Trikrát lepší výnos ako zlato

V horizonte 12-24 mesiacov by striebro malo mať trikrát lepší výnos ako zlato. Ako vysoko sa až dostane jeho cena nikto nevie, avšak na konci tunela investori určite nebudú sklamaní.

Because many other forces drive the price of silver, specifically, even beyond those driving megatrends the white metal shares with gold.

* The supply-and-demand dynamic for silver looks even better right now than for any other metal, including gold and platinum, because more and more industries want silver, but fewer mines are producing it

* Maybe you've heard, however, that the huge rise in digital photography spells doom for silver demand. Not so. In fact, only 8% of world silver demand ever came from the photography market

* What many amateur investors don't realize is that silver is one of the best electrical conductors in the world. But it doesn't corrode like other metals. Virtually all modern electrical switches, from batteries to computer circuit boards, use silver-based solder

* That means you need silver to make digital cameras. And iPods. And laptop computers. Not to mention dishwashers, microwaves, televisions, washing machines, refrigerators and more

* The electronics industry alone uses up 44% of all the silver produced each year

* You need silver to make solder for most metal pipes, because it's also temperature resistant. And smooth. Which has also hiked up silver demand because it's an excellent lubricant for jet engines

* Silver has anti-bacterial properties too. The water you drink or use to fill your pool was filtered using silver. Silver is used to help process almost all pre-packaged food, too

* The $300 billion plastics industry couldn't exist without silver. It's the perfect chemical catalyst. You use it to make everything from adhesives and heat-resistant surfaces to toys, car parts and more

* Even the U.S. Mint churned through 28.8 million ounces of silver in 2009, to make coins and medals. We haven't even touched on jewelry demand, which sucks up another 30% of the total annual silver production.

For one thing, there are only 22 pure silver mines around the world. For 15 years straight, they've fallen short of meeting total silver demand. In the last two years alone, they were off by nearly 76 million ounces.

So why have silver prices stayed so low, relative to gold's amazing rebound?

Well, silver, like gold, is a metal governments like to keep in reserve. That matters because over the last few years, governments have dumped millions of ounces of silver on the market to raise cash... which has, until recently, kept down silver prices.

Today, most of the U.S. silver stockpile is gone. And other governments are running low, too. And here's something else: Unlike gold, when silver goes into industry, it gets used up. Burned away. And that's happening now at a rapid pace.

The world once had about 2.2 billion ounces of silver above ground.

Now it has only about 300 million ounces. In other words, total world silver supply has plummeted by over 86% just in the last few years... while silver demand has gone UP!

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08.03.2010