Have you noticed something funny over the last 6 - 12 months in the media? Headlines like "Precious Gold rises", "Gold shines again", "Gold soars to new high". (Far from informative non biased headlines if you ask me.) Question. Why is the media always trying to "sell" me Gold for and never silver??? Answer. They want to keep the masses distracted from the manipulation going on in the silver markets and lead them to Gold as their saviour. Simple maths really. Every ounce of Gold mined in history is still above ground whereas 90% of all silver mined has already been consumed and will never be found again, they have to keep digging this stuff up. Gold is desired, Silver is needed. But dont expect the media to tell you any of this, they know there is heaps of Gold to go around the world. They have no interest in telling the truth. So when the media praises Gold you know it's time to buy silver. Oh and if they do happen by chance to mention silver at the bottom of an article it will always end in a negative tone like, "Silver rose 1.5% today still short of it's $49/oz high in May." Never trust the media.
This line is all over the threads in this forum. Gotta love the manipulators, they make life so much more interesting!
Another reason might be that silver market is actually pretty small. Billionaires of the world can destroy the market if they come into silver. 10 billion dollar buy in silver is significant, not as significant for gold. And if you are into physical delivery, 1 tonne of gold = ~ 40 tonne of silver .... good luck securing a warehouse that big.
I'll let you use my garage Another reason could be that silver is seen more as an industrial metal to the media outlet... like coal... never hear boo about the price of that stuff, unless in another article about 'rising electricity bills'.
for those storing at home, just remember about the story of one dude storing 750k of silver at home. Got robbed (pre planned) ... no more silver ...
If you check out the midday report on ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/809920) they talked about where people are putting their money during this crisis (at about 17 mins). They said "some have gold fever" but then went on to talk about: -antiques -pink diamonds (MatrixOpals will love this one ) -artwork -fine wine They did _NOT_ mention silver.
Just another example of the media brain washing the masses. "Buy Gold and anything and everything else" they say. Just don't mention the 'S' word.
anyway, its all good cos the big nobs here reckon silver is in a bubble and gold is the only way to go ... its hard to argue against their collective intellect
the big nobs are silverstackers as a whole ... we are a silver stacking community. Some go heavy in gold, but their silver holding still will burn your eyes out.
Yep... the entire world media is in on the conspiracy theory to keep silver out of the public's eye... Are you guys serious...?
I aint gonna mention names, for fear of retribution, but let's just say that ever since i joined this forum, many of the so-called "more credible members" have incessantly gone on about how silver's rise is unsustainable and how its in a bubble etc etc ad nauseum... After the takedown on Easter Weekend it was nauseating to listen to all the backslapping and d1ksucking that was going on ... and those such as myself were labelled "permabulls" as well as other less flattering names... People like Mike Maloney are scoffed at for his very positive views on the future of silver.
Sorry to ask such stupid question, as I'm very new in this area and much to learn from all of you. My question is if the media is deliberately not mentioning silver, how would they be benefited from it? Are they being bribed, if so, who would possibily be behind this (Fed, US gov)?
Hi Lamp, This is actually a very speculative discussion. To put it into perspective, silver actually is a pretty small market and is often overlooked. However, silver has given better returns than Gold in the past 5 years. I don't think this is done on purpose by anyone, but mainstream medias will only cover other investment in "fashion". Normally they only cover stuff that is already at their peak. When silver market booms, say at above $100 I am sure mainstream media will start mentioning silver.
Because if mainstream media tried to actually educate the masses the typical TV viewer would change the channel to the footy or master chef and they'd lose ad revenue.
