Silver

• Why is Eric Sprott Selling PSLV Shares Fast and Furiously?
  Posted by kid dynamite on April 8th, 2013 at 4:18 pm, Comments: 0

  Regular readers of this blog are no strangers to the slick trading Eric Sprott exhibited in his own Physical Silver Trust ($PSLV: no positions).  Sprott [...]

• Don’t Expect Follow On Offerings From Sprott Any Time Soon (PHYS, PSLV)
  Posted by kid dynamite on February 22nd, 2013 at 10:06 am, Comments: 0

  One of the main problems with the closed end trust structure (as opposed to the ETF structure) revolves around secondary offerings.   While ETFs allow authorized [...]

• About That Big Change To SLV’s Silver Inventories
  Posted by kid dynamite on January 22nd, 2013 at 9:19 am, Comments: 0

  Last week, Zerohedge noticed that the Ishares Silver Trust ($SLV) reported a sizable increase in its silver inventories on Wednesday night (January 16, 2013).    You [...]

• Facts: The Enemy of The Precious Metals Blogger
  Posted by kid dynamite on November 26th, 2012 at 5:35 pm, Comments: 0

  A few weeks ago I wrote this post where I clearly explained what was factually incorrect about claims made by a typical post from a [...]

• Debunking Misleading Silver Posts With Pure Fact
  Posted by kid dynamite on November 9th, 2012 at 9:18 am, Comments: 0

  I have stepped aside from the role of Ombudsman of the Silver Blogosphere because, well, it would be a full time job if I really [...]

• Rhetorical Question For Silverbugs
  Posted by kid dynamite on November 9th, 2012 at 7:53 am, Comments: 0

  This post is to address one specific argument that I hear made all the time by Silverbugs:  the argument is that there is a severe [...]

• Eric Sprott Must Think Silver is Going Lower!
  Posted by kid dynamite on July 12th, 2012 at 8:55 pm, Comments: 0

  You’re probably confused by the post title, right?  After all, Sprott’s Physical Silver Trust ($PSLV – no positions) just announced a $ 200MM secondary offering.  [...]

• Sprott Physical Silver Trust Announces Follow On Offering
  Posted by kid dynamite on July 11th, 2012 at 11:04 pm, Comments: 0

  $PSLV has announced another follow on offering.  I’m told that the size is $ 200MM. What this means for PSLV shareholders is that they should [...]

• PSLV Shareholders Continue To Amaze (Confuse?) Me
  Posted by kid dynamite on May 17th, 2012 at 12:22 pm, Comments: 0

  Sprott Physical Silver Trust ($PSLV, no positions) released a 6-k filing this week showing that some shares were redeemed for cash during the first quarter.  [...]

• Confidential To Eric Sprott
  Posted by kid dynamite on February 20th, 2012 at 8:57 am, Comments: 0

  Dear Eric, A friend recently sent me this link where there is a quote from Ed Steer: “I was talking to Eric Sprott yesterday…and asked him [...]

• Paper And Physical Gold Prices Are Not Decoupling Yet
  Posted by kid dynamite on February 3rd, 2012 at 8:59 am, Comments: 0

  Like its little brother, silver, gold offered us proof that there is still not variation between “paper” and “physical” prices yet.   The metal-head blogs you [...]

• The Future For Silver? Look To The Stars
  Posted by kid dynamite on January 21st, 2012 at 10:33 am, Comments: 0

  It’s all in the stars…. or the planets… or something.   I wish I’d made this up: “There have been rumors for over a year that [...]

• Data Shows PSLV Over-Allotment Option Exercised
  Posted by kid dynamite on January 20th, 2012 at 1:51 pm, Comments: 0

  I wonder when we’ll see a press release from the Sprott Physical Silver Trust ($PSLV) on this – the over-allotment option (aka: Shoe) has been [...]

• Did JP Morgan Bring Down Eastman Kodak In A Desperate Attempt To Plunder Silver?
  Posted by kid dynamite on January 20th, 2012 at 9:42 am, Comments: 0

  Holy crap -  it all makes sense now!  Blythe and the Cartel intentionally killed off Eastman Kodak to hoard whatever little remaining silver was in [...]

• Paper and Physical Silver Prices Are Not Decoupling Yet
  Posted by kid dynamite on January 19th, 2012 at 5:11 pm, Comments: 0

  The good news for silver noobs just starting to get interested in the precious metals and educating themselves (yes, I use that term loosely) online [...]

• Sprott Physical Silver Trust’s Premium is Lower Than You Think
  Posted by kid dynamite on January 19th, 2012 at 8:03 am, Comments: 0

  note: this post was written on the evening of 1/18/2012, for reference of the “todays” and “yesterdays” within… There’s an old expression in poker: “don’t [...]

• Sprott Physical Silver Trust Announces Secondary Offering
  Posted by kid dynamite on January 17th, 2012 at 5:01 pm, Comments: 0

  As I explained previously: Toronto, Ontario, Canada — January 17, 2012 — Sprott Physical Silver Trust(the “Trust”) (NYSE: PSLV / TSX: PHS.U), a trust created to [...]

• I Don’t Know Why I Waste My Time Trying To Correct Silver Misinformation
  Posted by kid dynamite on November 23rd, 2011 at 4:23 pm, Comments: 0

  “Waste of time” is literally the only way to put it…  Even if you force feed it to them in their own platform, they still [...]

• Sprott Physical Silver Trust Will Not Go Out and Buy $1.5B in Silver Imminently
  Posted by kid dynamite on November 22nd, 2011 at 4:47 pm, Comments: 0

  I just want to clear something up.    When I wrote last week about how the Sprott Physical Silver Trust ($PSLV) had filed a shelf offering [...]

• Sprott Physical Silver Trust Files Shelf
  Posted by kid dynamite on November 16th, 2011 at 4:56 pm, Comments: 0

  This shouldn’t come as a surprise, although today’s $PSLV price action in the face of the 4pm announcement might be surprising to some (see EDIT [...]