Good afternoon D

Silver is indeed a small market compared to most other common comodities: copper, gold, iron, etc. It is what allows the criminals to manipulate it so easily. The reports of jp moron offering cash premiums not to settle for physica,l, the huge delays in delivery of GFD silver bars, (recall Sprott and CEF reported delays), the mint whining about lack of blanks for silver eagles, the lack of silver products at many bulion outlets, etc. These all support the notion that silver is indeed in tight supply.

No doubt that there is more to read than there is truth ot there. What does your gut tell you? The politics of precious metals is certainly that those in power do not want to see the prices climb nor people rushing to the metals for safety. That would just add to the evidence that fiat is an abused notion bordering on a scam a,d the deise of current fiat valuations.

Not offered as proof, but the reasons that resonate with me, supporting the pm market manipulation at this time.