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Switching to Silver from Gold? - 20 November 2009
Are high Gold Prices driving consumer & investor demand for silver...?
THE MODERATOR of supply and demand is supposed to be price, right? says Brad Zigler at Hard Assets Investor.
Well, this week's report on third-quarter demand from the World Gold Council ought to be a real head scratcher then. Because supplies of gold were down 5% from year-ago levels, says the Council, while demand fell 34%.
Year-over-year, in fact, physical gold demand, in volume terms, dropped in each of gold's three market segments:
Thus the bull market may have put gold out of reach for many consumers. And that may account for some of the renewed interest in "the poor man's gold" – silver.
Since Monday this week, silver has made its first significant break-out move – relative to gold – since August. The 60-times level for the Gold/Silver Ratio looks likely to be challenged.
And a sustained decline in the price of gold, measured in ounces of silver, would signal the end of a 16-month cycle.
Ready to Buy Gold...
THE MODERATOR of supply and demand is supposed to be price, right? says Brad Zigler at Hard Assets Investor.
Well, this week's report on third-quarter demand from the World Gold Council ought to be a real head scratcher then. Because supplies of gold were down 5% from year-ago levels, says the Council, while demand fell 34%.
Year-over-year, in fact, physical gold demand, in volume terms, dropped in each of gold's three market segments:
- Gold Investment: down 46% vs. Q3 2008;
- Gold Jewelry: down 30%; and
- Industrial Use: down 11%.
Thus the bull market may have put gold out of reach for many consumers. And that may account for some of the renewed interest in "the poor man's gold" – silver.
Since Monday this week, silver has made its first significant break-out move – relative to gold – since August. The 60-times level for the Gold/Silver Ratio looks likely to be challenged.
And a sustained decline in the price of gold, measured in ounces of silver, would signal the end of a 16-month cycle.
Ready to Buy Gold...
Hard Assets Investor, 20 Nov '09
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