Something changed in the silver market in May as U.S. Silver Eagle sales
have surged compared to the previous month. This is quite interesting
as precious metals sales and sentiment have declined in the West, especially
in the United States, ever since Donald Trump was elected President.
Many precious metals investors thought that if Trump was elected, it would
have been very positive for the gold and silver market. Unfortunately,
it seems as if the opposite was (is) the case. Not only has demand for
precious metals declined considerably in 2017 versus last year, so has sales
of guns, ammo and survival food-supplies. I gather many of those who
follow the alternative media believe Trump is actually going to make America
Great Again. So, why protect oneself from a collapse?
This is a very bad assumption… as nothing has changed with Trump in the
White House. Furthermore, many analysts are saying that what Trump is
doing could actually speed up the collapse of the U.S. economy and financial
system.
Regardless, the fundamentals in the U.S. economy continue to
disintegrate. We are seeing economic bubble indicators reach or surpass
what took place in 2007, before the bloodbath hit the U.S. Housing and
Financial Markets. However, there is one additional negative
factor that wasn’t a problem in 2007 that is now a BLINKING RED LIGHT.
What is this new lousy fundamental? It’s the U.S. and Global Oil
Industry. Back in 2007, most of the oil and gas companies were making
decent cash flow and profits. Unfortunately, the situation in
the Oil Sector is orders of magnitude much worse than what is was in 2007.
Not only are the majority of oil and gas companies losing money, they have
been also cutting their oil reserves.
This is extremely bad news for which very few Americans are aware.
Thus, we are now facing an extremely negative DOUBLE-EDGE SWORD of bubble
economic indicators on top of a disintegrating oil industry. Which
means… the situation today is much worse than what took place back during the
2008 Global meltdown.
U.S. Silver Eagle Sales Surge In May Due To 3 Reasons
U.S. Silver Eagle sales surged 140% in May versus April… and we
still have another week remaining in the month. According to
the recent update by the U.S. Mint, Silver Eagle sales reached 2,005,000 so
far in May compared to 835,000 in April:
After seeing this spike in Silver Eagle demand, I called up a few of my
contacts in the industry and asked if they could shed some light as to why
sales jumped in May. According to several sources, they stated that the
huge increase in Silver Eagle sales were due to three reasons:
- There was an extremely large purchase by a single
wholesaler in the Northeast.
- The small retail buyer came in a big way as premiums
were lowered the most in seven years
- A group of respected technical analysts gave a buy
signal for the Silver Market when silver was trading between $16-$16.25
These three reasons stated by my contacts, are what has likely driven
demand for Silver Eagles to the highest level seen so far this year… if we
exclude sales in January, which are always elevated as wholesalers are
stocking up on the debut of the new coin release.
It seems as if a large buyer in the Northeast believes silver is a good
deal at this price. Furthermore, when the wholesalers lowered the
premiums (lowest in seven years), there was an immediate surge in Silver
Eagle buying via small retail investors which caused the premium to increase
once again. Also, the silver market underestimates the reaction when
certain Technical Analysts put out a BUY SIGNAL. Many individuals who
follow or subscribe to these analysts, are big investors. So, when they
see a buy signal… they do so in a BIG WAY.
That being said, I would like to remind those reading this article
(that might be new to the precious metals industry) please make sure you
understand the difference between “PREMIUM” and “COMMISSION” when you decide
to purchase precious metals. There are a group of very widely
advertised precious metals dealers that may have lowered their premium along
with the other dealers, but still charge very high commissions for their
products or services.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The PREMIUM is
what the dealer pays the wholesaler for the coin or bar. The COMMISSION
is what the dealer charges his client above the premium. You need to
ask what the commission you are being charged as many new investors are being
taken advantage of… but don’t realize it until later, when it is too late.
While two million Silver Eagle sales so far in May are less than they were
last year (4,498,500), this surge in demand suggests that the hype
surrounding a Trump Presidency may be fading… and quickly. If we take a
look at Silver Eagle sales from FEB to MAY, we can clearly see that something
has changed recently:
If the strong demand trend continues for the remainder of May, we could
see Silver Eagle Sales reach 2.5-2.8 million. Again, this is lower than
what it was last year, but it is a sign that market is starting to SMELL A
RAT. And that RAT is a totally inflated STOCK, BOND & REAL ESTATE
MARKET.
In addition, Silver Eagle sales are now out-performing Gold Eagle
sales. For example, in March when U.S. Silver Eagle sales were
1,615,000, Gold Eagle sales were 56,000 oz. However, Gold Eagle sales
in May are only 42,000 oz, while Silver Eagle sales are over 2 million.
Thus, the market is purchasing 48 times more Silver Eagles than Gold
Eagles currently.
Lastly, for those precious metals investors who are frustrated by the
disappointing paper Gold and Silver price performance since 2012, the STOCK,
BOND and REAL ESTATE markets have never been in such BUBBLE
TERRITORY. For some odd reason, many precious metals
investors tend to overlook the $7 trillion in Central Bank assets purchases
(that were made public… could be much higher) from 2011-2016, and the
whopping $1 trillion purchased in just the first four months of 2017.
It seems as if many Americans are suffering from BRAIN DAMAGE as the
MainStream Media continues to put out the most misinformation and propaganda
in history. This causes individuals to lose the ability to think
CRITICALLY. And with that will come a great deal of pain and misfortune
when we finally see the collapse value of most STOCK, BOND and REAL ESTATE
prices.
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