Investment activity was the principal driver of fluctuations in the silver price in 2011, said the World Silver Survey.
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Or the one about the London metals trader turned whistle-blower who alleged JPMorgan Chase is suppressing the silver price?
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This is important as, looking ahead, we expect macroeconomic developments to feed through to a marked rally in the gold price and, with plenty of room for the gold:silver ratio to contract, particularly if memories of uncomfortable investor losses in silver during 2011 continue to fade, it is easy to see decent scope for sizable gains in the silver price this year.
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The price of silver rose faster than the price of gold because silver supplies are tighter, Christian said.
In addition, the assumed price of silver in the 2012 report is more than 300% higher than in the 2011 report, despite the fact that the price of silver has actually fallen substantially since then.
This explains the seeming paradox of simultaneous deflation of both Gold and Silver Certificates and coins even as the price of market price of silver declined.
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Silver Eagles costing more than double the spot price of silver is evidence.
March silver has seen price action recently that suggests the market has put in a near-term bottom.
March silver has seen price action recently to suggest the market has put in a near-term bottom.
Silver showed strong price gains and its rally was somewhat overshadowed by the rally in the platinum group metals.
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The other option is to invest in silver mining companies or Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW), which is a silver royalty company whose stock price is highly correlated to spot silver prices.
Curiously, the WSJ never mentioned the controversy over huge short interests in silver futures that some traders feel must be covered and so promise to drive the price of silver higher.
The change in net earnings and operating cash flows is primarily due to a 36% increase in the number of silver equivalent ounces sold, which was partially offset by a 24% decrease in the realized price per silver equivalent ounce, the company said in its quarterly statement Thursday.
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The iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSE: SLV), which is very closely correlated to the spot price of silver, has surged nearly 22% in the last month, and more than 100% in the last year.
Although silver saw similar action as gold in both the CFTC data and price movement, Commerzbank said the latest price gains in silver are premature.
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The silver obtained at a fixed price is sold at market rates which exposes it to the daily volatility of silver prices.
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The price of silver in the first quarter was much lower on a year-over-year and sequential basis.
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Along with many other metals, the price of silver fell sharply in April, but unlike gold it has not even regained the ground it lost.
Its gains increase when the market price of silver goes up.
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The treasury was directed to purchase silver at the market price in the amount of 2 to 4 million USD monthly in the form of coins.
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Given the exchange traded liquidity and low overall expenses, we view SLV as an efficient way for investors to own exposure to the price of silver.
"I thought I was betting on the price of silver going up, and it did, " says one hapless investor who got roped into San Francisco-based First Viternational Trading Co.
These fixed price contracts help Silver Wheaton attain high margins (close to 70%) across all its divisions.
Not much new in silver, either, as price action remains choppy and range-bound.
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We need to diversify our energy sources, because there is no silver bullet solution to these price hikes that we see in oil prices.
Hence, it was cheaper to get silver by using the paper money to buy it on the market than by converting the paper money into silver at the fictional legal price.
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Two are doing well in price and volume: silver and titanium dioxide, a mineral.
If such panic occurs, there is room for the price of gold and silver to go even lower.
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However, the price of gold and silver changed relatively quickly so that it became pointless to mint gold coins.
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