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Size Seller Of Futures Sends Spot Gold To New All Time High Of $1725

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As Asia opens, with both the Nikkei and the Kospi printing well below 4%, a number likely to end far lower, we take a quick look at our own futures, where we notice that following a rather substantial dump which saw nearly 400k ES contracts change handles at around 6:10pm bringing the stack 10 handles lower, ES is now just barely above 1100, or 1105 to be specific at last check. The major positional offload also sent gold surging by over $7 and the shiny metal has just hit another record high in the $1723 ballpark. The overnight session should be relatively quiet aside from a Chinese CPI print which is expected to come at 6.4% but which will be goalseeked to indicate that the economy is slowing down, a move which will probably be attributed to the ongoing "revaluation" of the Yuan, which we expect will again be fixed by the PBoC at a new record high price against the USD shortly. We anticipate quite overnight trading until Europe once again opens, at which point Italy will as usual be the focus of numerous halted stocks if not entire markets.

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Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:19 | 1540081 FunkyMonkeyBoy
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Poor old silver, can't get a decent hard-on at present. Oh, well, may as well buy some more before the bernank unleashes another load of jew confetti...

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:23 | 1540103 trav7777
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and unleash he will...no choice.  These past few days are reminiscent of 08 but what's looking "priced in" at this point is that there is no confetti immediately forthcoming.

If the semiprecious metals begin to catch a stiff bid, it would indicate massive monetary inflation imminent.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:29 | 1540125 PaperBugsBurn
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I think you're wrong about that, with all due respect. The banksters' interests are global including in China and Russia. They will not jeopardize that for QE3.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:02 | 1540215 narapoiddyslexia
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Agree that QE3 may not happen, at all. Also, I think silver may be properly priced at a 30:1 ratio with gold, but factoring in that industrial demand may fall 50%. This is a theory, ok?

If silver is 30:1 with gold, then its worth about $58 per ounce, but, given that industrial demand is 60% of the demand, if the industrial demand falls 50%, then the natural price for silver is about $40 per ounce.

If the economy turns around, and if gold stays up, silver will go to the Moon. But, the economy is at its own funeral right now, it seems.

Just a theory. 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:38 | 1540399 Troll Magnet
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I'm also in the "skeptical about another round of QE" camp.  But my reasons are pretty simple.

If gold was trading at $300 lower right now, then maybe Bernanke has the chutzpah to print more fiat out of thin air.  But with gold at $1,700+, I just don't think he can print because that would be, ahem, "reckless."  

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:42 | 1540413 hedgeless_horseman
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$1742, bitchezzzz!!!!!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:47 | 1540435 DoChenRollingBearing
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I saw a mere $1738, but close enough, bitchez!

I am about to jump into a hole off the grid!  Wonder what I am going to see when I reappear?

Damn, looks like I picked a bad time to go off the grid!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:06 | 1540536 Oracle of Kypseli
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Buenas Do Chen.

What has been working lately for those who want to bet on paper overnight is gold calls versus silver puts. For several weeks this has been a winner with no chance of loosing, since gold goes up with no restriction and silver is being supressed to somewhat slow gold's rise. They have lost control of gold manipulation. If the economy goes kaboom, they will also loose control of silver.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:11 | 1540566 jomama
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or, a good time.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:47 | 1541053 TruthInSunshine
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I love me some gold at the glorious price of $1776.

Symbolism, bitchez!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:49 | 1540459 Cistercian
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Epic currency FAIL in progress!!!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:02 | 1540519 Long-John-Silver
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Bank Run Bitchez!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:14 | 1540585 disabledvet
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Here's another theory: "crazed techies buy billions in silver." obviously i don't give a shit being of a more...ascetic bent. MADNESS i tell u! Absolute MADNESS!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:24 | 1540334 High Plains Drifter
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ok ,then what happens if there is on QE3  ?  the bernank is between a rock and hard place. so where does he go?

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:26 | 1540347 Jasper M
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Well, isn't that obvious? He goes into retirement, to command huge speaking fees and write books. It's the American way 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:51 | 1540466 That Peak Oil Guy
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Once they start inflating the money supply they cannot stop.  It is impossible.  They can attempt to slow down the devaluation in the eyes of the market but it will eventually happen at an ever-accelerating pace and the more the devaluation accelerates the less they can do to slow it down.  History has shown us this time and again.

Either there will be inflation of the dollar or the entire system will collapse.  Before the collapse happens people will be clamoring for QE3 (or a similar inflationary move) to extend the time before the unavoidable pain sets in.  Inflation will continue to be the policy until it is completely out of control and the gears of commerce slow and finally stop under its numbing influence.  This is ALWAYS how a fiat money ends.  It is just a matter of timing, and the time is getting short for the dollar.

TPOG

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:15 | 1540595 High Plains Drifter
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2013 sounds about right.  100 years together.  it started in 1913.  and it may end in 2013. remember obama said he did not want to fool with any of the budget mess anymore until after the election in nov 2012.  then we have that magic number that they love , the number 13....

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:06 | 1540868 That Peak Oil Guy
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I think it is incredible that they have made it last as long as they have.  But then the reason for that was the abundance of oil, and you know where I think that topic stands now...  ;-)

TPOG

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:09 | 1540557 trav7777
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the construction of credit-based monetary systems make it a mathematical certainty

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:43 | 1540172 centerline
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More pain is needed before QE3 can be launched.  Why?  Because the Fed needs the politicians to beg for it.  The wild card here is how fast everything is moving.  Can the Fed risk flat-lining the patient (I mean victim) at this point?  Maybe not.  But if they pull the trigger now, it will be the last bullet in the clip.  After that, it is Plan B.  Plan B of course involves bombing the shit of brown folks for thier oil (I mean WMD's - oops).  In short, I suspect something really sleezy tomorrow that will slow the sell-off but not reverse it.  European fires should suffice for now to keep scared and confused money sloshing around.  If PM's sell off in the short term as a result, it will probably be the last good opportunity to load up.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:05 | 1540251 Id fight Gandhi
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Everyone in dc went home for a month for vacation after a job well done on the debt ceiling.

If the fed does nothing soon, you'll have another 15-20% drop in stocks by next week across the globe.

I have faith they can kick the can one more time and make my metal shine!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:24 | 1540336 High Plains Drifter
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they will keep kicking it down the road, until they are ready to stop kicking it.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:24 | 1540338 nmewn
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"Everyone in dc went home for a month for vacation after a job well done on the debt ceiling."

That is all everyone needs to know.

The centrally planned train is off the tracks as the conductors & engineers make sure the latest public debt installment to their pensions adds up to what Timmah withdrew.

There is no honor among thieves.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:03 | 1540241 Brian
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I see two major issues that should prevent the launch of QE3 tomorrow:

1- Bond yeild have tumbled in the past two weeks.  With interest rates so low, it would be impossible to pretend that QE3 was launched for any reason other than to inflate the markets and devalue the currency.  

2- QE3 would cause the Yen to skyrocket and instantly bankrupt Japan.  

Speaking of which, why isn't Japan the focus of more attention right now (bond vigalantees and the like)?  I mean, the sky-high price of the Yen, and the cost of intervention will lead to a debt to GDP of what, 300% by end of the year at this rate (mass layoffs and recession/depression...)  

Anyway, if QE3 is not announced, or if it is announced and the market deems the size to be inadequate, then I think there is big market trouble.  If it is announced, and if it is large enough to prevent a market crash, then I think Japan gets b/k'd and Ben is revealed to be naked.  Not a pretty outcome!

--Brian

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:37 | 1540391 hedgeless_horseman
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Q) ...why isn't Japan the focus of more attention right now...

A) OPSEC

IT IS ECONOMIC_WARFARE and the Nips are the easiest, and thus first, target.  America must remain the dominate exporter and economic engine of the world.  

Next, Germany and europe is going down.  

Last, China shall fall.

America is solidifying control of resources and eliminating competition.    WINNINNG!!!!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:50 | 1540461 DoChenRollingBearing
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Wow, now THAT is one hell of a conspiracy!!!  America takes down the world!  Bitchez!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:08 | 1540535 hedgeless_horseman
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Some of my best theories come to me after a couple of three Manhattans.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:13 | 1540579 jomama
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i do enjoy a maker's mark manhattan.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:55 | 1540771 fuu
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Nip slip.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:22 | 1540628 disabledvet
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Shouldn't we say we're sorry or something? I mean how many flag poles are there to "run the cock suckers up on."

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:13 | 1540574 trav7777
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back in like '05, I predicted the Rogue Wave financial event was going to be the sovereign BK of Japan based upon these very realizations.  I thought '09 and we're a good couple years past that.

There's no way out; everyone needs to devalue because everyone's money is based on debt.  The mercantilist exporters need the debt to fluff their own economies too.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:27 | 1540121 PaperBugsBurn
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I think you should be careful with silver. Gold is the banksters fallback position but silver they do not control and so will fight tooth and nail. Silver will only take off if they lose political power and with the Mossad/Rothscum's Murder Inc running strong, I think it'll take a revolution.

 

imho

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:02 | 1540231 medicalstudent
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the silver price explosion will herald the free markets' desperate attempt to prevent humanity from destroying itself.

 

it will enable the revolution > it will take a revolution

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:25 | 1540343 High Plains Drifter
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there are no free markets, there never were free markets .

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:32 | 1540280 Rynak
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Exactly. Lobby matters. To compare the situation with oil: Oil has a strong lobby that is interested in keeping prices up, that is as powerful as US-based parasites like JPM..... as a result, oil WILL in the longterm only go up, though with potential midterm volatility.

Same for gold, there are powerful players relying on it.

Silver? Not so much. Silver may historically be the most undervalued commodity.... doesn't change that at minimum in the midterm, it has less powerful backing than gold or oil.... which makes it more attractive to manipulate recklessly (at least, unless an exchange default happens!).

On the other hand, precisely gold and oil, are the first things to be pricefixed (and possibly trade outlawed), when shit totally hits the fan, precisely because of the lobby backing.

Bottom line: There is no shortterm safety and reliability, sans an all out revolution. Absent of it, you're betting between backing by your enemies, and destruction of them.

The reliable answer may once again be: Longterm diversification.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:23 | 1540318 Man Bear Pig
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Gold is the banksters fallback position but silver they do not control and so will fight tooth and nail

I get that gold is the fallback position, but what I don't get is why they would fight tooth and nail for silver. Don't discount the possibility that silver is not as manipulated as much as you think. The world is in fallback-mode. The price of gold is driven by real monetary changes. Those changes do not include silver in their plans.

Don't get me wrong... silver definitely has monetary value. Silver's monetary value will definitely come from its use in trade, and I believe it's worth holding on to. But the forces that will bring gold to $10,000+ are massive compared to the monetary demand for silver. The investment of a lifetime is gold. It is the money of nations, while silver will be the money of communities.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:30 | 1540350 Rynak
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Perhaps, the indicator for people thinking that silver is as manipulated as they claim, is that it is not behaving like a typical metal, and is exposed to "unusual" market behaviours which metals like gold are not exposed to *even though both are supposed to be linked*!

Or in short: Looking at the charts of what is going on in PAPER silver, only a fucking idiot would claim that "all is normal". It's not even a matter of suspension of disbelief - it's a matter of outright lying and selfbetrayal (and i really do not give a shit about which of both applies to someone). HOWEVER, that doesn't stop me from acknowledging what is going on - and drawing conclusions on that, rather than what SHOULD be going on (wishful thinking).

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:10 | 1540559 Prometheus418
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I like it.  Silver's just sitting there looking pretty while everything else jumps around like water on a greased skillet.  That's the kind of calm assurance I'd expect to see from gold.  

Silver already had it's correction, and is building a base of support right around $40.  Gold still may, or may not, be in line for a sharp correction.  It is looking decidedly spiky now, though- kind of like silver just before it corrected hard and spooked people.  If the same thing happens with gold, it may give silver it's turn at the throttle back for a while.

The two may be linked, but they don't move in lockstep.  Silver seems to front-run gold a little bit, like a preview of what is coming.

Then again, who knows right now.  We're about to see if the freegold theory holds any water pretty quick...

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:33 | 1540686 jomama
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there is no way in hell gold can keep moving the way it is right now, and the world as we know it continues on the way it has been. 

smells like a pump and dump.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:52 | 1540201 papaswamp
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Someone is standing on silver's neck and hard. Serious manupulation going on....though to be honest I appreciate it if they would drop it a bit more before cutting it loose.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:23 | 1540581 Libertarians fo...
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I'm not picking on you in particular, but just because you don't understand something, doesn't mean the answer must be riddled with conspiracy and manipulation.  The PM goons who drag their knuckles through this forum have, for the most part, no understanding of how the silver and gold markets function.   

The doomer silver/gold goons - especially the low hanging fruit at Turd's blog or SGS's blog - who believe everything is a conspiracy remind me of those African villagers in The God's Must be Crazy. When a Coke bottle was thrown from an airplane, the villagers had no explanation for the airplane or the bottle. Having never seen something as mysterious as glass and planes, they are convinced the gods have cursed them.  Simple minds revert to gods, devils and spirits to mask their ignorance.

Same with doomer silver goons - just replace the "gods" with "The Cartel," or "Blythe" or the "Plunge Protection Team," or Soros or what-the-fuck-ever.  You guys make up conspiracies and fight phantom enemies primarily because you have no idea how the market really works. The Comex is going to implode!  Crash JP Morgue, Buy Silver. There is no silver available!  SLV and GLD are frauds!  Price doesn't matter!  $7/oz silver premiums on eBay prove the end is near!  Osama has been frozen for 7 years! Etc., etc., etc...

It's all just fucking nonsense, and serves only to mask your ignorance. Just because silver isn't at $500/oz or at a 16:1 ratio to gold, or whatever other goofiness you guys believe, doesn't mean the Cartel gods are conspiring against you. 

Just take a visit to Turd's blog.  Everyone over there is too busy preparing for the end of the world to realize that Turd advised everyone in June and July not to buy the gold rally that was setting up - that was $300/oz ago!  LOL.  The doomer goons don't mention it, though - not a conversation about it, anywhere.  All they want to hear is the same shit, over and over again - Blythe, JP Morgue, conspiracy, manipulation, blah, blah blah.... 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:28 | 1540660 jomama
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actually, all i'd like to see is some semblance of supply and demand.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:58 | 1540787 fuu
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<waves at Hamy>

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:02 | 1540820 UGrev
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The manipulation theory, while a still a theory, has merit (Think Bill Murphy). Turd also said to be careful on buying silver not too long ago as well. We know people aren't psychic and it's ultimately our choice and when I see the inverse graph of the past few hours starting at 8:45 ish, I think that some large player(s) are moving their silver into gold.. but what the fuck do I know..  A near straight down move followed by nearly the same movement in silver as gold.. something happened. That's all I know.. and I leave the speculation to those who know more than me. Other than that.. I've made me some cash from picking through the bullshit and noting the patterns that were pointed out in the past by people like Turd. I really don't know much about the regular things that transpire during the month(s), or quarter(s), but I'm learning. One thing I do think is weird is the complete sideways move silver was making while gold was shooting through the roof. If you care to elaborate on that.. I'm all ears.. 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:08 | 1540881 papaswamp
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Sorry there is a masive difference between GLD/SLV and physical. I don't touch the paper. The separation between the 2 physicals is at a point of almost bizarrness. Something similar to Brent being $200 and WTI being $80. I don't really have a big problem with it since the paper backed by nothing is starting to burn and the undergraound economy is pricing silver higher. But it would be interesting to see the cause of the separation of which you offer zero explanation only to say "trust me there is nothing going on here"....of which I would ask...why?

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:14 | 1540906 That Peak Oil Guy
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Lol, your critique of the tactical situation does not really address the circumstances of the strategic situation.

TPOG

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:02 | 1540237 Id fight Gandhi
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A bad print of Chinese numbers with be sure thing the Jew confetti comes tomorrow.

Looks like bad open and Ben will come save the day.

Speculate on the market, hold silver and gold.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:30 | 1540365 phungus_mungus
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Fire sale in Asia right now!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:20 | 1540088 Ray1968
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But silver is still lagging. What's up with that?

But......  OMG CNBC is hilarious this evening!! They are even playing the doom and gloom music! I'm sorry I had to work today. It would be worth just sitting at home watching these morons shit their pants!!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:21 | 1540099 trav7777
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silver, oil, platinum, and palladium are signaling serious economic contraction, deflation, and sovereign default looming.  So is gold

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:28 | 1540122 DormRoom
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There's not a supply issue with silver.  Silver is only attractive because of a historical relic called the gold:silver ratio.  This was before advent of mass copper mining, since the early 1900s, which produces large amounts of silver as a byproduct.

The silver bull run will crash, once gold corrects around 2000, and everyone flees to the safety, and liquidity of cash, when shit gets real

 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:31 | 1540137 PaperBugsBurn
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Safety of cash? Don't think so.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:35 | 1540142 Ray1968
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Once gold corrects around 2000??

WTF are you talking about?

Safety=cash???? When shit gets real, you'll be shoving dollars in your pellet stove for heat.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:36 | 1540151 phyuckyiu
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LOL someone in a dorm room telling us to stay in cash and not physical PM's... OMGWTFBBQ!!! HERP DERP.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:44 | 1540180 jomama
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do tell what the current supply and demand paradigm is for silver. 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:48 | 1540187 knukles
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"gold corrects around 2000"

You mean dollars or 8:00 pm?

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:50 | 1540191 Goldilocks
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- 1 for reality.
+ 1 for project mayhem compliance.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:30 | 1540669 disabledvet
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What the hell is " project mayhem" again?

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:53 | 1541074 TruthInSunshine
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You have to go out and pick a fight with a central banker.

If you've seen the ones that I have, shame on you if you don't kick their ass handily.

When done, please staple an index card reading "This is what The Bernank's madness has led society to' on his head.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:52 | 1540202 centerline
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That assumes the Fed will give up or be displaced, allowing massive deflation to occur, strengthening the USD significantly.  That pretty much goes against every action taken by every modern bank.  Could it happen?  Well, one can't rule it out.  But the odds are not favoring that outcome at all.  

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:16 | 1540597 trav7777
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if they do, then BAC, C, DB, and a bunch of others go tits up.

The massive deflationary blackholes that used to be MER, CFC, BSC, etc., are still out there; they were just concealed in larger banks.  They are chewing their way to the light from the inside out.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:32 | 1540681 disabledvet
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Sounds Melloncholy. Now shake your boots and let it all hang out.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:03 | 1540243 Richardk888
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What happened to the "junk" button!?

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:18 | 1540309 lawrence1
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Poor try troll ...the shit is real and if you believe any of your bull it will be all over your ignorant face.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:28 | 1540320 ViewfromUnderth...
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Johnny? I thought you wuz dead. Welcome back Bravo dude! Still at school? Bummer!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:27 | 1540353 High Plains Drifter
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oh ok. whatever you say pal. 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:36 | 1540150 LetThemEatCake
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Silver doubled in a year. A lot of people got burned when they bought at $48. It's an industrial metal, so it tends to go up/down with equities half of the time. If gold had doubled in a year, I'd be worried about too many people buying on margin (and, hence, downturn potential). Remember, a lot of buyers buy on thin margin in futures, and just like a money contraction during a downturn, you can have a lot of people exiting on margin calls, even though fundamentally silver will go up in the long turn.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:19 | 1540310 ViewfromUnderth...
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When you look at the very light volume on thin markets of that final spike in silver from, say $44 up, and the COT at the time, it is pretty clear that most of that buying was shorts getting out of the way. I also think some of the bigger shorts played it smart and spiked the price to trigger that 30yr double-top technical reaction...lol.

Silver's performance this time around is magnificent...strong hands, but I am waiting for the FOMC and COT Tuesday before I form a view on whether a bottom is in....and the "volatility" in gold and no CME margin hikes...go HKMEx and Pan-Asia! Competition, or the threat of it, works! We'll see soon enough.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:28 | 1540356 High Plains Drifter
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yeh its just industrial metal. keep telling yourself that pal.  all of the stuff you are talking about is paper silver. there is a big difference between paper and physical.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:20 | 1540090 breezer1
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they are losing control. without some pixy dust we will see $2500 and $75 by Christmas.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:30 | 1540366 High Plains Drifter
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it will be Christmas time for some and a sad time for others.  the death of a nation is a terrible thing to watch.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:00 | 1540509 That Peak Oil Guy
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Yes, but the eventual re-building should be a blast!

TPOG

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:17 | 1540603 trav7777
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yeah, countries that are in economic collapse produce nice edgy music and bitchez without jobs are way less Prince Charming fantasy picky.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:07 | 1540872 UGrev
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+1 regarding the prince charming fantasy shit.. high maint women are a drag..

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:19 | 1540935 That Peak Oil Guy
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See, there is a silver lining to every rain cloud!

TPOG

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:21 | 1540623 High Plains Drifter
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there will be no rebuilding. take a long look around you.  what you see now, one day soon perhaps, you will never see again.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:16 | 1540923 Prometheus418
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There will be in my town, even if I have to do it myself with a hammer in one hand and a gun in the other.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:17 | 1540927 That Peak Oil Guy
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Blow up some dams so the salmon run again and let weeds and trees take over the roads and that sounds like a great canvas for re-building to me!  Of course, there are likely to be fewer people...

TPOG

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:21 | 1540100 Bastiat
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1727+ right now.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:05 | 1540255 Cistercian
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1729 now!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:09 | 1540270 jus_lite_reading
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whoops!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClnSMCdw6E8

 

bye bye fake fucking shit cock banksterS!!!!!!!!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:27 | 1540655 Hulk
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1748!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:59 | 1541103 Cistercian
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over 1760 now!!!

Tue, 08/09/2011 - 00:02 | 1541115 Hulk
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Can you say "shortside capitulation"? Phone company is going to make a bundle on all the margin calls...

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:22 | 1540101 j0nx
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Silver doing dick for well over a month now. Hovering forever at $39 and change.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:58 | 1540221 Re-Discovery
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patience grasshopper

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:21 | 1540325 lawrence1
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Silver getting dicked because that´s the cartel´s most vulnerable point, giving us one of our last buying opportunities below 40.  Take it.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:16 | 1540596 Prometheus418
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That's good.  It's not only a chance to buy, but it's establishing a strong support base.  When it starts to run, no one is going to get dizzy when it punches through $50, because it doesn't seem like such a large jump.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:23 | 1540104 MobBarley
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Pixy dust future show $3800/oz by Christmas, so that's not going to happen.

Gold. It's all that glitters.

 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:34 | 1540144 DosZap
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IF24atvNkSo

Watch this for the next stop...............be advised the interview w/ the  MAN.

$1,784.00, and MoonShot.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:24 | 1540110 lolmao500
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Kospi going down by 5.3%... Nikkei -3.83%...

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:27 | 1540119 SamuelMaverick
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Gold is decoupling bitchez!  Welcome to the defacto new reserve currency, we the powers that be will not let anyone know until we have bought as much as possible, slowly, so that we dont spike the price to quick. Damn that zerohedge, they are trying to let the cat out of the bag.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:29 | 1540123 erg
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Transitory my arse. The periodic table says it's a transition metal. Ben even got that wrong.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:29 | 1540126 Long-John-Silver
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Silver will unfold it's wings soon. The centre of attention is currently on Gold. When Gold prices get high enough Silver will become the other option. Just wait till Gold and Silver buyers demand shipment and find it's undeliverable.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:33 | 1540140 j0nx
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That's their stupid fault for buying paper metal. Suckers. If it aint in my hands then I don't own it.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:40 | 1540160 LongBalls
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I posted something simular before reading the full thread and your comment. You are correct. Silver has most certainly reasserted itself as REAL money again to investors (not that it ever lost this status) as reflected in the price action today. It did not move much but it did not decline. Gold miners are catching on as well which is good for all mining stocks. Silver will come along very soon. Her sprinting speed will be a story told for generations!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:30 | 1540133 mw1
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I'm a bit surprised you declined to mention that the ES is officially in bear market mode at 1098.8, a mere 1.2 points away from its 1100 bottom slightly more than two hours ago.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:43 | 1540175 mw1
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Oh, 1096.75, there it is.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:46 | 1540182 machineh
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Pretty harsh of you to beat down a thinly-traded market.

But thanks for the push! ;-)

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:15 | 1540299 mw1
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General FYI:  1100 puts the ES back to levels right before the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:35 | 1540386 slaughterer
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Heard of BAC?  Another one to be sold to Jamie.  

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:19 | 1540610 mw1
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It's countrywide - back from the dead.  I hope they kill it in bankruptcy.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:32 | 1540139 LongBalls
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Enjoy silver's price while you can. When the sheeple wake up gold will be out of reach. Silver will then by a sight to behold! Not to mention that todays action proves that silver's demand now out consumes the industrial demand. This is good news. The silver trade is taking on it's role as money again!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:44 | 1540171 DosZap
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LongBalls,

It already is out of reach for most sheeple.

The one's I know, that DO have significant wealth( ALL locked into stocks,Bonds,T Bills and 401k's), I told them get the hell out of stocks,months ago, and expect at least a 30% drop............it's here,almost there at 8000 we will be.

So, they have their fiat tied into 401k's, and stocks.

Taking a bath on both.

Can't say I did not warn them............one of the best responses was, "I do not do commodities".

Ok,so now what?.

For whatever reason, the sheeple just cannot, will not believe things are not going Back to the old days.............IF they just wait long enough.

Duh?????????????

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:35 | 1540145 march52011
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I believe that people are downright afraid of investing in silver because of its past manipulation.

They see silver as too much of a risk.

Unfortunetyly, I am in that group and may sell my silver for gold.

TPTB who control silver seem to have too much power over the metal.

Silver may not be allowed to break free from its bondage until after the economic collapse.

 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:52 | 1540200 slewie the pi-rat
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"my silver" = ?

'i may sell my silver for gold' can mean about a dozen different things, on zH. 

keep thinking.  this is interesting, whatever you're taling about. 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:01 | 1540235 gwar5
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Oh ye, of little faith....

Look at the 2 year chart of silver again; and, that was done in spite of all the sound and fury they could muster.

TPTB are now TPTW - The Powers That Were. TPTW are now dinosaurs unable to hold back the massive market forces coming from the other side of the globe calling for an end to their cartel.

If the Chinese want silver, they shall have silver, and if it hurts the western banksters, they shall want it more.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:13 | 1540286 PaperBugsBurn
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The Chinese have always been in bed with the banksters. Heck, this goes back over a hundred years in some cases and since Kissinger and Rockafuker in 71 most recently. I think the deal is no more QE unless the deficit is truly cut (read: entitlements) or, if not, IMF gold-backed SDR.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:18 | 1540307 darkstar7646
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And anything like that "gold-backed" means a confiscation event.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:46 | 1540707 jomama
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in re-reading the 1933 confiscation order, i can only help but wonder how this would pan out in this modern age of transaction tracking?  there wouldn't be much We, the People could do about it.

Tue, 08/09/2011 - 00:47 | 1541340 Bringin It
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The Chinese have always been in bed with the banksters.

The PRC has been telling their people for many months now to buy the PMs.  How can that be compatable with the Bankster program?

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:35 | 1540148 slewie the pi-rat
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all's quiet in the duodenum

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:55 | 1540211 knukles
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So congrats (no pun intended) on your comment about fixing what ain't broke.  Sometimes when things like that get fixed for the worst, I begin to wonder if a gubermint barakracy is taking over, subsumed for the benefimunificance of the Empire.  After all, it's their only source of truth, clarity and sanity as well.  (snigger)

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 23:00 | 1540809 fuu
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What happened to Marla?

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:37 | 1540153 lolmao500
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Ron Paul on Bloomberg TV at 9.15PM EST.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:37 | 1540154 Cleanclog
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Volatility, fear of inflation, fear of deflation (and other asset classes dropping value), fear of foreign exchange and fiat, fear of Fed, fear of regulation, fear of unemployment, fear of London street riots spreading, fear fear fear will keep the pretty shiny metal desirable.

Also, as long as the HFT vacuums are allowed to bash through the markets, gold will continue to have sufficient bids to take it higher most days. 

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:15 | 1540297 Sunshine n Lollipops
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Paraphrasing FDR, 'The only thing to fee-ah, is fiat itself.'

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:41 | 1540162 chump666
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you gotta 1800 coming, Italy halting markets; what morons.   China slowdown CPI premise will take out silver highs.  AUD is breaking handles if 1.00 is taken out and gold rallies.  fear trade is still on, till US markets open.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:41 | 1540165 Saucy-Jack
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FOFOA bitchez!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:58 | 1540496 DoChenRollingBearing
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+ $55,000!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:41 | 1540166 Saucy-Jack
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FOFOA bitchez!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:59 | 1540500 DoChenRollingBearing
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+ $55,000 again!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:43 | 1540176 Arch Duke Ferdinand
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***Multiple Reasons Why Speculators Should Sell Their Gold...

http://seenoevilspeaknoevilhearnoevil.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-speculato...

***OT: 2 min video..hilarious...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Uju3tYS2s

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:10 | 1540279 Long-John-Silver
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People have been telling me to sell my Gold since I purchased it @ $700.

I will ignore you just as I did them.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:44 | 1540179 chump666
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Hearing on wires Aust CDS market just froze up.  Asian liquidty crunch could be in full effect

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:51 | 1540197 machineh
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How could there be a liquidity freeze-up in a booming commodity-currency country where even ordinary blokes live in million-dollar cottages?

Isn't anything safe anymore??

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:59 | 1540224 knukles
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Never, ever forget, never, ever let hubris drive the introspection.  Untill they  stop breeding like rats, once the smoke clears, the contagion devolves, the bodies are being counted, commodities and commodity currencies shall once again, somewhere, be a screaming buy.....  One of the great trades of the past and future, the long term trend periodically interrupted by fears of impending doom.
Keep your powder dry..... bonds, munis, PM's & Swissy......

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:00 | 1540229 gratefultraveller
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Sydney morning Herald reporting a short while ago:

" Soft drink supplier Coca-Cola Amatil will consolidate three manufacturing sites in Victoria into two after reporting a 27.8 per cent fall in first half net profit."

Evidently people are saving down under, cutting down on the unnecessary stuff.

 

Gold hitting an ath of 1711 AUD as well.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:23 | 1540333 YuShun
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Perhaps high fructose corn syrup is becoming less popular there.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:50 | 1540457 RobD
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Aus uses cane sugar in there soft drinks. They detest the poison that is corn syrup.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:47 | 1540185 Just Observing
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I have plenty of gold for safety.

I have plenty of silver for fun.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:21 | 1540319 Cult of Criminality
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Reminds me of a military term,

This is my weapon , This is my gun

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:50 | 1540193 THE DORK OF CORK
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Looking at the Euro/ Chf graph over the past 2 years and its jaw dropping - I can't imagine it going further but then I have been dead wrong about this for so long now.

Fuck it.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 22:01 | 1540513 DoChenRollingBearing
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Can't win them all.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:52 | 1540198 gwar5
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Gold is just going where it is supposed to be sans suppression.

Everything has gone up with inflation over the decades except gold due to CBs games.

If the CBs use 20:1 gold leverage, which they do, then the real value of gold to the CBs must be much higher.

That may be a wet dream, but I haven't had one in while, so I'll take it.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:53 | 1540205 Winterland
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It was only 40K ES contracts that traded, not 400k. Still large though.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:56 | 1540217 mr66
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fuck you funky monkey boy

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:00 | 1540233 HellFish
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I'll second that.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:05 | 1540257 Muddy1
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Oh my, sloppy seconds?

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:22 | 1540328 Id fight Gandhi
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Why, he's pretty much on the money

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 20:59 | 1540226 apberusdisvet
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The person that posted that mucho silver is produced from copper mining is just flat wrong.  Is he a paid disinformation specialist?  Most silver is produced in the mining of zinc or nickel or from stand alone silver mines with high grades that make it cost effective to do so.  Very little silver (comparatively) is produced from copper mining.  His second point that there is not a shortage of silver is also wrong.  The estimated investment demand alone from Asian will double this year; production is not keeping pace.  If he means "paper" silver, then he is right; there is 1000 times more paper silver than actual physical floating around; many times annual production is traded every month by the criminals.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:15 | 1540291 Long-John-Silver
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China has been buying directly from the miners at higher premiums then spot.

That's the reason Comex has not listed any delivery of Silver to their vaults for months now.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:01 | 1540234 Milton Waddams
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Summer Of Rediscovery.  Welcome To The Depression!  No worries though, Mortician Burrtanke will provide the system a proper burial.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:02 | 1540238 LetThemEatCake
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It's funny. ES is currently down 1.1% and it seems like a small move right now (compared to recent moves). Gold now at $1726, upward slope.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:04 | 1540247 chump666
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  asx200 hit 5%  capitulation trade now in overkill

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:02 | 1540250 navy62802
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$1700/oz was so yesterday ... hello $1730

... inching closer to the ever-important $1764!!

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:45 | 1540427 legal eagle
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I hope Sinclair is right, but I expect $1,764 will lead to, ugh, either $1,765 or $1,763, depending.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:09 | 1540252 Dr. Acula
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So the traditional price of the dollar dropped 0.4% in a single day.

Best get rid of your paper while people will still accept it.

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:05 | 1540254 scatterbrains
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Has platinum ever traded at a discount to gold ?

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 21:10 | 1540268 Dr. Acula
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Platinum is not very malleable, nor is it a traditional asset of central banks.

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