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The Coming Silver Price Surge Will Shock The World
I have long stated that when the bull market in precious metals ends and we reach the mania stage, it will be silver's upward paper price movement that will provide the ultimate form of shock and awe.
The reason for this is due to simple supply and demand. Throughout history there has always been about 10 times more silver available in the earth's crust to mine than gold. This simple dynamic created a historical gold/silver price ratio that was about 10 to 1 going back thousands of years. For example, throughout history if the price of gold was $1,387 then the price of silver would be about $138. Today that ratio is at 62 to 1 with gold at $1,387 and silver at $22.21. We will come back to that in a moment.
Over the next few decades I believe that ratio will find a way to move back to balance. Notice that I use a very long term horizon (decades) when saying that ratio will move into balance, and the reason for that is because it takes years from when a new mine first goes into planning to when the first ounces are pulled from the ground.
So what happens if there are investors or industrial producers who want to purchase the silver immediately, and they cannot wait years for when a mine begins to produce?
At that point you must look at what is currently available above ground for supply. This is where the story gets interesting.
In 1950 the 10 to 1 above ground supply ratio for gold and silver was still in place, which can be seen in the chart below. There were about 10 billion ounces of silver available above ground compared to only 1 billion available for gold. Fast forward to today and something incredible has happened. There is now currently 6 billion ounces of gold available above ground with only 1 billion ounces of silver available.
the rest here: http://www.ftense.com/2013/06/the-coming-silver-price-surge-will.html
The Coming Silver Price Surge Will Shock The World
I have long stated that when the bull market in precious metals ends and we reach the mania stage, it will be silver's upward paper price movement that will provide the ultimate form of shock and awe.
The reason for this is due to simple supply and demand. Throughout history there has always been about 10 times more silver available in the earth's crust to mine than gold. This simple dynamic created a historical gold/silver price ratio that was about 10 to 1 going back thousands of years. For example, throughout history if the price of gold was $1,387 then the price of silver would be about $138. Today that ratio is at 62 to 1 with gold at $1,387 and silver at $22.21. We will come back to that in a moment.
Over the next few decades I believe that ratio will find a way to move back to balance. Notice that I use a very long term horizon (decades) when saying that ratio will move into balance, and the reason for that is because it takes years from when a new mine first goes into planning to when the first ounces are pulled from the ground.
So what happens if there are investors or industrial producers who want to purchase the silver immediately, and they cannot wait years for when a mine begins to produce?
At that point you must look at what is currently available above ground for supply. This is where the story gets interesting.
In 1950 the 10 to 1 above ground supply ratio for gold and silver was still in place, which can be seen in the chart below. There were about 10 billion ounces of silver available above ground compared to only 1 billion available for gold. Fast forward to today and something incredible has happened. There is now currently 6 billion ounces of gold available above ground with only 1 billion ounces of silver available.
the rest here: http://www.ftense.com/2013/06/the-coming-silver-price-surge-will.html