Rick Rule: Why Precious Metal Demand Could Easily Quadruple

Sprott's Rick Rule tells Silver Doctors if precious metals reverted to their three-decade mean as a percentage of total U.S. investments, demand would quadruple. 

Almost every asset class has been rising. Over the last month, gold and silver have been playing "catchup," Rule says. The size of the precious metal market is tiny right now in comparison to other asset classes. 

Rule reveals that if precious metals reverted to their three-decade mean as a percentage of total U.S. investments, demand would quadruple. U.S. Treasury Bonds are seen as one of the safest place to put money. However, Rule says inflation makes U.S. Treasuries depreciating assets.

- Source, Rick Rule via SD Bullion

Rick Rule: Gold is Not on a Verge of Breakout This Year, But the Miners Are

Gold will do well this year but is not on a verge of a breakout, says Rick Rule, CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings. 

“Confidence in too many things is too high,” Rule told Kitco News on the sidelines of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference, “gold does well when people are afraid of other stuff.” 

Rule is more upbeat on gold miners, despite miners having lagged physical gold last year. “Gold miners are going to surprise, particularly because of low expectations,” Rule said.

- Source, Kitco News

Precious Metals Are Up, Cryptocurrencies Are Down

After an interesting week with lots of major changes going on, Eric Sprott feels optimistic. "Last week's report was stunningly positive for the future of silver and gold," he says, making it easy to imagine "a period time when the prices keep rising."

At the same time, Bitcoin suffered a dramatic loss following CME's launch of Bitcoin Futures Trading - a reversal of fortune that doesn't surprise Eric in the least.

"All of these things are just in huge declines today…I've never really been a believer in Bitcoin, that it stood for anything other than: I can understand people not wanting fiat currencies. I can understand people not wanting to deal with banks. I can understand people trying to hide things from the government. But look at the appreciation that happened. And you gotta wonder, it's a 'greater fool' thing, right? 

Somebody has to buy this thing from you. And if that other person stops buying it, it's over. There's a lot of people suggesting this could go down to a very, very, very low level, and bringing it back, one of the things that will happen, people will realize that gold and silver are real things - when you buy them, you have a coin. You have something tangible that's not about to disappear. So I think that could be the real benefit from the demise of cryptocurrencies, if you will. I'm not wishing their demise, but I'm not a participant in the cryptocurrencies."

It's a serious correction that looks like a bear market to Eric, and he hopes someone who wants to avoid fiat currencies and government interference looks at markets closer to his, hear. "If any of this money could come into the silver market - wow! Could it ever be dramatic."

- Source, Seeking Alpha

We Are Going to See a Huge Return to Precious Metals in 2018

In the final weekly wrap-up for 2017, Eric Sprott talks the top stories of the year and makes his predictions for the New Year ahead.

The good news? Gold is up almost 13% - the best since 2010. "It's been a pretty steady, consistent kind of rise here, it's like something has changed in the market," Eric says.

Comparatively, "you saw what happened with cryptocurrencies - the degree to which they've exploded. We've seen nothing in gold and silver… There's lot of reasons to think more and more people are going to come into this market." Eric adds, "these are usable items that will always have value."

Get Eric's full thoughts on:

• How the new U.S. Tax Bill will affect the dollar and bond markets

• Political uncertainty and how it will affect the precious metals markets

• The big stories of 2018

- Source, Seeking Alpha

Precious Metals Demand in 2018 and The Price of Bitcoin Going Forward

Going into 2018, we are already see strong demand and a nice price movements in the precious metals space. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has suffered a huge setback, after experiencing massive gains throughout 2017. Now, what comes next?

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Gold and Silver Experience a Massive Turnaround

Lows in gold, Comex curiosities - it's been an interesting week for precious metals. Whether or not there will be a rally in 2018 remains to be seen, but if history is anything to go by, there just may be a lift in the market as we turn the calendar to the new year. Eric Sprott thinks so, too. 

"It's been a pretty good week so far," he says. "It's interesting and sort of sickening in a way that the commercial banks, who were shorting gold and silver, can use these Fed meetings as an excuse to knock gold down to raise rates. 

That's their cover, right? That's their cover for their illegal trading activities, the minute the shorts knock the prices down and the Fed raises rates, up she goes. What a massive turnaround in as little as two weeks."

- Source, Sprott Money

Possible War Between Gold and Bitcoin Coming in 2018

Eric Sprott discusses the recent price action of both gold and silver and the price movements he sees coming throughout the year. Will gold be the winner, or will it be Bitcoin once again?

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Eric Sprott: The Gold Paper and Physical Markets Are Like Night and Day

Luke speaks with the legendary Canadian Gold Bull, Mr. Eric Sprott on his view on the gold market, distinguishing between the paper market and the physical market and the current market dynamics. Eric concludes the interview by sharing his advice for both new investors interested in Gold and experienced investors alike.

- Source, Bullion Stars