Could this be fact or fiction?

For some of pro-silver market specialists, such an event is not only possible, it's an unstoppable certainty!

What makes them so confident when silver has floundered in financial wilderness for so long?

Some reasons put forward by market commentators include:

 The accumulation of vast silver assets by prominent business tycoons.

 The buy-back of a huge silver hedge book.

 Official interference in market that's about to end.

 Suggestions of market manipulation.

Serious stuff, but as old saying goes, "there's no smoke without fire".

Records show that in late 1970s, silver price went from a low of 90.5 US cents per ounce to a high of over $50 in 1980. The price increase was in region of 6000%.

At that time (1980) available above ground stockpile of silver was close to 1.5 billion ounces. So rising price back then could not be attributed to shortage of supply, primary cause in most rising price situations.

Commentary over past few months from various sources confirm that available above ground stockpile at beginning of 2003 was between 20 and 40 million ounces (m. oz). The assessment was that this stockpile would be entirely depleted by mid year, or sooner, taking into account current silver production and consumption levels. The word "available" has great significance because some sources are known to report silver in available category when in fact it is "unavailable for sale at any price".

Considering known annual consumption figures as confirmed by several respected sources, now close to 1 billion ounces per annum, it would seem that 20-40 m. oz is just a drop in ocean compared to annual demand.

Taking that a step further to include current production from mining and scrap recycling estimated at around 600 m. oz, current supply situation could be in shortfall to tune of around 400 m. oz in this calendar year.

Then masses of others with day jobs spend all their available free time attempting to make extra money in one way or another. So there's no doubt that perhaps untold millions of people are on Net to make money.

How does this relate to title of this article?

Simply because time is one element that every soul on planet is given an equal quantity of. How we use that time, will to a large extent determine how much money we can generate from our Net activity.

But what if that Internet activity actually removed chance of us discovering perhaps little known off-line opportunities by taking up all of our available free time? Under those circumstances, above title would be relevant, wouldn't it, if such an opportunity did exist?

Well, we believe one does. So perhaps this is a lucky day for you that could lead to a more rosy future.

This opportunity gets very little general publicity unless one subscribes to one or more specialist newsletters that cover topic. In fact, more often than not, what appears in mainstream press on this subject is negative or detrimental to its cause.

This is because certain entities are reported in pro media publications as having vested interests in keeping general public neutral, confused or anti with respect to this potentially explosive issue.

Does all this sound somewhat mysterious?

Wouldn't you like to know what mystery concerns?

Well, here it is!

The item being referred to is metal … Silver!

Are you shocked?