Part II to a previous post “Is there a Silver Shortage?” explores the phenomenon of silver mining production’s inability to keep up with rising silver demand and the effect this has on silver as an investment.
The second major issue in the present silver market is mine supply. Silver mine production has actually increased 33% since 1999 globally. This is largely due to the
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Silver has substantially outperformed gold over the past several years. If these two precious metals are not trading in parity then surely there must be some reason for the silver bull run. Many experts believe the silver bull run is far from over and maintain that investors looking to protect their hard-earned wealth continue to increase their exposure to gold and silver as an investment.
It may be speculating as to whether investing in silver on spikes would be considered chasing silver or not. A more disciplined method of investing in silver is
Gold: Currency or Commodity? “Gold is behaving not just as a commodity right now, it’s really behaving as a currency,” Suki Cooper, commodities analyst at Barclays Capital, told CNBC after gold hit another high in trading. In an unrelated segment. Eugen Weinberg, senior commodity analyst at Commerzbank, told CNBC “We need to look at gold…
