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Alasdair Macleod: Physical shortage continues to drive silver
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-01-09 10:33 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Alasdair Macleod
GoldMoney, Toronto
Friday, January 9, 2026
Chinese silver demand is on pause allowing prices to drift from all-time highs. Meanwhile, gold marches on towards a test of its post-Christmas highs.
However, the physical silver shortage is what matters and will continue to drive prices. In gold, there is a dawning realisation that there must be something solid behind its bull market, with speculators returning to Comex.
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Thailand weighs curbs on speculative gold trading to shield baht
Submitted by admin on Fri, 2026-01-09 10:12 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Suttinee Yuvejwattana and Pathom Sangwongwanich
Bloomberg News
Friday, January 9, 2026
Thailand is set to impose limits on speculative trading in gold as authorities step up efforts to curb the influence of a record-breaking rally in the precious metal on the nation's currency.
The government may limit an individual's daily online gold trading to between 100-200 million baht ($3.2-$6.4 million) under a set of new draft rules to be unveiled by the finance ministry this month, Bank of Thailand Governor Vitai Ratanakorn told reporters today.
Gold tops U.S. treasuries as world's biggest foreign reserve asset
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-01-08 19:25 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Mike Maharrey
Money Metals Exchange, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Gold now ranks as the world's top reserve asset.
According to World Gold Council data, global gold reserves are approaching $4 trillion. U.S. Treasury holdings total approximately $3.9 trillion.
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Money Metals Exchange awards scholarships to students in sound-money essay contest
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-01-08 17:06 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Money Metals News Service, Eagle, Idaho
Thursday, January 8, 2026
A leading U.S. precious metals dealer has teamed up with the nation's leading sound money groups to award eight new students with more than $10,000 in scholarship funding.
Money Metals Exchange, Sound Money Defense League, and the Sound Money Foundation are proud to present the Sound Money Scholarship -- the first gold-backed scholarship of the modern era.
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Michael Lynch: Bullion banks are key drivers of physical silver buying at Comex
Submitted by admin on Thu, 2026-01-08 16:12 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Michael Lynch
Michael Lynch on Gold and Silver
https://substack.com/@michaellynchongoldsilver
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Physical silver demand at the Comex is sizzling.
Going back five trading days, first notice day on the January contract saw 4,583 contracts or 22.9 million ounces stand for delivery. That was the highest in Comex history for an inactive contract. In fact, that total surpasses many previous active month contracts during 2023 and 2024.
Silver will soon face selling pressure from the rebalancing of this index
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-01-07 13:54 Section: Daily DispatchesOr will investment houses and sovereigns buy the futures contracts being dumped, convert them to "exchange for physicals," and take delivery of real metal?
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By Andrew Bary
Barron's, New York
via MSN News, Redmond, Washington
Saturday, January 3, 2026
The run-up in silver prices could face a near-term test from selling driven by the rebalancing of the Bloomberg Commodity Index.
Craig Hemke: With or without official revaluation, gold should keep rising in 2026
Submitted by admin on Wed, 2026-01-07 11:09 Section: Daily Dispatches11:07a ET Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
The possibility that the U.S. government will revalue its gold reserves substantially higher figures heavily in the 2026 monetary metals market outlook published today by Craig Hemke of the TF Metals Report. But even without revaluation, Hemke writes, there are reasons to expect the metals to continue rising.
Hemke's analysis is headlined "Scott Would Like to Say Something About it -- A 2026 Macrocast" and it can be found at the TF Metals Report here:
Bullion Star: Silver market begins 2026 in a structural breakdown
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-01-06 20:54 Section: Daily DispatchesFrom Bullion Star, Singapore
Monday, January 5, 2026
As we step into 2026, the silver market is capturing global attention like never before. After surging more than 150% in 2025, prices are hovering around US$73 per ounce in early January. What investors are now witnessing is not a typical cyclical rally, but what increasingly resembles a fundamental repricing of silver as both an industrial necessity and a monetary metal.
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1-kilogram LBMA gold bars begin trading on Lagos exchange
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-01-06 19:18 Section: Daily DispatchesKian Smith to List Over 21 Billion Naira Worth Of Gold Bars On Lagos Commodities and Future Exchange
By Joshua Bassey
Business Day, Lagos, Nigeria
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Kian Smith FZE is set to list and trade over 21 billion naira worth of 1-kilogram LBMA hold bars on the floor of Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange.
Adam Sharp: Silver miners have begun to print money
Submitted by admin on Tue, 2026-01-06 18:54 Section: Daily DispatchesBy Adam Sharp
Daily Reckoning, Baltimore
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Precious metal miners have done very well over the past year.
But today I’m going to show why silver miners in particular have much further to run based on current metal prices (hint: it involves a 10x increase in profits).
In 2025, gold rose about 70%. Silver jumped an impressive 130%.
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