The current economic crisis has people faltering a lot concerning their money and what to do with it, and the usual havens of silver and gold during times like these haven't been acting in the usual predictable manner, but prices of silver and gold are starting to rise, and that should go on for some time.
Most of that has been because of the forced liquidation period where companies sold off their silver and gold positions, among other commodities, in order to get their hands on much needed cash. That in turn caused the U.S. dollar to remain inordinately high even though the underlying fundamentals pointed to it being weaker.
When it comes to commodities, don't get fooled or confused about the current economic situation where all the various market forces seem to be makeing it hard for people to make sound decisions on where to put their money.
Gold and silver will start to perform strongly again as the forced liquidation period unwinds, and investing the gold and silver will be very profitable going forward. The one thing about silver prices that are nice is they are lower than gold, and so investing in silver has a much higher probability of moving much more up in percentages than gold. Of course it depends on what your investment risk comfort zone is, as if you're just trying to hold on to your money, gold during these times should be the preferred investment, even if silver futures and prices have a better chance of going higher.
To me there's no doubt silver prices across the numerous ways of investing in silver will move upward significantly in 2009, no matter what the demand for its use as a raw material. Safety is one of the key factors in investing this year, and commodity prices like in relationship to silver and gold prices will be the safest and probably best investments as well in the near term.
What are some of the many ways you can invest in silver in 2009 and beyond? There's of course silver futures, silver bar, silver eagle coins, silver dollars, silver coins in general and silver bullion, among many others.
The key now is to understand fear will drive the market for some time, and gold and silver prices will rise as a result of that fear, whether its deserved and accurate or not. We don't have to figure that out, we just need to know that silver prices will rise going forward, and keep that in mind as make our silver investment.
Some people are even concerned about their safety, with the idea that things could fall apart. To that end their not only buying silver and gold coins, but silver and gold bullion as well.
So silver as an investment, no matter what form you want to buy silver in, will do well for those interested in buying commodities, and will be among those commodities prices going up. Silver, along with gold will be safe, and give a return as well; something not many other investments will be able to say in 2009, and probably even 2010.
Many people are asking which way silver prices are going, and the answer is up, up, and up. The reason why, as mentioned earlier, is the safety factor and the winding down of forced liquidation by companies usually buying gold and silver in large quantities and futures at times like these.
Keep looking at the silver prices going forward, and don't wait too long before participating in buying up silver futures, coins, bullion or bars.
Silver prices and futures are going to continue going up in 2009, be in the silver market to enjoy that upward movement.
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Commodities | Raw Materials Down in 2009?
A recent report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says that industrial commodities will probably continue to fall in 2009 as the price index is projected to plunge by up to 41 percent this year.
On the other hand, in 2010, expectations from the EIU report says prices of the majority of industrial raw materials should bounce back in at least a limited amount in prices, although in the long term most investors and futures traders are positive about the return of the bull market in commodities.
In the auto industry, that continuing decline will cause natural rubber demand to fall even more, as synthetic rubber becomes more competitive in price (that'll last as long as petroleum prices remain down), and platinum, while expected to fall in demand in 2009, possibly pressuring platinum prices and futures down, there could be an override there from investors speculating.
The recent announcement that Indian consumers are migrating from gold to platinum may offer some support in 2009 as well.
Obviously gold and silver futures and prices should enjoy a solid year in 2009, as investors continue to look for the few places of safety available, as confidence in the U.S. slides as investors start to understand forced liquidation propped it up when it should have been falling, and now they're starting to flee it as they see the fundamentals and huge bailouts will continue to undermine its strength.
Availability of credit in the latter part of 2008 and early part of 2009 have also affected the movement of commodity stocks as financing has held back acquisition of raw materials in many cases and many companies.
Cutbacks by producers has also generated the possibility that supply may be more difficult to acquire this year, putting more pressure to meet demand and move the stock prices higher. Shortages could be a reality with some raw materials in 2009.
Demand for metals in the consumer electronics sector has also left demand down, and so prices are expected to be pressured down for metals used there too.
The one unknown question out there is how far along companies are in forced liquidation. If their positions are mostly unwound, base metals may be a little stronger than expected, although most aren't holding out much hope for 2009, and are looking for 2010 for the beginning of a modest recovery.
Some companies may have enough cash and credit lines available to tap, and so may do well, others probably will take longer, the reason its such a mixed commodity futures market at this time, and investors are being cautious.
That's also a factor with the U.S. dollar, which will assuredly contract and collapse some this year. Again, the U.S. dollar has benefitted from forced liquidation because of commodities being sold to raise capital which has artificially kept the U.S. dollar strong because of most commodities being dollar denominated.
With the ongoing recession across the world, there's little hope that oil prices and futures will rise any time soon, a reason the super contango has been helping the pocket books of those investing in it.
Investors are simply buying and storing oil in supertankers until prices start to move again. Their hope is obviously the storage costs won't outpace the price increase, however incremental they may be.
Because it's a super contango, the futures are much further out than normal, and investors can more easily make those decisions.
Although it's not quite here yet fully, the commodity market, as far as gold and silver goes, is starting to behave somewhat predictably again, as investors run to a haven of safety with their capital.
Other industrial raw materials and futures will struggle to go up this year in any meaningful way, and we can expect this behavior for the rest of 2009.
On the other hand, in 2010, expectations from the EIU report says prices of the majority of industrial raw materials should bounce back in at least a limited amount in prices, although in the long term most investors and futures traders are positive about the return of the bull market in commodities.
In the auto industry, that continuing decline will cause natural rubber demand to fall even more, as synthetic rubber becomes more competitive in price (that'll last as long as petroleum prices remain down), and platinum, while expected to fall in demand in 2009, possibly pressuring platinum prices and futures down, there could be an override there from investors speculating.
The recent announcement that Indian consumers are migrating from gold to platinum may offer some support in 2009 as well.
Obviously gold and silver futures and prices should enjoy a solid year in 2009, as investors continue to look for the few places of safety available, as confidence in the U.S. slides as investors start to understand forced liquidation propped it up when it should have been falling, and now they're starting to flee it as they see the fundamentals and huge bailouts will continue to undermine its strength.
Availability of credit in the latter part of 2008 and early part of 2009 have also affected the movement of commodity stocks as financing has held back acquisition of raw materials in many cases and many companies.
Cutbacks by producers has also generated the possibility that supply may be more difficult to acquire this year, putting more pressure to meet demand and move the stock prices higher. Shortages could be a reality with some raw materials in 2009.
Demand for metals in the consumer electronics sector has also left demand down, and so prices are expected to be pressured down for metals used there too.
The one unknown question out there is how far along companies are in forced liquidation. If their positions are mostly unwound, base metals may be a little stronger than expected, although most aren't holding out much hope for 2009, and are looking for 2010 for the beginning of a modest recovery.
Some companies may have enough cash and credit lines available to tap, and so may do well, others probably will take longer, the reason its such a mixed commodity futures market at this time, and investors are being cautious.
That's also a factor with the U.S. dollar, which will assuredly contract and collapse some this year. Again, the U.S. dollar has benefitted from forced liquidation because of commodities being sold to raise capital which has artificially kept the U.S. dollar strong because of most commodities being dollar denominated.
With the ongoing recession across the world, there's little hope that oil prices and futures will rise any time soon, a reason the super contango has been helping the pocket books of those investing in it.
Investors are simply buying and storing oil in supertankers until prices start to move again. Their hope is obviously the storage costs won't outpace the price increase, however incremental they may be.
Because it's a super contango, the futures are much further out than normal, and investors can more easily make those decisions.
Although it's not quite here yet fully, the commodity market, as far as gold and silver goes, is starting to behave somewhat predictably again, as investors run to a haven of safety with their capital.
Other industrial raw materials and futures will struggle to go up this year in any meaningful way, and we can expect this behavior for the rest of 2009.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Arian Silver Corp. Mineral Resource Estimate for San Jose Property
A press release from the Arian Silver Corp. concerning the San Jose property in Zacatecas State, Mexico, offers the initial resource estimates.
According to the estimates, there are approximately 27.7 million ounces of silver, 64.6 million pounds of lead and 147.5 million pounds of zinc.
The estimates, according to the company comes "from 31 holes drilled to an aggregate length of 4,500 metres (m) and is contained within four currently defined resource blocks along 4 km of the strike of the San Jose Vein (SJV). These blocks currently cover an aggregate strike length of some 1,600 m within the 4 km strike length and extend to a depth of 200 m. The percentage of oxide, transitional and primary material is undefined as part of these preliminary "inferred" estimations."
You can find the plan which shows where the resources are in relationship to the strike here.
The estimate is only in relationship to about 30 percent of the length of the known strike which Arian controls.
Arian's Chief Executive Officer, Jim Williams, said in a statement, "We are very pleased with these initial compliant resources we have so far estimated at San Jose. These resource estimates are only based on approximately 50% of the drill-holes that we have currently drilled at San Jose and therefore only cover a portion within a strike length along the main SJV of some 4 km (out of 12 plus km). We believe we can expand these resources significantly during 2008."
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