Monday , 2 December 2024

Here are Some Articles on Gold & Silver You Might Have Missed Over the Holidays

Here are introductory paragraphs and links to 11 of the “best of the best” articles on gold and silver that you might have missed getting ready for Christmas. Each article has been edited for the sake of clarity and brevity to ensure you a fast and easy read. Read just one or read them all. Enjoy!

By Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!) and www.FinancialArticleSummariesToday.com (A site for sore eyes and inquisitive minds).

1. Availability Of, and Demand For, Silver vs. Gold Suggests MUCH Higher Future Prices for Silver

The current availability ratio of physical silver to gold for investment purposes is approximately 3:1. So, why is it that investors are allocating their dollars to silver at a much higher ratio? What is it that these “smart” investors understand? Let’s have a look at the numbers and see if it’s time for investors to do as a wise man once said and “follow the money.” Words: 1052; Tables: 1

2. Silver: 5 Forces That Should Help Polish Off the Tarnish & Propel It Higher

 

The price of silver has been corroding for much of the past year but a variety of signals in recent months suggest that it may not be long before silver begins to shine once again. [This article identifies 5 such signals and/or reasons why that may well be the case.] Words: 643; Charts: 2

3. Available Supply of Gold Declining: Secure Your Personal Gold Reserves Now

The facts can’t be denied: China is on the hunt for gold deposits and mines. These gold-focused deals will add more ounces to the country’s pool of gold assets [which will only exacerbate the ex-China downward trend in the supply of gold outside China].  Given that what’s produced in China stays in China (where there is escalating domestic consumption), a widening of the fundamental market shortage in gold seems almost certain. Words: 1138

4. Buy Yourself or a Loved One a Lasting Christmas Gift: Gold Bullion – Here are 12 Reasons Why

gold

We can all speculate about when the next leg up for gold will kick in, but the point for now is to take advantage of the weakness, like many of [the individuals, central banks and financial institutions are doing/suggesting. When the price breaks out of its trading range, are you sure you won’t wish you’d bought a little more? Here’s a sampling of this year’s “gold bugs” and what they’ve been doing about precious metals recently. Words: 1449

5. Gold Watch: Several Factors Suggest That 2013 Will Be a Very Good Year

One  of our favorite charts is the oscillator which shows the probability of gold  returning to its mean after a dramatic rise or fall. We believe it helps  investors put the current correction in context with historical moves and  determines potential buying and selling opportunities. [Here’s what the oscillator chart and several other factors are telling us about the prospects for higher prices for gold in 2013.] Words: 539; Charts: 4

6. What’s Going On With Gold & Silver?

It would seem logical that the precious metals should be moving a lot higher after the FOMC announced its latest QE program. How is it possible that the market is dumping like this, in conjunction with a concomitant decline in the dollar? [Let me] explain from a technical perspective what is happening. Words: 700; Charts: 3

7. The Reason Gold Has Been Declining Is Simply This…

There have been many motives offered for the recent and ongoing plunge in gold and silver prices since the start of October from sentiment to a supposed trade against the Euro, etc, etc. but the true reason is a lot more prosaic. It’s old fashioned liquidation. Let me explain. Words: 257

8. You Can Now Buy Gold & Silver on eBay!

eBay thinks there’s potential for its marketplace to be a trusted seller of gold, silver and other precious metals and is making a major bet on this vertical as a sales generator via a new exclusive partnership with AMPEX Bullion Center which they introduced just this past Wednesday. Read on for more deals about this introduction. Words: 257

9. Owning Gold Bullion Can Help Boost Your Global Net Worth! Here’s Why

Today’s  world is as uncertain as any we’ve seen in some time. Sovereign-debt crises threaten  major economies in Europe and Japan and the fiscal state of the United States  is the worst in non-wartime history! It’s  no surprise, then, that investors are becoming increasingly attracted to the  safety, anonymity and purchasing-power preservation that comes with bullion  ownership. That being said, one of the most-often-overlooked benefits of bullion is its ability to help you  increase your wealth across currencies, so today I’ll show you how owning  physical metals — and the most-precious of them all, gold in particular — can help you to boost your global net worth! Words: 896

10. Bull Markets Always End With a Bang, Not a Whimper, So Gold’s Run Should Have More Legs

[Here is a summary of my]…thoughts on the 2011 gold price peak relative to the last time a long term bull market ended (back in 1980): Long-term bull markets almost always end with a bang, not a whimper, and last year’s price peak was clearly the latter. A 25% rise over a period of about two months last year [does not an] end-of-cycle, blow-off top [make]. No, I think there’s still some room to run for gold if for no other reason than that we haven’t even come close to the “mania” stage that characterizes the end of long-term market moves…[Let me explain further.] Words: 359; Charts: 1

11. David Morgan: Gold to Go Up 10-20% in 2013; Silver By a Good 30%

According to David Morgan 2013 will be a bullish year in which a new leg up will start with gold going up 10% to 20% and silver a good 30%. That leg up is starting right now, although we probably will not see a substantial acceleration in the leg up like we saw in the first part of 2011 but, obviously, as soon as $50 is crossed an acceleration can be expected. [Morgan explains his position in article excerpts below.] Words: 912