Category Archives: Precious Metals

What Will Happen As QE2 Ends?

A continuing dip in risk appetite initiated by the end of QE2 or a heightening in the eurozone debt crisis may be causing this US dollar spike as capital flows to safe havens.
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What’s Driving Silver Prices?

The virtues of gold (GLD) and silver (SLV) are being addressed far and wide. My readers know the steady drumbeat of praise that is reaching a crescendo for the white metal scares the hell out of me. The driving forces behind silver’s price come from investors, industrial demands and a global shortage. The world simply…
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Handwerger Interviewed In MarketWatch Article

Silver mania may come to an abrupt end Commentary: Higher prices still on tap, but $50 screams caution By Myra P. Saefong, MarketWatch The following is an excerpt.  Click here to read the complete story. Just how impressive silver’s climb is compared to gold’s. Year to date, silver futures are up 54% while gold futures have…
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Barron’s on Gold Stock Trades: Prepare to Exit Before The Herd

Also, Jeb Handwerger’s newsletter covering precious metals is suggesting this morning in an alert to clients that they start planning exit points to secure profits in GLD and SLV. “You must be prepared to accumulate your products when there is a panic and sell them when there is euphoria,” he notes. The publisher of the “Gold Stock…
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