David Morgan

Founder of the Silver-Investor.com website

Mining Company Risk

In last week's column we discussed some risks associated with the junior mining sector. In this week’s article it is important to recognize what has just been reported about mining operations in Venezuela, an article posted on (May 09, 2008 7:19AM)

Junior Mining Company Risk

Dear David, Thank you very much for your hard work and excellent research. Your level approach to the metals has long been a beacon to follow. Thank you. (May 02, 2008 8:56AM)

Silver and Gold Fall from Favor

It seems many once notable gold and silver bugs have abandoned the precious for what? In these uncertain financial times selling precious metals may look wise in the short term but what investment class is doing b (Apr 25, 2008 8:30AM)

Silver and Gold IRAs

In last weeks column we visited the fact that many saving for retirement might like to have a portion of their funds in true precious metals. I need to make a correction to last weeks article, whic... (Apr 18, 2008 8:03AM)

Gold and Silver for Retirement

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) can be funded with physical gold and silver, yet very few investors are aware of this fact. They are exempt from all capital gains taxes, so if your investments... (Apr 11, 2008 7:50AM)

Short Silver

I have forecast that at some point the physical silver market will dominate the paper silver market. The question I ask now is, "Are we there yet?" In my Alert to my subscribers on March 3, 2008, I ... (Apr 04, 2008 7:59AM)

Significance of Silver as an Investment

In days gone by silver was not an investment it was money, in fact silver passed through more hands in everyday commerce than any other real money including gold. I state real money to distinguish silver money from modern (Mar 28, 2008 8:22AM)

The Ultimate Gold Trade

What a week for the precious metals! Gold blasts past $1000 per ounce, and silver trades above $21, and then suddenly the floor drops out from under both metals. In fact, the financial markets in general seem to be reeling from the (Mar 24, 2008 9:22AM)

Importance of Silver and Gold

Recently an interviewer asked me why silver and gold are doing much better than silver and gold mining stocks. This was a question that I anticipated and had given a great deal of thought. (Mar 14, 2008 8:14AM)

Is Silver the Sleeper?

Last week in my first column for The International Business Times, I addressed the theoretical price of gold in U.S. dollar terms. This is a straightforward calculation based upon the M1 currency supply and the amount of gold the (Mar 07, 2008 4:27PM)

How High Is High?

A question I often receive is, "How high do you expect the price of silver and gold to reach?" The simple answer is that no one really knows for sure, but it will most likely be far higher than the average investor expects. (Feb 29, 2008 1:46PM)

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