scyther wrote:I appreciate your analysis, Inlexion, but I'm skeptical. Those numbers probably aren't a coincidence, it probably is the pattern thus far, but that doesn't mean it will continue. Obviously it has to end at some point (since nothing can go up forever) and I think 49 is a more reasonable top than 114.
I am also skeptical that it will hold simply because I do not believe the paper pushers will allow the paper price to go there. It's only a trend until it isn't. I personally believe fair value silver is over $500/oz based on monetary expansion and historic GSR. That's assuming we have as much gold as we say we do, and we have far less silver available compared to the historic GSR so honestly $500/oz is my conservative estimate. I realize this may appear outlandish.
So for me $114 and beyond isn't out of the question, especially if we have a hyperinflation. Alternatively if the powers choose to default on the debt instead of hyperinflating we'll never know how far the dollar denomintaed price would have gone, but at that point we will see a revaluation across the board and it may be difficult to compare to historical prices unless we look at the buying power in ounces which is what I believe we will eventually have to return to.
I don't think such a revaluation can occur under current circumstances. It would only be after the metal exchanges run out of metal, lose their ability to control the price (since they'd then have to buy physical and pass on the markup), and the USD gets replaced as the world reserve currency most likely by a gold backed yuan or SDR. Prior to such changes taking place I doubt the paper price can break $50, and paper can always go to zero, but the physical market will tell a truer story in the meantime.