Global Run on Physical Gold and Silver?

April 23, 2013 by SchiffGold 0 0

Wealth Wire posted an article today that conveniently overviews the numerous reports about massive physical precious metals sales all around the world. Metals dealers large and small, as well as major mints, are experiencing supply shortages. While we’re not sure if a true run on physical precious metals is imminent, all the evidence suggests that the sooner you take advantage of these bargain prices, the better.

“The crash of the price of paper gold on Monday has unleashed an unprecedented global frenzy to buy physical gold and silver.

All over the planet, people are recognizing that this is a unique opportunity to be able to acquire large amounts of gold and silver at a bargain price. So precious metals dealers now find themselves being overwhelmed with orders in the United States, in Canada, in Europe and over in Asia. Will this massive run on physical gold and silver soon lead to widespread shortages of those metals? Instead of frightening people away from gold and silver, the takedown of paper gold seems to have had just the opposite effect. People just can’t seem to get enough physical gold and silver right now.

Those that wish that they had gotten into gold when it was less than $1400 an ounce are able to do so now, and it is absolutely insane that silver is sitting at about $23 an ounce. If the big banks continue to play games with the price of gold, we are going to see existing supplies of physical gold and silver dry up very quickly. And once reports of physical shortages of gold and silver become widespread, it is going to absolutely rock the financial world. But this is what happens when you manipulate free markets – it often has unintended consequences far beyond anything that you ever imagined.

The following are 10 signs that the takedown of paper gold has unleashed an unprecedented global run on physical gold and silver…”