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The current bull market in precious metals is set to hit new heights in the coming years (although maybe not in 2012), but many financial types still do not fully grasp the implications of what is driving the rise in gold and silver prices. In order to understand the nature of this market, one has [...]

To 250 million people in 51 countries in the world, the word for money is the same word as the word for silver. Silver literally means money.   According to Noble Laureate Milton Friedman, the majority of monetary metal throughout history has been silver, not gold. Gold is the money of kings while silver is [...]

By Jonathan Ho Benzinga Columnist   Congratulations to investors who read our last post and did the trade of either shorting silver, or buy gold and short silver. It was a very post as silver just crashed on Thursday, dropping 9% on Tuesday, and then another 14% on Friday. Gold was crushed as well, dropping [...]