Friday, May 6, 2011

Bob Chapman : The CME wiped out all the small investors

Bob Chapman : The CME wiped out all the small investors



Bob Chapman : the recent silver pull-back , a total manipulation with arrogance it's incredible they do anything they want to do , they raised margin requirements from $9000 to $21000 in five days ! unheard of !!! then they contacted all the large commodity houses and said we want you to recommend the people get rid of their positions on the long side of the commodities an particularly in gold and silver and we want you to double the margin requirements so the $21000 that would be $42000 , there is no small investor that can handle that so they are all wiped out , the market is totally rigged says bob Chapman of The International Forecaster

Jim Cramer, this sell-off is about market mechanics, not the fundamentals,

COMEX Silver for May delivery dropped another $3.152 per troy ounce Or 8% to $36.23
Jim Cramer : all things gold and silver got pounded again today. as people who bought them with borrowed money were force the to put up more cash or get blown out of their positions. something i have been warning you about all week. this sell-off is about market mechanics, not the fundamentals, so i'm not backing away from gold as a fantastic long-term money-making theme. you need to have gold in your portfolio. now that it's begun to pull back and pull back hard, it's time to consider building a position slowly if you still don't have any exposure to the shiny stuff. remember, my playbook is simple. i like bullion, actually gold bars.



Related ETFs : Ishares Silver ETF (SLV), SPDR GOld ETF (GLD) SPDR GOld ETF (GLD), Powershares DB SPDR Gold ETF (GLD), Newmont Mining (NEM), Barrick Gold (ABX), GoldCorp (GG)

How to trade silver volatility



The volatility in silver market was created by the combination of the bubble forming and the CME decision to increase the margins ,we got a rush to the doors situation , Silver futures headed for the steepest weekly decline since at least 1975 as the CME increase in margin requirements and slump in commodities from copper to oil prompted investors to sell precious metals
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