Silver Update 3/6/12 Sovereign Wealth

Norcini - Gold & Silver Smashed as Bullion Banks Cover Shorts

With gold and silver plunging, along with stock markets and crude oil, today King World News interviewed legendary Jim Sinclair’s chartist Dan Norcini. Norcini told KWN what we are seeing today in the gold and silver markets is not what most people think: “People will tend to blame this takedown in gold and silver on the bullion banks. Interestingly, I don’t think that’s the case this time, Eric. I think what happened last Wednesday was bullion bank selling related to central bank intervention, when we had that big takedown, which was timed with Bernanke’s Congressional testimony.”

Dan Norcini continues:


“That did get the ball rolling, but once these guys create enough downside momentum and downside support levels are breached, the bullion banks don’t have to do any selling. At that point, the hedge funds and algorithms start to do the selling for them.

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John Embry - Conditions are Deteriorating at an Alarming Rate

With gold down $35 and silver trading $1.25 lower, today John Embry told King World News that current economic conditions around the world are deteriorating rapidly. Embry, Chief Investment Strategist at Sprott Asset Management, also said that in the midst of these deteriorating conditions we are seeing aggressive manipulation. But first, Embry had this to say about what is happening in the gold market: “You are seeing gold take out some short-term technical support levels. I guess the next one of significance is at $1,650. If gold were to take $1,650 out, that would get more of the hedge funds and the algorithm traders shorting.”

John Embry continues:


“But it’s all just paper. I can assure you that there is very little physical gold being sold at distressed levels here. Any transaction in physical is probably being motivated by the buyer who is taking advantage of these low prices.

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