Silver market in 1980's and “NOW”

• In 1980 Silver rose to $49.95 per Ounce

• Reports, show this rose

was due to massive

inflation that was

created by U.S govt.

during 1970s.

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Silver market in 1980's and “NOW”

• “Hunt Brothers” were mainly accused by the U.S govt. of “cornering “ the silver market and trying to manipulate silver prices .

• In fact the “ Hunt Brothers” accumulating silver in order to protect themselves from raising U.S dollar .

Silver market in 1980's and “NOW”

• Hunt brother strategy has caused a big mess , their silver positions were too large for them to ever sell with out causing crash in silver prices.

Silver market in 1980's and “NOW”

• With silver reaching $49.45 per ounce in early 1980s.

• The world on the other hand, was about to lose confidence in the U.S dollar.

Strategic move by CBOT & COMEX

• To prevent hyper inflation and save U.S dollar ,CBOT raised margin requirements and limited traders positions (Approx: 3 million ounces of silver futures)

• COMEX limited traders positions to 10 million ounces of silver futures

Federal Reserve, in to the action

• Federal Reserve rapidly raised interest rates which resulted a sharp decline in silver prices and “Hunt Brothers” were severely hit by margin calls.

Largest ever decline in silver prices…..

• On a single day in march 1980, when hunt brothers were forced to liquidate a larger chunk of their position, Silver has seen a decline of 78% from its earlier 2-month high.

• Approx: $5 to $10.80 per ounce was the decline.

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