Silver Investment Demand: The Ticking Time Bomb

Summary: This piece from Silver Seek examines the silver market in relation to the general U.S. retirement market, showing that even though silver investment demand has risen dramatically in the last few years, it’s still only around 1% of the general IRA market in the U.S. The analysis explains how many silver price forecasts only look at the industrial side, and not investment demand. Also, central bank manipulations have forced artificial demand in paper-based assets. And while total global silver investment demand went from $1/2 billion in 2007 to over $8 billion in 2012, it pales in comparison to the amount of money that’s been created and artificially injected into the economy. However, once the Fed loses control of this process, it’s expected investors will be piling back into silver and other precious metals. Read more…