Quote Originally Posted by rondog View Post
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There's supposedly far more silver traded on the futures market than there is produced every year, so there's supposedly a supply/demand deficit. There's a lot of analysts saying there's not enough supply to meet the demands, yet the price is way too low. I just wish I had the means to load up on it while it's down right now.
Paper vs physical. People sell paper shares of physical metals, selling the same ounces over and over again, wait til the paper holders try to collect on the physical metals.

The banks are doing the same thing with financial instruments like the mortgage on your house.