Quote Originally Posted by mamboni View Post
Within a decade is the extreme scenario. It will likely come much much sooner. For example, virtually all primary silver miners are losing money at today's $22 silver spot price. They have all in costs of $27-30 per ounce. While it is true that mines can and often do operate for some time on a negative cash flow, they cannot operate for more than a year or two at these prices without going bankrupt. So, either the silver mines close and we have a 30% collapse in silver supply followed by a rebound price spike in the latter portion of this decade; or, silver prices spike higher sooner, driven in part by the failed FED Qe policy and government budget deficits without end. Either way silver is a screaming buy and hold right now, like never before in the history of the world. Never lose sight of the fact that silver (and gold) prices are dictated by the paper market which dwarfs the physical by at tleast 100:1. And TPTB are blatantly and obviously suppressing the gold and silver prices to foster the illusion of dollar strength. They will continue to do this until something breaks in the physical market, such as collapsing supply, exploding demand or a default at the exchange.