "physical" (read: paper) bullion dumping http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-07/gold-silver-slammed-massive-vol...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:35 | 6281951 BaBaBouy
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# 101: Amazing Fucking NYC HFT BOTS???

Keep Big Stocks/USD Flying, KILL Everything Else ===> Especially PM's...

Simple Enough???

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:41 | 6281931 BaBaBouy
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No Doubt Bouffet Is Having A Fine Fuck Of A Time These Days...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:01 | 6281782 strannick
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Don't vote.

Dont write your Congressman.

Real rebels buy phyzz silver

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:13 | 6281855 Mark of Zerro
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You're not doing it for inflation - you are buying physical metals to hedge against lack of confidence in the markets / gov't / ...

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:34 | 6281921 Xibalba
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The best hedge against 'inflation' is debt:  Borrow now and pay it back in 'lesser value' units.  Hence why they have 'inflation targets'.  Hyper-inflation, or failure of the fiat, is a totally different scenario...

 

Phizz is a parallel currency, one with tangible value, centuries of history to observe, and the benefit of being misunderstood by the 'banking' class (under allocated).     

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:41 | 6281975 Creepy A. Cracker
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Unsecured debt.  Otherwise, good luck if/when you can't repay.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:29 | 6281919 Captain Debtcrash
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Good rule of thumb, don’t invest in insolvent entities.  Litmus test for insolvency is simply if an entity did not have access to loans or a printing press could they meet their near term obligations.  If the answer is no, then don’t buy their debt.  So I'd say don't touch tips.  

Buying PM's is not hedging again apocalypse, it is a superior asset to hold during monetary shift, and it appears as if we are getting close to a necessary monetary shift.  Discussions on banning cash, and Negative rates are a hint.  They have happened before and are often tumultuous.  1912-1915, 1929-1933, 1942-1946, 1968-1972.  No, not the end of the world just a new world monetary system, really isn't all that rare at all.  The result, that can be tough to guess but students of history know it hasn't caused an apocalypse in the past. 

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:55 | 6281756 Icelandicsaga.....
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Boris .. where have you been . .we have missed you tovarich .. my gold silver dealer does sell copper rounds.. coins .. commemorative St. Gaudens and Don't Tread on Me among others .. nice for collections .... Boris .. do not leave again .. you always make my day.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 22:04 | 6283233 Boris Alatovkrap
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Boris is prefer lead round to copper round, but maybe copper tip round is you are suggestion?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 22:06 | 6283250 bonderøven-farm ass
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aes alienum

Sun, 07/19/2015 - 22:04 | 6330941 Fleendar the Ma...
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Ja, copper is goot, however, you must be careful with it. It's expensive to buy copper bullion rounds, and while they look great? They turn green FAST.

While I do have about 200 ounces of copper bullion, I save all pre-1981 US pennies. They are 95% copper - 5% zinc and is the cheapest way to get government issued copper. People will be more inclined to trade for copper pennies because they know that the US government is very specific about metallurgy. We also know that the government is culling them out to melt and sell the metal as they churn out the new zinc penny that is copper washed.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:30 | 6281602 Four chan
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we are truely through the looking glass my fellow stackers, get the real while its on sale.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:35 | 6281631 SRSrocco
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Has The Global Run On Silver Begun? Shortages On The Horizon?

http://srsroccoreport.com/has-the-global-run-on-silver-begun-shortages-o...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:40 | 6281667 Boris Alatovkrap
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Buy Copper!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:51 | 6281736 Captain Debtcrash
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Are you in lala land, copper is dependent on growth in the economy, I don't see that anytime soon considering China and Europe.  Stick with Gold and silver.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:02 | 6282046 Boris Alatovkrap
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You are astute smart! Boris is observing of exact phenomenom, only is find high purity copper ore in urban area of prosperous development. Copper indeed is dependent for growth of economy.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:57 | 6282279 Ajax_USB_Port_R...
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..."find high purity copper ore in urban area... "  = gutters and downspouts

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 18:31 | 6282440 actionjacksonbrownie
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That would be Aluminum.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:59 | 6281775 Icelandicsaga.....
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Boris . the new people ZH have no appreciation for farce or sarcasm ./ your great gift is lost on them . but keep it up anyway .. jus tto watch morons be morons.

Wed, 07/08/2015 - 08:14 | 6284357 Mr. Hyde
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I want my 5 minutes back you Jerry's Kid

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:54 | 6281403 tmosley
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2008 redux. Paper tp zero.

Better have that phys.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:40 | 6281670 Boris Alatovkrap
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Buy Copper!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 20:55 | 6282943 AE911Truth
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No Borris,

Buying Physical Silver will take out the criminal Banksters.

Buying copper will not.

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 22:02 | 6283224 Boris Alatovkrap
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But Boris is not rarely finding silver. Silver mine operation is expensive because of thick cement wall of rebar enforcement and sometime is security guard.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:25 | 6281563 sam i am
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Russia vs. ECHR: The Rise and Fall of the European Courts

 

http://thesaker.is/russia-vs-echr-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-european-courts/

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:44 | 6281685 Boris Alatovkrap
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Boris is nearly 15,000 m* of high quality copper ore storage, everyone, you are buy copper, Boris is sell!

(*various 6 guage to 16 gauage, you pick!) 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:31 | 6281930 kaiserhoff
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The polite term is "suburban mining", Boris.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:05 | 6282063 Boris Alatovkrap
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Suburban is mean "below urban area"?

Is make Boris thinking of racist arab joke...

What are you call bloody beat up face of jihadist? "Subturban Renewal"!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 18:36 | 6282463 Tall Tom
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Circuit Breakers have Silver Contacts, Boris.

 

Do not ignore that.

 

Get yourself some Silver.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9YTgCuNFDM

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:57 | 6281409 kaiserhoff
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There is no backwardation in silver.

The futures are close to flat, but that is due to ZIRP and not much else.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:13 | 6281496 Pinto Currency
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Look at spot offer vs the near forward bid in London.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:32 | 6281592 kaiserhoff
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Look at the CME.  There are these weird anomalies in London, but never in the States where the real volume is.

I love to trade backwardation.  If it was real, it would run through at least a year of the series, not just spot/nearest future, and that's impossible to trade except for the brokers.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:02 | 6281789 Four chan
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look at ebay to see the real price as an actual market determines price discovery.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:47 | 6282005 Pinto Currency
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The LBMA is the major market.

Trades 1.5 billion oz of silver (paper) per day.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:07 | 6282071 Boris Alatovkrap
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LBGT is alternative market, trade billion tonne of skittle color rainbow each days.

(apologies to Amerikanski have gay marriage... in Russia, is not even gay man, but all is manly!)

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:20 | 6282127 kaiserhoff
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The anomaly you are seeing is NOT backwardation.  In futures or options, the front month often trades at a small discount to spot.  This is due to the difficulty or impossibility of conversion to spot for most traders.  So, the market makers take advantage of this, and bid below spot to close expiring contracts.

Backwardation is common in grains, even hogs and cattle, where supply is often different for differing years/months/contracts.

I have not seen it in metals, for the obvious reason that metals are easily stored. 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 20:24 | 6282853 Pinto Currency
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There is physical metal shortage and backwardation of prices of gold and silver in London.

This was deemed impossible for gold historically due to the massive above-ground stock and the fact that most physical trades don't move the physical.

The backwardation should be extinguished but its not - metal shortages.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:55 | 6281407 markettime
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This must be the phase where physical an paper markets go thier seperate ways. The computer screen will say $12 per oz but you will pay $20 to get a silver eagle. 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 23:40 | 6283531 FixItAgainTony
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Yup, I bought a monster box of silver maple leafs @ $20 from what I though of a reputable major NW mint last year and they held my money for 6 months (beyond their contract) even as the spot price declined 30%. I never took physical delivery and they never explained why.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:43 | 6281355 Wile-E-Coyote
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I added to my Silver stack yesterday. I will keep buying no matter how low this goes.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:48 | 6281376 gaoptimize
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Especially, not "no matter" for me.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:30 | 6281516 God Bless The V...
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@stacking12321

 I prefer these guys. I use them all the time. Pricing is all-in with shipping and quantity discounts: http://buybullion.com/search/all-silver-products?quantity=100

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:51 | 6281735 pazmaker
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I just checked their prices and for American eagles JM Bullion is cheaper with free shipping

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 21:31 | 6283068 stacking12321
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very nice, thanks for the link!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:09 | 6281830 mr.n3utr0n
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Thanks! Good prices at Silver.com, just bought my first 1oz. of Gold.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:17 | 6281877 indygo55
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Me too. I just got some 100 oz JM bars (new) for 1658 delivered. That's a pretty good deal especially if I actually receive them. Its not yours if you don't hold it. Delivery and premium will be what establishes the price from here on out. 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:12 | 6282087 Antifaschistische
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Sounds like a good time for the state of Texas to take delivery on $200,000,000 in silver

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:32 | 6281302 Silver Shield
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I Finally Beat ZeroHedge to the punch for once...

BREAKING! US Mint Suspends Silver Eagle Sales AGAIN!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieUCEn8zfg

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:33 | 6281311 Kaiser Sousa
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yeah u did Chris...

i got the scoop from u via Andy...

btw: u r appreciated man....stay up.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:01 | 6281440 Silver Shield
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It helps to report the rumor instead of waiting to read the news... :)

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:06 | 6281459 Kaiser Sousa
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all good man...

we may be miles away but still we're in the same camp...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:09 | 6281473 Silver Shield
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Thank God for the internet!

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:15 | 6281511 Kaiser Sousa
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no doubt...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:39 | 6281647 Bay of Pigs
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What a mess this world has become, as in FUBAR.

Cheers, best wishes and Aloha to both of you.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:39 | 6281663 Silver Shield
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Just focus on what you can control.

Real freinds. Real Skills. Real Wealth.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:46 | 6281689 Kaiser Sousa
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and thats real talk...

the collective man...its all about the collective...

start there...and if ur lucky enoght to cross paths with those like minded and spirited you will know...

then join hands...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:38 | 6281962 Hitlery_4_Dictator
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This guy is such a phony...makes fun of Alex Jones, saying he's all about fear porn, then this guy goes on in the exact next sentance to say you better get silver or you will die, lol.....if you are going to call someone a spade at least have the common decency to practice what you preach....come on

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 17:37 | 6282189 Hugh G Rection
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Well he does say to listen to all and follow none...

He IS right about fakepatriot Alex Jones.  A friend of mine is quite well known in the alternative media and has gone shooting with AJ on his property in Texas.  According to him... Jones is a DOD contractor paid handsomely to misguide the awakening masses. 

 

Remember when AJ said Arabs run Hollywood? LOL!

 

Remember when AJ reported on the Mossad agents arrested with truck bombs on 9/11...?  Oh wait, he avoids all things Israel...

 

It's not just the MSM that is a Zio controlled shitshow.  Do your own research brother.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 20:17 | 6282826 Hitlery_4_Dictator
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LOL sure, I know a friend of a friend who's friends with Jones and he says he's not, lol

Wed, 07/08/2015 - 02:45 | 6283827 Hugh G Rection
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I couldn't care less about your friends.  One glance at your name and I know you have shit for brains or you are a .zog sock account.

Maybe you should watch Greatest Story Never Told and apologize to ALL of Hitler's surviving ancestors for comparing him to Billary. 

 

CUNT!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 22:57 | 6283384 HamFistedIdiot
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Jones has been soft on Irael a number of times, especially RE the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians. He throws up his hands and says they just hate each other without looking at the situation truthfully. But he is good on many other things. And he did produce Fabled Enemies with Jason Bermas which does an excellent job looking at the Israeli connection to 9/11.

Wed, 07/08/2015 - 02:49 | 6283842 Hugh G Rection
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Jason Bermas.... LMAO!

When a shill realizes they are becoming obsolete, they tend to throw in a few strips of bacon along with the turds.  My favorite Bermas segment was when he said everyone that questions Israel and Jewish control should kill themselves...  Take a bath with a toaster were his words I believe.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:07 | 6281463 Save_America1st
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SRSRocco: 

Has The Global Run On Silver Begun? Shortages On The Horizon?

http://srsroccoreport.com/has-the-global-run-on-silver-begun-shortages-o...

 

The situation in the silver market seems to point to the beginning stages of a GLOBAL RUN ON SILVER.  I say, “it seems to point to a RUN on silver” due to several indicators I am looking at.  This also may force the global silver market to suffer shortages in the future.  Why?  Well, let’s take a look at these different indicators.

First, I recently wrote an article Why Is The U.S. Importing So Much Silver Bullion?, showing that U.S. silver imports picked up considerably in the first two months of the year.  Well, this continued into March as total U.S. silver imports reached a hefty 1,504 metric tons (mt) compared to 1,129 mt during the same period last year:

U.S. silver imports are 33% higher than the first quarter of 2014.  If we consider industrial silver demand, Silver Eagle sales and the Comex Silver Inventories, the U.S. Silver Market did not require an additional 375 mt of silver.  Industrial silver demand was probably lower due to a falling U.S. Q1 GDP.  Silver Eagle sales were actually less the first quarter of 2015 compared to 2014 and total Comex silver inventories didn’t change all that much.

So, what gives?  If the U.S. Silver Market needs less silver than it did during the first quarter of 2014, someone must be stockpiling silver.  There has been speculation that JP Morgan may be one of the big buyers.  If they are, they are buying bullion bars and not Silver Eagles or Maples.  Furthermore, I do believe there are hedge funds and individuals coming in and buying huge amounts of Silver Eagles.  This is probably due to the increased financial turmoil stemming from the Greek situation.

Secondly, India is importing the MOST SILVER EVER.  As I mentioned in another article, INDIAN SILVER IMPORTS: On Track To Smash All Records, India imported a massive 3,000 mt in the first four months of the year.  If this trend continues, India will import a whopping 9,000 mt in 2015, surpassing its previous record of 7,000 mt in 2014.

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:10 | 6281481 Silver Shield
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Steve is right on the money.

We did an excellent interview with him awhile ago.

The Government Will Not Survive: Socratic Series #1 Steve St. Angelo

https://youtu.be/rIMEof-DW6o

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:46 | 6281693 Save_America1st
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Here's another the Doc posted earlier today from the Wealth Watchman:

Something VERY Interesting is Brewing in Comex Silver

http://www.silverdoctors.com/something-very-interesting-is-brewing-in-co...

Last year was the first time since these records began, that world government silver sales were ZERO
What this means is that while governments may or may not have more gold to dump onto the market, from this point onthey are out of state-owned, physical silver for all rigging intents and purposes.
Mine supply is the only card they have left, as silver’s monstrous flow, worldwide, is literally “hand to mouth”.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:32 | 6281933 Silver Shield
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Not only ZERO physcial govenrment sales...

The big banks went FULL RETARD on PM Derivatives!

Got Physical?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 21:42 | 6283132 stacking12321
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"literally hand to mouth"?

don't be silly, you can't eat silver.

oh, wait it's the word "literally" that confused you, you just didn't know what it means. that's ok, don't feel bad, a lot of people seem to have that problem these days.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:09 | 6281474 Tall Tom
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I enjoy your videos, Chris.

 

Keep up the good fight.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:13 | 6281499 Silver Shield
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It's crazy I have posted over 1,000 videos in 4 years.

https://www.youtube.com/user/TruthNeverTold

We are closing in on 100,000 subs.

And as soon as the dollar collapse happens there will not be a need to say one more word.

It will either be too late or too dangerous to talk such logic.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:20 | 6281530 Kaiser Sousa
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man i aint gonna even front...

"listen to all and follow none" is the quote that i recite over and over again starting the moment i happened across the Silver Shield many moons ago...

it was definitely destiny...many thanks.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:18 | 6281879 Save_America1st
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In a Time of Universal Deceit — Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act
Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:33 | 6281940 Silver Shield
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"I am very fond of the truth, but not at all of martyrdom." Voltaire.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 21:45 | 6283148 stacking12321
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"when you come to a fork in the road, take it!" - yogi berra

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:41 | 6281674 taoJones
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Here, here...

Nice to know you're here too Chris

I found/find your videos to be quite influential & illuminating... thanks for all your work in that regard

And as someone once said:

"I don't always buy previous metals

But when I do, I prefer silver rounds

Keep stacking my friends!"

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:34 | 6281948 Silver Shield
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You are the most intersting silver stacker :)

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 19:41 | 6282701 thecondor
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No no no. You mean the most Interesting Stacker in the World. Lol. 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:03 | 6281448 SuperVinci
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Bought 2 boxes silver today!

 

Silver is FAR more affordable than gold!!!!! Gold can store $20K in waht, like 15 coins???

 

With silver, you get 1000 of them buggers! Fuck gold.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:07 | 6281456 nope-1004
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+1  How about pennies then?

How many pennies in $20K?  Just think of the volume.... shit, you'd be rich !!!!!!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:08 | 6281466 SuperVinci
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No dude. The copper play is not big enough. Stick with silver.

SILVER FTW!!!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:11 | 6281482 HobbyFarmer
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the down side to that is the weight.  How easily can you carry a pound of gold without gaining notice?  How easily can you carry 60 lbs of silver?  Each equal 20,000 fiat.....

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:18 | 6281529 Silver Shield
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The Gold to Silver ratio is 1 to 76!

It is mined out of the ground only at a 1 to 9 Gold to Silver Ratio.

Even at these low gold prices...

Silver should be $128 today if we just got back to the Natural Ratio.

I guess Citigroup and JP Morgan would have a problem with their derivatives then...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:49 | 6281723 Bay of Pigs
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Indeed. Silver has always been the Achilles Heel for the Banksters and their fight to manipulate, suppress and denigrate real money. Both gold and silver are the most undervalued assets on the planet right now.

Anyone who has followed you or many other PM experts like Chris Powell of GATA knows this is the absolute truth.

Wed, 07/08/2015 - 13:30 | 6285974 SuperVinci
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Yea, no shit. Who's in charge of settin that anyway? Why can't we just get it reset to the ration price?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:05 | 6281450 crazytechnician
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Hey Chris, I cashed out of silver into bitcoin in 2012. That bitcoin is a ponzi scheme vidoe you did certainly was great information. Thanks man.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:07 | 6281465 Silver Shield
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Just be sure to unload the BitCon for Silver on the way down.

Here is a super powerful mathematical equation for you to compute and ponder...

Real Tangible Weath>Intangible Illusionary Wealth.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:11 | 6281843 crazytechnician
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As you advised I unloaded the silver when it was going down for bitcoin on the way up. Won't be that long before bitcoin smashes through gold ... What are your recommendations ?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:37 | 6281957 Silver Shield
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You missed the chance to exchange BitCon for gold at a 1 to 1 ratio during that bubble.

Hopefully you will be wise enough to get rid of that BitCon for Silver before we blow through parity on that.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:37 | 6281958 Silver Shield
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You missed the chance to exchange BitCon for gold at a 1 to 1 ratio during that bubble.

Hopefully you will be wise enough to get rid of that BitCon for Silver before we blow through parity on that.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:11 | 6281489 sessinpo
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Silver Shield I Finally Beat ZeroHedge to the punch for once... BREAKING! US Mint Suspends Silver Eagle Sales AGAIN!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieUCEn8zfg

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The important word you have in caps is AGAIN. The mint does that crap all the time. A great sales gimmick for dealers and the mint.

But if you go to their website and look at their news, you'll see that they aren't out of silver because they have other silver coins in production. They just only allocated so much silver for production of that spedcific coin and that coin sold out.

It is misleading to say the US Mint ran out of silver because it isn't true. Same crap eery year and ZH keeps printing the crap.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:21 | 6281550 Silver Shield
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Nope. The US Mint typically shuts down for two weeks at the end of the year.

The beginning of November 2014 they pulled this same paper slam of silver and the Mint shut down for the rest of the year.

The important thing is that, like ZH points out, what kind of freaking market do we have where the price of something crashes and physical demand shuts down the world's largest mint?

Do you see the glitch in the matrix?

Things that cannot go on forever... won't.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:25 | 6281567 Kaiser Sousa
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"Do you see the glitch in the matrix?"

his comment tells the tale...

Blue pills for everyone..........

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:32 | 6281304 SilverDoctors
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Physical silver market is near the breaking point...not only is the US Mint"sold out" of Silver Eagles, they suspended all sales until AUGUST!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:42 | 6281316 F0ster
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If you waited to buy the bottom in silver your shit out of luck now. Called my dealer today(major dealer) and he sold out of Monster Boxes this am. Cleaned out!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:01 | 6281322 Kaiser Sousa
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yo Doc - just ordered some more Morgan Replicas from u...

i love those pieces and ur service as well....thanks man

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:39 | 6281331 CarpetShag
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"There will be no physical silver available at any price next year"
T. Butler, 2009

"Manipulation of Gold and Silver Definitely Ends This Year"-- Harvey Organ
(September 2014)
http://usawatchdog.com/manipulation-of-gold-and-silver-definitely-ends-t...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:17 | 6281522 Payne
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The US mint monthly sales report would be great to see daily sales until all units sold for month.  They sold out of Silver how many times in the past 2 years ?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:24 | 6281559 Silver Shield
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I have never see the mint shut down in the middle of the summer, have you Doc?

This is usually the quiet time of the year after May and usually does not pick up until the end of the summer.

I hope this means some Silver Eagle buyers check out Freedom Girl and Merica, the most patriotic silver strike ever ;)

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 21:54 | 6283191 stacking12321
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no. a true patriot rejects government, and puts people above medival institutions.

put the anarchy symbol on it, and then it becomes the most patriotic strike ever.

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:33 | 6281308 F0ster
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Stocks = BTFFK

Buy The Fucking Falling Knife

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:39 | 6281342 Consuelo
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Shit - I thought I had it right...  'Buy the Fucking Falling K!ke'...     Oh well...

 

 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:33 | 6281314 takeaction
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Son of a Bitch...I bought wayyy too much. You guys told me to back the truck up.....I did... Can you guys come down and help me with this?

 https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/rtr30osu.jpg?quality=80&str...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:12 | 6281487 nope-1004
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Nice GM truck, dude.  How many hectares do you get from a single tank of Kerosene?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:47 | 6281704 agstacks
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Put it in H!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:26 | 6281576 Silver Shield
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Some measure their wealth in dollars...

Some in ounces...

But YOU, fine sir, measure it in TONS!!!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 16:03 | 6281800 tenpanhandle
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I've heard of clown cars but a clown truck?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:37 | 6281332 JLee2027
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Price controls demand in the mind of the elite. So increasing demand = lower prices. 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:39 | 6281345 thunderchief
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The game now is to buy with open arms and hope they keep prices low or lower to buy more.

Everyone knows it's rigged and getting extremely desparite for the banks and market riggers.

Wed, 07/08/2015 - 08:53 | 6284514 Mauibrad
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Real vs.

Paper

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:31 | 6281283 NoDebt
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Oliver Twist.  "Please sir, may I have some more?"  "MORE!?!?"

Here's your bowl of gruel, now go away and be glad you even got that.  Stop asking us to make more gold or silver available because you don't deserve it.  Go to the back of the line again.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:49 | 6281714 agstacks
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"...to the back of the line, go to the back of the line..." <smiles>

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:29 | 6281285 wendigo
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Damn. Now I must sell some shit to buy more silver. I mean, everyone is doing it!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:30 | 6281290 Arnold
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 Very Interesting......... but stupid.

 

---Arte Johnson

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:30 | 6281293 q99x2
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I tried to buy gold with bitcoin profits but the Apmex site was too slow. Everybody must be buying. I went to Amagi Metals instead.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:39 | 6281343 stacking12321
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provident takes bitcoin, too.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:01 | 6281441 q99x2
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Thanks. I used Provident Metals too and requested signed delivery. The site works pretty well but they all seem to gouge the price a bit. 

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 22:02 | 6283221 stacking12321
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today their premium seems a little high, maybe because right after a big price drop.

but normally they are the lowest dealer on 100oz silver bars.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:58 | 6281420 Spitzer
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do they ask for finger prints and all that when you buy with btc ?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:12 | 6281488 q99x2
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If you are purchasing enough I'm sure you can make special arrangements. But the transactions are easier than with a Freakin bank card. You don't have to give them the kind of info that can be stolen and you can send it from a prepaid phone at Starbucks if you want. Have it delivered to a dying relatives address or whatever. There are many ways to go off radar if preferred. Also there is nothing the NSA or CIA or anyone can do about sending confidential info below the threshold of noise. The whole idea of security when it comes to the Internet is a joke and a trick played on dumb people. The NSA and those kind of agencies are in it for the money. The real money to be made today is in selling shit that doesn't work to rich people that don't understand technology, Banks do it. Tech companies do it and medical corporations do it. The best and the brightest minds are used to sell junk and FRAUD.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:31 | 6281296 Seasmoke
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Fuck You Jack Lew !!!!!

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:48 | 6281375 disabledvet
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Yeah, pretty much.

This does BEG THE QUESTION though:
"who is buying all that debt?"

Nobody here would appear...

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:31 | 6281297 LawsofPhysics
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Just more "free markets" and "price discovery" at work....

(do I really need the SARC flag)

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:42 | 6281350 Kaiser Sousa
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no.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:49 | 6281380 LawsofPhysics
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..and the DOW is green on the day...  un. fucking. believable.

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:53 | 6281400 Kaiser Sousa
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"when you wish upon a star....."

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 15:59 | 6281778 detached.amusement
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this is where LoP replies, "same as it ever was, asshole"

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:50 | 6281384 disabledvet
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Is Treasury out of Copper too?

Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:31 | 6281298 F0ster
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GDX also hitting its lowest day on record today

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