The CME Group Volume Trading Discount For Foreign Central Banks

Owner of the COMEX Offers Volume Discounts to Foreign Central Banks Foreign Central Banks Can Participate in US owned Futures Exchanges – at a Special Rate Trading Discounts Range from 18-49% for “Qualified Participants” Foreign central banks can apply for and get a discount for their futures trading activity on COMEX via a special CME Read More →

Perth Mint Silver Sales Crash In August

August Perth Mint silver sales of 376,467 ounces were down 46% from 693,447 ounces sold in July and down 69% from June sales of 1,220,817 ounces. Silver sales at the Perth Mint in August were down 47% year over year from August 2015 sales of 707,656. Perth Mint: lower sales in August ‘reflected the trend Read More →

Gold and Silver Confiscation? – Smaulgld Podcast on Kennedy Financial

Will gold and silver be confiscated? Why did the United States Government confiscate gold and silver in the 1930’s? Smaulgld on Kennedy Financial Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to be a guest on the Kennedy Financial Channel with John and Phil Kennedy. We discussed the following topics: 1. Real Estate – pending home Read More →

COLLAPSE! American Silver Eagle Sales Continue To Crumble in August

U.S. Mint August 2016 American Silver Eagle Sales Report. Sales of American Silver Eagles in August Drop 74% From 4,935,000 sold in August 2015 to 1,280,000 sold in August 2016. American Silver Eagles sales decline three months in a row sequentially and year over year. August’s ASE sales lowest since December 2013 sales of 1,200,000. Read More →

Seven Ways To Get Higher Inflation

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There are Some Untried Ways That Would Cause Price Inflation. Electronics and Silver May Hold the Key to Higher Inflation. The Consumer Price Index Would Skyrocket if Some of These Measures Were Implemented. The Federal Reserve Says Inflation is Too Low! The official rate of inflation as measured by the United States Bureau of Labor Read More →

Top Three Sovereign Mints Report 31% Silver Sales Growth in First Half of 2016

Top Three Sovereign Mints, The U.S., Canadian and Perth Mint report collective first half 2016 silver sales up 31.3% vs. first half of 2015. Perth Mint silver sales climb 172% in the first half of 2016. The U.S., Canadian and Perth Mints sold nearly 53 million ounces of silver in the first half of 2016. Read More →

JP Morgan and Silver

JPmorgan silver June 22 2018

JPMorgan and its affiliates* own and/or control** between approximately 432 million- 582 million ounces of silver. Estimated value of physical silver and silver mining shares owned and/or controlled by JPMorgan is between approximately $9-$11 billion. How Much Silver Does JPMorgan Chase Have? JPM and/or its investment affiliates own or control silver in the following forms: Read More →

Norway’s Central Bank Files For Confidential Treatment of its US Equity Holdings

Norwegian Central Bank Files to Have 2nd Quarter 2016 U.S. Equity Positions Not Disclosed to the Public Norwegian Central Bank Files Unredacted 2nd Quarter 2015 U.S. Equity Postions with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Norwegian Central Bank discloses nearly $1 Billion in US Gold and Silver Mining Shares, including a $400+ million position Read More →

Second Quarter 2016 Royal Canadian Mint Silver Sales Rise 24%

The Royal Canadian Mint Sold 8,400,000 Ounces of Silver in the Second Quarter of 2016. Second quarter 2016 Canadian Mint silver sales rose 24% year over year in Q2 2016 from 6,800,000 ounces sold in the same quarter in 2015 First quarter 2016 Canadian Mint silver sales rose 19.3% year over year in Q1 2016 Read More →

Fed Yack Attacks Support the Dollar

Yesterday, I spoke with Jason Burack of Wall Street For Main Street. We discussed a variety of topics. Below are links that may shed some light on the topics discussed. Please have a listen and check out the links. Check out all the Smaulgld podcasts here. Please consider making a small donation to Smaulgld.com. Thanks! Read More →