The Accidental End to Silver Price Manipulation

http://ift.tt/1mb2c1q It should be clear now to most precious metals observers that gold and silver price manipulation is just as common to the metals as it is to every other asset class. And equally evident should be the realization that resolution will not come from organized efforts. Be it regulation or legal class action, market forces will more than likely assert themselves.

Probability, Predictability, Price and Forecasting

http://ift.tt/1hROcGY Investors and observers watching the drama unfold in the Ukraine should not be surprised at the short price action of the precious metals, mainly gold and silver. Throughout the crisis (and as matter of record with practically every other crisis) the metals are driven down by a system that becomes more sophisticated each day.

Silver Prices and Fundamentals - An Interview with David Morgan

http://ift.tt/1r1uRtx silver-coin-investor.com silver-investor.com David Morgan and Jeff Lewis took some time out to discuss where we are, and where we are headed. This short interview will serve as an excellent perspective for understanding how silver supply and demand CAN actually act in these markets. We discussed the US Mint Silver eagle coin program, retail jewelry demand, and the impact of silver supply going forward in the context of a weakening mining sector.

Precious Metals Blind Men and Golden Elephants

http://ift.tt/1gf1SJz Manipulation is just one more arbitrage made legal and hugely profitable for pockets deep enough to position themselves. Obviously, it also conveniently serves to indirectly support the medium of exchange by pressuring and controlling the price of its counterpart, the precious metals.

The Mainstream Grapples with the Last Manipulated Asset Class

http://ift.tt/1oxDqZ6 There is something rather absurd about the ever-so-slightly loosening death grip that the mainstream financial media has around the issue of precious metals price manipulation. The painfully reluctant (and largely incomplete) reports on the subject have fueled a series of seemingly derivative-like conspiracies.

Precious Metals and the Paradox of OverOptimization

http://ift.tt/1gYhzab Disaster, by over-optimization, is another important way to frame the much-heralded "just in time" inventory practices which are used broadly by industry and grafted to monetary assets like precious metals.