ORLANDO, Florida (AP) – A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures were back at $1,600 an ounce on Tuesday, rebounding from a weak December with aplomb amid rallying oil futures and a weaker dollar.
Gold for February delivery /quotes/zigman/656382 GC2G +2.50% rose $35.80, or 2.2%, to trade at $1,602.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. It traded as high as $1,608.70 an ounce earlier.
Since my last silver article on Seeking Alpha, I have been overwhelmed with emails requesting an update. In the article I suggested that we were nearing a bottom for silver before it begins a parabolic rally. I noted that if silver broke below the recent 29.90 support level in the futures, then the most likely bottom for silver would be the $26 region, with the potential to drop even as low as the 22.50 region. So, let’s see if that analysis is still applicable at this time.
“None of the fundamental factors have changed. The world still has too much debt and there is no way this debt can be repaid; moreover, the monetary authorities of the world continue to signal that their bias is inflationary (see the recent comments from the Bank of International Settlements as an example). In the United States, M2 money supply continues to rise.”
With growing fears about the European banking system, today King World News interviewed James Turk out of Spain to get his take on the situation. When asked about the ongoing crisis, Turk responded, “For a few months now I have been worrying that there would be another Lehman moment and have been expecting it before year-end. I said the failure of Dexia was not the event, and initially I thought MF Global was not big enough to cause it either. But, Eric, it is now becoming clear that the ramifications of MF Global are earth shaking, and consequently, I think we are already in another Lehman moment.”
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WASHINGTON — The presidential dollar coin has fallen victim to Washington’s cost cutting efforts.
The White House said Tuesday it is stopping nearly all production of the coins, which carry the likeness of every deceased president. The effort will save taxpayers $50 million a year in production and storage costs.
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I think that buying silver today is like buying gold for $554 an ounce. Let me explain: As I am writing, silver is currently trading at about 65.2% (32.6/50) of its 1980 high. If gold was trading at 65.2% of its 1980 high, it would be trading at $554 (0.652*850).