physical demand

http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2012/3/7_London_Trader_-_40+_Tons_of_Physical_Gold_Acquired_Yesterday.html http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2012/3/8_London_Trader_-_Massive_Physical_Silver_Orders_Filled_Near_$33.html

More: http://gata.org/node/11019

http://www.goldmoney.com/gold-research/newsdesk/world-gold-council-data-supports-bullish-case-for-gold.html Fools! :paperbag: It is heartening to see investment demand outstripping production though.

http://silverdoctors.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-mint-sells-32-million-silver-eagles.html

More: http://silverdoctors.blogspot.com/2012/01/official-mint-silver-sales-surpass.html Amazing. Investment demand outpaced domestic production all by itself. We must have imported a "few" tons of silver for industrial use too I guess.

More: http://silverdoctors.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-us-gold-eagle-mint-sales-hit-1.html Interesting that US Mint sales confirm what Turk and Sprott have been saying about dollars going in to silver and gold at a 1:1 pace. GSR @ ~53 is heavy on gold when demand appears to be 1:40 right now.

I found this nice technical anylysis http://www.scotiamocatta.com/scpt/scotiamocatta/prec/SilverForecast2012.pdf I think overall in 2012 silver will do better ôn a % basis than the major stock indexes, bonds and cash. Dare i say also than gold, the metal of the gods? After the 2011 correction...

More: http://www.goldcore.com/goldcore_blog/robust-demand-bullion-europe-middle-east-and-china-again-very-little-selling It was just two weeks ago that reports of demand for physical gold in India was waning on the weakness of the Rupee were breaking news. It's been about a month and a half...

As mentioned in my original 100 ozt silver bar watch thread, I've started an Excel spreadsheet to track the inventory of a few gold and silver products at apmex. This isn't an exact science, but hopefully will yield some useful information anyway. The following report details changes from...

Looks like gold demand in India is charging full speed ahead: More: http://www.goldmoney.com/gold-research/roman-baudzus/gold-price-hits-new-record-high-in-india.html

http://www.ameinfo.com/280745.html Will this lead to increased demand for physical gold in the UAE?

More: http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page32?oid=139372&sn=Detail&pid=102055 Source report: http://www.silverinstitute.org/images/stories/silver/PDF/SilverInvestUpdateNov11.pdf I thought this was an interesting report. The market supply of 100oz bars could be a measure of IRA...

More: http://www.bullionstreet.com/news/us-mint-buys-more-goldsilver-from-sunshine/348

Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev breaks down US Mint sales of gold coins for October: More: http://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/2011/11/07112011-us-mint-sales-for-october.html No irrational exuberance = no bubble. Trend is still positive. :gold:

More: http://www.goldcore.com/goldcore_blog/gold-supported-144-dma-and-negative-real-interest-rates-us-charts-day When the world wakes up to the true scope of the currency issue, physical demand is going to soar regardless of the price on the paper markets.

As of the moment, it appears that physical supply of 100oz silver is drying up. Tulving.com, one of the largest dealers, says they are sold out: http://tulving.com/goldbull.html apmex.com shows less that 1,000 bars in inventory: http://www.apmex.com/Category/1193/100_oz_Silver_Bars.aspx...

Found this chart while browsing around: Investment demand is now* greater than industrial demand for silver. * well it was in 2010 and all indications are that investment demand in 2011 is even greater than it was in 2010 Oh - and industrial demand has apparently been increasing too: