I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were speaking to his personal position. I was speaking to the overall position (the 21.8 million which he responded to by email)or the holdings of Puplava Securities which would cover his personal and clients' holdings. (Assuming that he holds his own shares through Puplava Securities which is a guess in itself.)
Your point that he could have bought Tyhee for clients while selling some of his own position is valid and doesn't imply anything negative from my point of view.
This market is mixed up enough that he could see things one way and his clients another. Most of my position was bought a long time ago but I added during the recent extreme lows as I could.
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