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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Will a 'Silver Bullet' Finally Kill the Metal Manipulators?
In my previous commentary, “Silver market fundamentals DISTORTED by bullion-ETFs", I pointed out how (so-called) “bullion-ETFs" were (with rare exceptions) merely a tool of the manipulators – with two primary purposes.
First of all, bullion-ETFs soak-up billions of investor-dollars each year, which would otherwise be invested in real bullion, or in the shares of precious metals miners. Naturally, this has helped to depress the price of silver, and severely depress the price of silver miners – since almost all of the diverted investor-dollars were diverted from the miners, and not bullion, itself. I also showed how these fraudulent investment vehicles have been used to artificially inflate the supposed inventory-levels of silver stockpiles. (more)
Fed Must Brace for ‘Substantial Shocks’
June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen said that policy makers need to be prepared for “substantial shocks” and that rising Treasury yields may be a “disconcerting” signal of inflation fears.
“Recent experience raises the possibility that the Great Moderation is behind us, so we must be prepared for substantial shocks,” Yellen said today during a panel discussion hosted by the Fed Board of Governors in Washington. “Great Moderation” is a term used to describe the comparative economic stability seen in the U.S. and other major industrial countries, except Japan, since the mid-1980s. (more)
“Recent experience raises the possibility that the Great Moderation is behind us, so we must be prepared for substantial shocks,” Yellen said today during a panel discussion hosted by the Fed Board of Governors in Washington. “Great Moderation” is a term used to describe the comparative economic stability seen in the U.S. and other major industrial countries, except Japan, since the mid-1980s. (more)
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