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I know it’s the 2nd August, but your editor is still scurrying to finish the July issue of Australian Small-Cap Investigator.

We had hoped to have it flying out the door by Friday afternoon, but that didn’t happen. But a weekend of reading, research and ‘riting – interrupted only by attempts to help the Sayce kids build a dolls’ house – means that we’re close to putting the final touches to it.

So, if you’re a subscriber to Australian Small-Cap Investigator you should expect to get the July issue in your inbox today or tomorrow.

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The bull market in gold is a long way from losing both arms and legs just yet…

WHATEVER FORCE you spy behind this week’s swoon in gold prices to $1160 per ounce and lower, ’tis but a scratch – a flesh wound – so far.

“I’ve had worse!” as Monty Python’s Black Knight says.

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In a recent article, we showed you how silver had become systematically de-monetised by governments over the past 150 years or so. These actions have seen the gold/silver ratio move from its long term historical average of around 15:1 to 66:1 today. In other words, one ounce of gold is now equivalent to 66 ounces of silver.

Today, we’ll show you why silver could potentially be one of the cheapest assets in the world right now. The silver market is not at all analysed by mainstream investors and for this reason remains very much overlooked as an investment opportunity.

As proponents of sound money, we believe precious metals, most notably gold, will have an increasing role to play as the current unsustainable system evolves to a more stable footing.

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Hey, let’s ignore the facts. Just feel the frenzy…!

DID YOU HEAR about the giant gold coin auctioned in Austria late last month?

Of course you did – courtesy of Bloomberg if not CBS, the Daily Mail, BBC, BusinessWeek, USAToday, France24, Vancouver Sun, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, San Fran’ Chronicle, Khaleej Times or The Australian…

You could hardly kick the cat for tripping over this story. Which is more than can be said for bidders missing the auction. Not even the final buyer turned up. Madrid’s Oro Direct sent a written bid instead.

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