Comments on Michael Zielinski's articles RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/michael-zielinski/articles http://seekingalpha.com/article/44377-marchex-what-to-do-with-200-000-domain-names?source=feed#comment-655416 655416 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:24:56 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/106910-finding-the-lowest-premium-for-physical-silver?source=feed#comment-552820 552820 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:03:33 -0400 bullion.nwtmint.com) generally does a fair job on premiums, and they ship to me for free.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/130271-new-etfs-to-be-launched-for-platinum-and-palladium?source=feed#comment-531234 531234 Sorry...I disagree Mappla... > > Platinum is tied incredibly to the auto sectors around the world > and until those come back around, it will make small moves up and > big moves back down... > > With the incredible amount of inflation coming down the road, the > REAL metal to hold is Silver. > > Gold will move, Platinum will move, but Palladium will move more > than both % wise. > > Silver will beat them all.... > > Count on it.]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:57:29 -0400 But why do you think silver is better, would you play long silver/short gold (or any other precious metal) ?



On Apr 13 10:58 AM JH24 wrote:

> Sorry...I disagree Mappla...
>
> Platinum is tied incredibly to the auto sectors around the world
> and until those come back around, it will make small moves up and
> big moves back down...
>
> With the incredible amount of inflation coming down the road, the
> REAL metal to hold is Silver.
>
> Gold will move, Platinum will move, but Palladium will move more
> than both % wise.
>
> Silver will beat them all....
>
> Count on it.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/135196-is-the-silver-bullion-shortage-ending?source=feed#comment-494509 494509 Thu, 07 May 2009 16:18:46 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/135196-is-the-silver-bullion-shortage-ending?source=feed#comment-493133 493133 Wed, 06 May 2009 22:19:14 -0400
I like 1000 oz COMEX good delivery silver bars. You can buy 'em at reasonable rates and any of the "big boys" know they are good silver.

For the end-of-the-world crowd, I think the 90% dimes, quarters and halves..and even the 40% halves, are a better deal than silver eagles. But again, their premium drops off as silver rallies.

The best trade is to buy physical when prices are high and premiums are low, hedge the metal by shorting a COMEX contract or SLV and then cover the short at lower spot and be long the bullion at a nice cheap premium.

Been doing it for 30 years.....]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/135196-is-the-silver-bullion-shortage-ending?source=feed#comment-493086 493086 Wed, 06 May 2009 21:23:08 -0400 Unfortunately, tyrants are in control of our gov'ment and they will suppress AU and AG forever - if they can get away with it.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/135196-is-the-silver-bullion-shortage-ending?source=feed#comment-492892 492892 Wed, 06 May 2009 18:43:45 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/135196-is-the-silver-bullion-shortage-ending?source=feed#comment-492664 492664 Wed, 06 May 2009 16:32:18 -0400 Sorry for the long winded reply,but thought you may be enlightened.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/135196-is-the-silver-bullion-shortage-ending?source=feed#comment-490554 490554 Tue, 05 May 2009 13:27:10 -0400 But the Mint works a bit differently from private businesses. If a private business sees larger demand, they increase staff, buy more equipment and add a second or third shift to increase production. The US Mint has never seemed to have a desire to "go the extra mile" to help their customers.
Let's face it..the Mint charges wholesalers $1.25 over silver. After their manufacturing costs, how much can they possibly make??
So they can sell 10 million ounces and make maybe $5 million. Big deal. They do better cranking out state quarters and all the other crap that gets sold on late night shopping channels.

And anyone buying a silver Eagle at a couple bucks over spot (or more) should have an IQ test anyway. It's a terrible way to invest in silver.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/130271-new-etfs-to-be-launched-for-platinum-and-palladium?source=feed#comment-462360 462360 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:31:44 -0400
My logic about platinum is that it is a precious metal AND an industrial metal. Silver and gold too have industrial applications but not nearly as platinum.

Platinum is essential not just in auto industry but in many other industries such as glass creation, fibre optics, petroleum, chemicals and so on. More and more industrial applications are being found for platinum, the latest being in fuel cells. So in my view the industrial bull market of platinum has just begun.

Its value in an economic downturn is simply that it is scarce. That's why I think it would follow gold if dollar crashes. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/130271-new-etfs-to-be-launched-for-platinum-and-palladium?source=feed#comment-461516 461516 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:58:11 -0400
Platinum is tied incredibly to the auto sectors around the world and until those come back around, it will make small moves up and big moves back down...

With the incredible amount of inflation coming down the road, the REAL metal to hold is Silver.

Gold will move, Platinum will move, but Palladium will move more than both % wise.

Silver will beat them all....

Count on it.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/130271-new-etfs-to-be-launched-for-platinum-and-palladium?source=feed#comment-460985 460985 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:45:24 -0400
There are two platinum ETNs: PGM and PTM. Using Yahoo comparison charts they've both done a good job of tracking the spot price of platinum. However, PGM trades more smoothly, with less spikiness on up days.

ETNs have counter party risk (they are debt instruments backed by the banks that issue them). Nonetheless, for the time being they do the job.

I bought a platinum eagle not long ago, and would like to acquire more closer to spot if I could. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/130271-new-etfs-to-be-launched-for-platinum-and-palladium?source=feed#comment-458535 458535 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:44:15 -0400
So in both scenarios platinum is a safer bet than gold.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/116070-u-s-mint-actions-discourage-gold-ownership?source=feed#comment-418870 418870 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:00:07 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/108983-analysts-are-bullish-on-gold-should-you-be-worried?source=feed#comment-393803 393803 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:37:19 -0500
they came down to finish at a 1000% gain. Oh the horror.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/116070-u-s-mint-actions-discourage-gold-ownership?source=feed#comment-390053 390053 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:07:15 -0500
someone else will. I own several different types of gold bullion coins, which are just as viable an investment as a US minted

coin. I started my gold investment 2 years ago by picking up several Krugerrands. I now own gold canadian maple leaf's and some

Chinese Panda bullion coins. If you look on Ebay you'll see that Panda's go for more money than American Eagles.

I also think that buying gold bullion coins is probably the best way to invest in gold. Buy gold coins from different countries

and at some point some of those counties may run low on their supply of coins and your investment will go up. There's nothing

wrong with buying gold coins from different countries. Take a look at the following article which shows varius gold bullion coins

available from many countries....
www.goldnewswire.net/g...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-379532 379532 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:38:13 -0500
When the manipulation ends--and it will--then gold and silver will rule! Joe Sixpack will have a legitmate opportunity to be comfortably numb if he has a stash of PMs.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-379467 379467 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:11:20 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-379366 379366 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:23:00 -0500 I found out the opposite, so please tell the truth.
Chinese always treated gold as God in their lives.
That's why emperors always wore gold color in the old days.
This love of gold will not change for the next 500 years.
Europeans too, they love gold, that's why they almost took over
the whole world during the early centuries.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-379219 379219 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:45:05 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-379080 379080 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:50:19 -0500
Michael poses this question...Everyone has been waiting for the disconnect between the demand for silver and the price of silver to resolve itself. Will it finally happen in 2009?

I says we do see a silver make higher highs in 2009 taking out $21.40, confirming it's long term bull.

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-379078 379078 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:25:27 -0500
more than 90% of my colleagues(at a brokerage in shanghai) don't think gold has any big chance. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-379026 379026 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:04:52 -0500 This is like plotting demand for sewing machine oil vs the price of NYMEX crude.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-378929 378929 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:16:07 -0500
I agree that we are due for a silver rally, even in the midst of a recession. Reliable measures of world silver stocks above ground are around a billion ounces, or about 13 billion dollars.

What would it take to move the silver market of 13 billion dollars? I don't think anyone really knows the total amount but this seems like a investment that has limited downside, with massive upside potential.

Disclosure: long SLW]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-378884 378884 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:38:02 -0500 I agree with the comments above by Ian Campbell: The view of the silver supply/demand equation is very narrow and therefore Mr. Zielinski's article is of little if any use.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-378376 378376 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:29:49 -0500
All of the silver in the world is currently valued at around 9 billion dollars. There will be silver shortages sometime in the future.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/119033-long-term-trend-in-investment-demand-for-silver?source=feed#comment-378364 378364 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:24:09 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/116070-u-s-mint-actions-discourage-gold-ownership?source=feed#comment-369834 369834 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:30:39 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/102885-premiums-paid-for-100-ounce-silver-bars?source=feed#comment-369594 369594 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:54:59 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/116070-u-s-mint-actions-discourage-gold-ownership?source=feed#comment-369474 369474 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:39:54 -0500 Since when do customers make dmeands like that? I will remember the next time I go tomake a purchase I will remember to make the same arguments with the seller. SCREW ME, I DEMAND IT!]]>