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WOOD CARVINGS On Tuesday, April 22nd, my wife and I flew to Chicago for the Guyette and Deeter duck decoy auction. This event is held in conjunction with the North American Decoy Collectors [...]

UP, UP AND AWAY The Uber driver recently taking me to my hotel in Chicago overheard my conversation with Ted Butler about silver. He enthusiastically explained that he owned some silver. I told [...]

losses The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Quarterly OTC Derivatives report covers the over-the-ccounter derivatives positions of the U.S. banks. For many years, the only two banks [...]

CRIME WAVE Our newspaper reports that a woman who embezzled $3.75 million from her employer will face no jail time, only probation. In other words, you can steal almost 4 million dollars in [...]

FRIDAY 4/12 It’s hard to overlook the tremendous price volatility that occurred on 4/12, when both gold and silver established new recent price highs, only to fall precipitously by the close of [...]

BIG SILVER BUYER We have a customer who has bought many millions of dollars of silver from us. In my estimation, Tom is a knowledgeable and shrewd investor. At one time he was a successful stock [...]

selective law enforcement JPMorgan took over Bear Stearns in 2008, inheriting Bear’s massive short position in COMEX silver (and gold). There was a formal investigation by the CFTC’s Enforcement [...]