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Why in the world has JP Morgan accumulated more than 55 million ounces of physical silver? Since early 2012, JP Morgan’s stockpile has grown from less than 5 million ounces of physical silver to more than 55 million ounces of physical silver. Clearly, someone over at JP Morgan is convinced that physical silver is a great investment. But in recent times, the price of silver has actually fallen quite a bit. As I write this, it is sitting at the ridiculously low price of $15.66 an ounce. So up to this point, JP Morgan’s investment in silver has definitely not...

JP Morgan Holds Highest Amount Of Physical Silver In History Commodities / Gold and Silver 2014 Feb 05, 2014 - 06:48 AM GMTBy: GoldSilverWorlds Commodities While everyone is focused on the massive outflows in COMEX registered gold inventories and the gold ETF, GLD, it seems that an important evolution in silver is passing unnoticed. In what follows, Ted Butler, precious metals analyst specialized in COT analysis, reveals a remarkable insight in the physical silver market. Butler’s calculations show that JPMorgan (JPM) has piled up the largest holding of physical silver in modern world. Since the silver price peak in May...

Silver Is Just About Finished Joe Weisenthal May 20, 2013, 4:22 AM Silver is getting creamed today (to the tune of 4%). Of course, the precious metals have been in a deep bear market for awhile. Worth looking at the big picture for a moment though. With its latest decline, silver is getting very close to hitting levels before it really took off in 2010 (and went parabolic in early 2011). The great story for silver is just about totally over. Screen Shot 2013 05 20 at 4.20.10 AMFinViz

Why Silver Price will Soar To $250 An Ounce Commodities / Gold and Silver 2013April 25, 2013 - 05:46 PM GMTPeter Krauth - Money Morning Peter Krauth writes: All bull markets go through periods of consolidations and corrections. And precious metals are no exception. There has been plenty about gold's swan dive, but less talk about silver. And at this point there's more potential for silver than gold...significantly more. Because the global silver market is relatively small, silver prices tend to be more volatile; the pounding selloff we witnessed in silver this past month is a testament to that fact....